Caitlin Banks, a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering under the mentorship of Dr. Carolynn Patten, was recently awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. Her fellowship is co-sponsored by Dr. Carolynn Patten and Dr. Monica Perez.

Dovin Kiernan, BME Ph.D. Student under the mentorship of Professor David Hawkins, was recently accepted into the UC Davis Professors for the Future Program for 2018-2019. 

The Professors for the Future program enhances graduate education and postdoctoral training in several ways:

Noah Pacifici, a 1st year Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering under the mentorship of Dr. Jamal Lewis, was recently selected for the 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Emmet Francis, a 1st year Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering under the mentorship of Dr. Volkmar Heinrich, was recently selected for the 2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Computation Approaches to Understanding Cardiac Arrhythmia

PFTF Project Title:  “Explain it to a Fifth Grader: Developing Scientific Communication Through Community Outreach”

Jenna Harvestine was recently selected as a 2017-2018 Business Development Fellow, a year-long program providing UC Davis graduate and postdoctoral students hands-on experience in developing business skills for a career in industry or to develop new business ventures.

Anita Rajamani, a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on nutrition and cardiovascular diseases, is a recipient of the 2017-2018 Keller Pathway Fellowship. This year-long fellowship program provides women, cross-disciplinary researchers and other underrepresented university-based entrepreneurs a foundation for developing their business ideas.  Anita hopes to understand the differences in biochemical composition of circulating lipoproteins in response to diet as a function of an individual’s likelihood to develop atherosclerosis. In addition to research, Anita enjoys teaching and mentoring.

Amy Becker, a 1st year Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering under the mentorship of Dr. John Boone, was recently selected for the 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Jarrett Link, Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering, has been selected to receive a 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Currently Jarrett’s research focuses on maintaining functional properties of self-assembled cartilage and enzymatically enhancing its integration to native cartilage in an inflammatory environment. Articular cartilage covers the ends of diarthrodial joints, such as the knee. It facilitates seamless motion and bears mechanical load.

Brent Foster, a 1st year BME PhD Student in Professor Chaudhari’s Laboratory, has been selected by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) as a 2015-2016 fellowship award recipient.  The NSF GRFP will provide Brent with 3 years of funding to pursue his research project which aims to create an open-source 3D statistical representation of the healthy anatomy of the wrist structures. This representation will enable an analysis of the morphological variation in wrists across the population.