The Leadership Alliance

The Leadership Alliance started as a partnership of 23 institutions that came together in 1992 to develop underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models in academia, business and the public sector. Today, this consortium has grown to more than 30 institutions and private industry who have provided research and networking experiences to over 4,000 young scholars.

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Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRAs)

UTRAs support various types of projects between Brown students and faculty. While most students collaborate with professors on research during the summer months, they may also apply for grants to support the creation or revision of a course, international projects, and in some cases, research during the academic year.

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Basic and Translational Research (BTR)/ Summer 2018

PURPOSE: The BTR trainees are supported by the NIH National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI) training grant, T35 HL094308. This grant is in its 8th year of funding and has supported 62 Brown medical students since the start of the grant in 2010.

The overall goal of the grant is to provide medical students with the opportunity to have a mentored research experience under the guidance of Brown University faculty. Designated faculty trainers are the principal investigators for research programs focused on the molecular basis and pathology of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and blood diseases and/or disease outcomes and prevention.

The summer research experience occurs over 9 weeks. In addition to the hands-on research experience, the BTR trainees will attend a weekly seminar series and a bi-weekly journal club. The culmination of the summer will include 15 minute oral presentations and the development of an abstract for a poster presentation.

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Mentor Peng Zhang (r) with student Robert Calco (c), Kalamazoo College and Nelly Valkov (l)
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Phillip Yang, Brown Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA) recipient.
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Mentor Ruhul Abid with student Grace Ogungbile (Rider University)
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Mentor Joanne Lomas-Neira (l) with student Edgar Carlo, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (r)
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Reem Ibrahim (Leadership Alliance Summer Research student from Smith College, MA)
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Mentor Ruhul Abid with student Valentina Grillo Alvarado (University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras)
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Mentor Sharon Rounds with Julie Newton and student Mahogany Oldham, Malone University
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Mentor Elizabeth Harrington (r) and and Huetran Duong (l) with students Maurice Whalen, Jr. (c), Tugaloo College
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Mentor Yang Zhou, PhD with Philip Yang, Brown Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA) recipient.
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Phillip Yang, Brown Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA) recipient.
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Mentor Alan Morrison with Jerome Watts, PhD candidate Jared Christensen and student Jade Neverson (University of Scranton).
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Vérida Leandre, doctoral candidate with Mentor Elizabeth Harrington, PhD.
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Alice Cho, Brown Medical Student; Mentor Alan Morrison, MD, PhD; Wenzheng Yu, Brown Medical Student; Jerome Watts, research tech; Joshua Berus, PhD candidate; Chris Mantsounga, PhD post-doctoral fellow; and Jared Christenson, MD.
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Reem Ibrahim (Leadership Alliance Summer Research student from Smith College, MA)
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Mentor Sharon Rounds with Miles Mundy, Julie Newton and student Alexander Weingart (University of Vermont).
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Mentor Qing Lu with Eboni Chambers, Josh Amairis, Dr. Borgas and student Amaris Gilchrease
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Mentor Ruhul Abid (l) with student Laura Puentes (r)
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Mentor Alan Morrison with Abigail Healy and student Rachael Nilson (Roger Williams University).
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Abid Lab: Karla Braga (PhD student), Ruhul Abid (PI), Reem Ibrahim (Leadership Alliance Summer Research student from Smith College, MA), Frank Sellke, MD, Isabella McCormack (Graduate Research Student, Brown University), Melissa Stanley, M.S. (Research Assistant), Rayane Teixeira Ph.D (Postdoctoral fellow)
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Student Victoria Cole (University of Arizona) mentored by Jun Feng & research associate Yuhong Liu
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Shannon Martin (Pathobiology Graduate Student); Nathan Martin (Pathobiology Graduate Student); Mentor Jessica Plavicki, PhD; April Rodd, PhD (Post-doctoral Researcher); & Rachel Koch (Research Assistant).
Mentor Yang Zhou with student River Williams (University of Maryland, College Park)
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Mentor Beth Harrington with student Lisset Duran (John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY)