Center for the Study of Chronic Metabolic and Rare Diseases


Awards and Grants


2013


  • Dr.Rohini Mehta: Best Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Award

  • Thuy Tran: Outstanding Graduate Student Scholar Award

  • Ali Moosvi: Biology Writing Award

  • Ricky Tran: Graduate Scholar Award

  • Katie Doyle: CSCMRD PhD Student of the Year

  • Leah Byars: CSCMRD Masters Student of the Year

  • Caitlin Koob: CSCMRD Undergraduate Student of the Year

  • Mariam Heshami: OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Grant


  • 2012
  • Dr.Sandra Page: Outstanding PhD in Biosciences Scholar Award

  • Haveesh Sharma: Outstanding Masters in Biology Student Scholar Award

  • Hannah Choi: Honors in Biology Undergraduate Student Award

  • Rohini Mehta: CSCMRD PhD Student of the Year

  • Maria Keaton: CSCMRD Masters Student of the Year

  • Anima Sharma: Best Poster at SSB Research Day, Fall 2012

  • Ricky Tran: Senior of the Year Award by GMU Alumni Association and CSCMRD Undergraduate Student of the Year


  • 2012 Grant:“Modeling bacterial protein prenylation in eukaryotic cells using bioinformatics and molecular approaches”
  • Sponsor: Mary Louise Andrews Award for Cancer Research program, Virginia Academy of Science


  • 2012 Grant:“Physiological Meaning of RNA Editing in Plasma Dendritic Cells”
  • Sponsor: The Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust


  • 2010 COS Publication Award: Dr.Baranova
  • Mehta R, Birerdinc A, Hossain N, Afendy A, Chandhoke V, Younossi Z, Baranova A.Validation of endogenous reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of human visceral adipose samples. BMC Mol Biol. 2010 May 21;11:39. PMCID: PMC2886049


  • 2007 Memorial A.V. Itkes Young Oncologist Award: Dr.Baranova
  • The study of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Awarded at 16th International Conference “AIDS, Cancer and Public health”, StPeterbourgh, 2007


  • Grant 1R15CA113331-01:“KCNRG gene as candidate tumor suppressor for CLL and MM”
  • Sponsor:NCI, NIH


  • Grant:“Melanin biosynthesis in adipocytes: cross-talk between energy balance and pigmentation control"
  • Sponsor: The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust