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Pre-Doctoral Award

The Pre-Doctoral Award supports the stipend of USC graduate student research assistants working at TSRI under the mentorship of a CHLA-based faculty member. To be eligible, applicants must possess “Advanced to Candidacy” status under USC's PhD graduate program with a Faculty Sponsor who is a full-time faculty member at CHLA/USC. Faculty Sponsors whose trainees have received previous TSRI intramural awards must document that prior commitments (first author publication, grants, etc.) have been fulfilled. The award will provide two years of funding at $30,000 per year. Funding for the second year will be contingent upon satisfactory progress made during the first year.

2014 Pre-Doctoral Award Recipient

Céleste Stephany, PhD Candidate
TSRI Program: Developmental Neuroscience
Mentor: Aaron McGee, PhD 
Project: "Programming of Neural Circuits for Metabolic Disease: Nogo Receptor in Developmental Visual Plasticity  

2013 Pre-Doctoral Award Recipient

Anna Kamitakahara, BS
TSRI Program: Developmental Neuroscience
Mentor: Richard Simerly, PhD
Project: "Programming of Neural Circuits for Metabolic Disease: Role of BDNF and Nutrition"

2012 Pre-Doctoral Award Recipients

Xia Sheng, PhD Candidate
TSRI Program: Cancer, Diabetes and Obesity
Mentor: Steven Mittelman, MD, PhD
Project: "Investigating How Adipocytes Impair Daunorubicin Cytotoxicity in ALL"

Ying Huang, PhD Candidate
TSRI Program: Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Mentor: Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD
Project: "Roles of IGF in Zebrafish Heart Regeneration"