Name and status of Trainee | Trainee’s significant achievements* |
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David S. Paul, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor (01/2012 – present) | 42 published peer-reviewed articles 14 published abstracts 11 presentations at (inter)national meetings 11 local presentations Honors and Awards: 2020 UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics Staff Excellence Award 2016 THSNA Trainee Travel Award 2007-2009 Interdisciplinary Obesity Postdoctoral Training Grant, NIH 2007 Hughes Bryan Outstanding Doctoral Student Award 2005 Society of Toxicology, Graduate Student Manuscript Award 2005 American Society for Nutritional Sciences Predoctoral Fellowship 2003-2005 Nutrition Research Traineeship Grant, NIH 2003 American Society of Clinical Nutrition, Young Investigator Award 2002 Nutrition-Biochemistry and Epidemiology of Cancer Training Grant, NIH |
Robert Lee, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow/ Research Assistant Professor (01/2015 – present) | 32 published peer-reviewed articles 4 published review articles 2 book chapters 12 published abstracts 12 presentations at (inter)national meetings 9 local presentations Honors and Awards 2021 Ehlers-Danlos Society Basic Science Grant 2020 ASH Scholar Award 2020 American Heart Association, Kenneth M. Brinkhous Young Investigator Prize in Thrombosis. 2019 Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Melbourne, Australia. 2017 Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Berlin, Germany. 2016-2019 UNC Hematology T32 training grant. |
Jean Marie. Mwiza, M.S., D.V.M Postdoctoral Fellow (1/2017-present) | 7 published peer-reviewed articles 9 published abstracts |
Abigail Ballard, B.S. Ph.D. student (11/2019-present) | Just started |
Dorsaf Ghalloussi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (04/2016 – 2021) | 6 published peer-reviewed articles 1 published review article 5 published abstracts 6 presentations at (inter)national meetings 6 local presentations Honors and Awards 2019 Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Melbourne, Australia. 2017 Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Berlin, Germany. |
Ankita Dhenge, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (4/2018-2021) | 1 published peer-reviewed article 1 published review article 3 published abstracts |
Katie O. Poe, B.S. Research Technician (8/2014-present) | 3 published peer-reviewed articles Honors and Awards 2016 Biochemistry and Biophysics “Star Heel” Award for her outstanding contributions to UNC |
Raymond Piatt, B.S. Research Technician (past) | 10 published peer-reviewed article 2 presentations at international meetings 5 local presentations Honors and Awards 2016 THSNA Trainee Travel Award 2015 Young Investigator Awards from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Toronto, Canada 2015 “Best Poster” at 8th Symposium on Hemostasis at Chapel Hill Ray is currently a research technician at Dignify Therapeutics in the Research Triangle Park, NC. |
Aaron Cook, B.S. PhD Student (2012-2018) | 6 published peer-reviewed articles (1 submitted) 1 presentation at national meeting 5 local presentations |
Caterina Casari, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (01/2014 – 2016) | 5 published peer-reviewed articles 1 published review article 5 published abstracts 3 presentations at national meetings 2 local presentations Honors and Awards EHA Fellowship for studies on platelet signaling and clearance in Von Willebrand’s Disease 2015 Young Investigator Awards from the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Toronto, Canada Dr. Casari is now an Assistant Professor at the INSERM Institute in Paris, France |
Yacine Boulaftali, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (10/2010 – 8/2014) | Publications 12 published peer-reviewed articles 2 invited review articles 14 published abstracts Presentations 12 presentation at (inter) national and regional meetings Honors and Awards 2010 Fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation in France 2012 Travel Award for Young Investigators, American Heart Association, ATVB 2012 American Heart Association, Postdoctoral fellowship 2012 Young Investigator Award from the Gordon Conference Research on Hemostasis, Waterville, USA 2013 Sabine Travel Award from the McAllister Heart Institute to visit the XXIV Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Amsterdam, Netherlands 2013 Junior Investigator Travel Awards to visit the XXIV Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Amsterdam, Netherlands 2014 Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence, UNC Chapel Hill 2015 finalist for the Kenneth M. Brinkhous Prize in Thrombosis of the American Heart Association (Dr. Boulaftali is now an Assistant Professor at the INSERM institute in Paris) |
Agnieska Cholka, B.S. Research Technician (past) | 1 manuscript published; Agi earned her Master's from University of Texas, Southwest and continues her work as a lab manager. |
Lucia Stefanini, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (05/2008 – 7/2013 | Publications 12 published peer-reviewed articles 8 published invited reviews 22 published abstracts Presentations 23 presentations at (inter) national and regional meetings Honors and Awards 2009 Best Poster Presentation, 51st ASH Annual Meeting, US 2009 Best Oral Presentation, Postdoctoral Research Symposium, TJU 2009 ASH Travel Award, 51st ASH Annual Meeting, US 2009 Postdoctoral Travel Fellowship, TJU 2010 Best Poster Presentation, Postdoctoral Research Symposium, TJU 2011 US New Investigator Travel Award for the 2011 ISTH meeting in Kyoto 2012 URC Research Award from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2012 EHA-ISTH Joint Fellowship for studies on the fine tuning of Rap1 signaling in platelets 2013 Winner of Kenneth M. Brinkhous Prize in Thrombosis, American Heart Association 2013 Junior Investigator Travel Awards to visit the XXIV Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Dr. Stefanini is now an Assistant Professor at Sapienza University of Rome in Italy) |
Todd Getz, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (08/2011 – 12/2013) | Publications 7 published peer-reviewed articles 11 published abstracts Presentations 4 presentations at (inter) national and regional meetings Honors and Awards 2012 postdoctoral fellowship on T32 training grant in hematology (Dr. Getz is now the Acting director of Non-Clinical Research and Development at Cellphire, Inc., Rockville MD) |
Moritz Stolla, M.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (02/2009 – 08/2011) | Publications 5 published peer-reviewed articles 6 published abstracts Presentations 15 presentations at (inter) national and regional meetings Honors and Awards 2009 ASH Travel Award, 51st ASH Annual Meeting, US 2010 ASH Travel Award, 52st ASH Annual Meeting, US 2011 US New Investigator Travel Award for the 2011 ISTH meeting in Kyoto 2011 American Heart Association, Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dr. Stolla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hematology at the University of Washington and Associate Medical Director at Bloodworks Northwest) |
Firdos Ahmad, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow (11/2009 – 08/2011) | Publications 2 published peer-reviewed articles 3 published abstracts Presentations 5 presentations at (inter) national and regional meetings Honors and Awards 2010 ASH Travel Award, 52st ASH Annual Meeting, US 2011 US New Investigator Travel Award for the 2011 ISTH meeting in Kyoto 2011 Pierre M. Mannucci award for best articles published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis by investigators younger than 35 years of age (Dr. Ahmad is now a Research Assistant Professor at Vanderbuilt University) |
Crystal Piffath, B.S. Research Technician (past) | 5 manuscripts; Crystal went on to graduate school at Dartmouth College, where she successfully applied for an NSF fellowship (she was the only one in her class who got this fellowship); she currently works at Adimab, Inc. |
Timothy Ouellette, B.S. Research Technician (Past) | 4 manuscripts published; Tim is enrolled in a Special Masters Program at Georgetown University, which will culminate in a Masters degree in Physiology. He is currently applying for Medical School. |
Steven Cifuni, B.S. Research Technician (past) | 4 manuscripts (one first-authorship); Steve is now a lab manager at Bioverativ |
R. Claire Roden, B.S. Research Technician (past) | 3 manuscripts published; Claire is now a resident in pediatrics at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. |