BSD diversity grants are a popular way for all those in our community to get funding for their projects.
Because we have supported a great number of initiatives, we are closing the program early this academic year. We will be back open in July 2024. Please apply for funding then.
Past Recipients
Jason Xiao received a small grant award to attend the American Diabetes Association Conference, where he will present his research investigating the effectiveness of interventions for Type 2 diabetes among the Asian community in the U.S.
Dr. Orinzi received a small grant award to support research assessing the factors that influence the practice of URM pediatric primary care providers at UChicago Medicine.
Dr. Cole received a small grant award to support the development and implantation of an orthopedic surgery-specific shared decision aid educating patients on recommended prescription opioid usage after surgery to mitigate the risk of misuse.
Dr. Martinez-Cardosa recieved a Faculty Diversity Career Advansement grant to attend the Epigenetics Boot Camp: Planning and Analyzing DNA Methylation Studies workshop at Columbia University School of Public Health.
Jina Saltzman received a small grant award that will allow her to offer a shadowing opportunity to 8-10 URM students enrolled in Pre-Physician Assistant programs at local universities. This opportunity will help strengthen the application of URM pre-PA students.
Weldeyared Reda received a small grant award to collect data for a chapter of his dissertation and present his current research at the Paleoanthropology Society conference.
Ibraheem Hamzat received a small grant award to support the after-school program he runs at a local elementary school that has a large Black and Hispanic population. The program aims to uplift children and equips them with skills to be successful in their academic endeavors.
Dr. Baig recieved a Faculty Diversity Career Advancement grant to support research on how to improve health disparities in diabetes for Latino populations.
Dr. Carillo received a Faculty Diversity Career Advancement Award for his research project on identifying molecular tags and mechanistically understanding how Cell Surface Protein interactions mediate cell-cell recognition.
Elaine Kouame received a small grant award to attend the annual American Association of Immunologists conference in Portland, Oregon, where she was selected to give an oral talk and a poster presentation on her thesis research.
Dr. Iyer received a small grant award for her project investigating disparities in overactive bladder patient referrals and visits with specialists, with the goal of improving patient access and care.
Dr. Villamar received a small grant award to develop a survey that will identify barriers to cancer clinical trial participation in the Hispanic/Latino population. This work will lead to the development of a community-based intervention that aims to increase education about cancer clinical trials among this ethnic community.
Dr. Schwartz recieved a small grant fund to support the career progression of underrepresented students in biomedical research.
Katie Aracena received a small grant award to attend a week-long bootcamp before the start of their first year at the Marine Biological Laboratory with the goals of enhancing quantitative skills and building communities outside individual programs and clusters.
