Margaret Weber Barbier, a graduate student in the lab of Trudy Oliver, PhD, received the Jo Rae Wright Fellowship for Outstanding Women in Science. Created in memory of Jo Rae Wright, former dean of the Duke University Graduate School and professor of cell biology, medicine, and pediatrics, this fellowship recognizes one Ph.D. student in the biomedical sciences "whose research shows particular creativity and promise." The fellowship for academic year 2026-2027 provides a supplement of $5,000.

Michael Caminear, a graduate student in the lab of Ann Marie Pendergast, PhD, has been awarded the Paul and Lauren Ghaffari Graduate Fellowship, which provides support to doctoral students pursuing oncology-related research. The fellowship for academic year 2026-2027 provides a stipend of $5,000.

Two PhD students in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology have been awarded 2025 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships. 

Advisor: Charles Gersbach, Ph.D. Location: Duke Nanaline #147 Dissertation Title:Reprogramming Exhausted Cytotoxic T cells Through Transcription Factor Overexpression Zoom Details: Zoom Link Zoom Meeting ID: 932 5830 2241 Passcode: 629790

Nana Acheampong, a Pharmacology PhD student in the lab of Laura Wingler, PhD, and Patrick Prochazka, a Molecular and Cancer Biology PhD student in the lab of Christopher Counter, PhD, have been awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment Progr

Advisor: Corinne Linardic, M.D., Ph.D. Location: Duke South 3031 Dissertation Title:RUNX2 Inhibition Disrupts a PAX3::FOXO1-RUNX2 Feed-Forward Loop and Dismantles Oncogenic Gene Programs in Fusion-Positive Rhabdomyosarcoma Zoom Details: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 922 3739 0603

Advisor: Michael Kastan, M.D., Ph.D. Location: Bryan Research, Rm. 103 Dissertation Title: GRP94 is a Novel ATM Interactor and Putative Substrate which Regulates Oncogenic Receptor Expression and Microglial Activation Zoom Details: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 970 2243 7008

Ten trainees from across the Graduate School were selected to present at the 3-Minute Thesis finals competition on Monday, August 4th, and two PCB-affiliated students won big!  

Bryony Hawgood, a Cell and Molecular Biology PhD student in the lab of Trudy Oliver, PhD, and Andrew Wang, a graduate Cell and Molecular Biology PhD student in the lab of Zhao Zhang, PhD, were selected as 2025-2026 School of Medicine 2nd year Dean’s Scholarship recipients.

Congratulations to the following trainees who have been awarded fellowships: