The AAMC MOSAIC Program Scholars are select National Institute of Health (NIH)-K99/R00 awardees who hail from diverse backgrounds, for example from groups underrepresented in research, as they transition from postdoctoral appointments into academic research faculty positions.
Bryan Benitez, PhD
Project Title: Targeting High-Risk Drinking Days with Mobile Treatment for Spanish-Speaking Patients
Position: Associate Research Scientist
Institution: Yale University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project ID: K99AA031032
Robert Booker, PhD, MS, ACSM-EP
Project Title: Developing, Validating, and Implementing an Epidemiological Instrument to Assess the Effect of Resistance Training on Measures of Cardiometabolic Disease
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institution: Northwestern University at Chicago
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project ID: K99HL168338
Shayna Bradford, PhD
Project Title: Defining The Role of Failed-Repair Proximal Tubule Cells in Advanced Renal Disease in African Americans
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Institution: Washington University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Project ID: K99DK134882
Agostina Casamento-Moran, PhD
Project Title: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Fatigue in Health and After COVID-19
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institution: Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Project ID: K99NS133961
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Lisandra Flores-Aldama, PhD
Project Title: Biogenesis of hERG1a/1b Ion Channels in Health and Disease Model Cardiomyocytes
Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project ID: K99HL169909
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Shawna Follis, PhD, MS
Project Title: Examining the Role of Structural Factors in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease
Position: Instructor of Medicine
Institution: Stanford University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project ID: K99HL169908
Nioud (Neo) Mulugeta Gebru, PhD
Project Title: Applying Construal Level Theory to Develop and Test an Interactive Text Messaging Adjunct Intervention to Reduce Heavy Drinking and HIV Risk
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Institution: Brown University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project ID: K99AA031443
David Gonzalez, PhD
Project Title: Impact of Biomass Burning Aerosol and Humic-like Substances on Iron Homeostasis and Atherosclerosis
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Project ID: K99ES034819
Ana G. Hernandez-Reynoso, PhD
Project Title: Targeted Neuroplasticity via Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Improve Urinary Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury
Position: Research Scientist
Institution: University of Texas at Dallas
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Project ID: K99NS135194
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Cecilia A. Hinojosa, PhD
Project Title: Sex Differences in Reward Neurocircuitry Underlying Alcohol Craving and Consumption in Trauma-Exposed Individuals
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Emory University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Project ID: K99AA031333
K. Kanoho Hosoda, PhD, MSc
Project Title: The Role of Multicultural Identity Integration on Well-Being and Biomedical Science Pathway Persistence
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Project ID: K99GM151640
Catherine Insel, PhD
Project Title: Computational and Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms of Memory-Guided Decision-Making
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: Columbia University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Mental Health
Project ID: K99MH133994
Fred Ketchum, MD, PhD
Project Title: Preparing for Blood-Based Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Testing in Diverse Populations: Development of a Decision-Support Tool for Primary Care
Position: Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project ID: K99AG083131
Kimiko L. Krieger, PhD
Project Title: Delineating the Role of the Homocysteine-Folate-Thymidylate Synthase Axis and Uracil Accumulation in African American Prostate Tumors
Position: Postdoctoral Associate
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project ID: K99MD018671
Lina Montoya, PhD, MA
Project Title: What Works, for Whom? Applying Novel Precision Medicine Methods to People With Mental Illness in the Justice System.
Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institution: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Mental Health
Project ID: K99MH133985
Babajide Ojo, PhD
Project Title: Dysregulation of Epithelial Metabolism and Regeneration by Sulfite Exposure in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Institution: Stanford University
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Project ID: K99DK136971
Amanda D. Perez, PhD
Project Title: Racism-Related Stress and Birth Outcomes Among Latinas: New Tools for Maximizing Conceptual and Methodological Validity
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project ID: K99MD018629
Danielle Wallace, PhD, MPH
Project Title: Investigating Relationships Between Naturalistic Light Exposure and Sleep
Position: Research Fellow in Medicine
Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project ID: K99HL166700
Jonathan K.T. Yap, PhD, MS
Project Title: Anti-Inflammatory Signaling of RNA-Binding Protein, Tristetraprolin, During Myocardial Infarction
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Funding NIH Institute/Center: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Project ID: K99HL168433