The UAB Civitan International Research Center’s Emerging Scholar Award provides research funding for clinical or basic science research related to brain development for trainees at the graduate student and postdoctoral fellow levels.
Proposals for the Emerging Scholars program are requested from across the UAB campus for clinical or basic science research projects aimed at enhancing our current understanding of normal and abnormal brain development, cognition, autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, and mental retardation, or the effects of exposure to environmental toxins on the development of the brain.
2024-2025 Awardees
Andrew T. Hale, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery
Muthukumar Karuppasamy, Ph.D.
Alexander Neuromuscular Disease Research Lab
Department of Pediatrics
Past Awardees
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2023-2022
Kasey Brida
Graduate Research Assistant
Genetics, Genomics, and BioinformaticsAnna Schreiber, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology -
2021-2022
Rudhab Bahabry, Bachelor of Medicine
Fellow
Department of NeurobiologyAndrea Reid, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Pediatric Neurology -
2020-2021
Norimichi Ito, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
Behavioral NeurobiologyReagan Pennock, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamAustin Svancara, M.A.
Graduate Student
Developmental Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham -
2019-2020
Nicholas Boyle
MSTP Graduate Student
Department of Neurology
University of Alabama at BirminghamQiangqiang Xia, Ph.D.
Post Doc
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamHelen Root
Trainee
Medical/Clinical Psychology Program -
2018-2019
Abbey Herringshaw - Whit Mallory Award
Graduate Student
University of Alabama at BirminghamSilvienne Stint Jago
Graduate Student
University of Alabama at BirminghamHeather Dark
Graduate Student
University of Alabama at Birmingham -
2017-2018
Nancy Gallus, B.S. - Whit Mallory Award Neuroscience
Graduate Student
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamMary Phillips, B.S.
Neuroscience Graduate Student
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamRylie Hightower, B.S.N., R.N.
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of PediatricsJose Maximo, M.A.
Graduate Student
Department of Psychology -
2016-2017
Melissa Thye - Whit Mallory Fellow
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Psychology
University of Alabama at BirminghamJulia Beattie
Graduate Trainee
Department of Psychology
University of Alabama at BirminghamMegan Rich
Pre-doctoral Neuroscience
Department of Radiology and Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamHai Vo
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham -
2015-2016
Jada Hallengren, Ph.D. - Whit Mallory Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama of BirminghamJessica Nichols
Graduate Student Trainee
University of Alabama of BirminghamSvitlana Bach, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama of BirminghamJenna Lebersfeld
Graduate Student Trainee
University of Alabama of Birmingham -
2014-2015
Haley Johnson - Whit Mallory Fellow
Graduate Trainee
University of Alabama at BirminghamAndrew Arrant, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Trainee
University of Alabama at BirminghamVladimir Grubisic, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department Neurobiology
Michigan State UniversityNatasha Pacheco
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham -
2013-2014
Sarah Gillot - Whit Mallory Fellow
Andrew Kennedy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Bates CollegeLatoya Paul, Ph.D.
Instructor
Louisiana State UniversityYanjie Li, Ph.D.
Research Associate
University of Alabama at Birmingham -
2012-2013
Elena Adlaf, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurobiology
Duke UniversityVishnu Cuddapah, M.D.
Pediatrician
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Childrens Hospital
Philadelphia, PAAdam Funk, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of CincinnatiMeredith Reid
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2011-2012
Aundrea Bartley, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamAimee Franklin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology
Southeastern UniversityLauren Libero, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
UC Davis M.I.N.D. InstituteStefanie Robel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Virginia Tech -
2010-2011
Asher Albertson, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurologist
Department of Neurobiology
St. Louis, MOBrandi Baker, M.D.
Wei Li, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at BirminghamDonna Murdaugh, Ph.D.
Research Assistant
University of Alabama at Birmingham -
2009-2010
Kelly Dunham
Johanna Gandy, Ph.D.
Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Sarah Cannon Research InstituteMark Pennick, Ph.D.
Ryan Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.
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2008-2009
Gaston Calfa, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Neurobiology
Universidad National de Cordoba, ArgentinaNolan Jean Ernest, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatrician
Dothan Pediatric ClinicElizabeth Lucas, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiTania Roth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Delaware -
2007-2008
Stephen Crimmins, Ph.D.
Chief
Department of Neurobiology
Bench Laboratory
William Beaumont Army Medical CenterChuansheng Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology
The First Hospital of China Medical University
Shenyang, Liaoning, ChinaCryshelle Patterson, Ph.D.
Chris Uskaitis M.D., Ph.D.
Fellow
Boston Children’s Hospital -
2006-2007
Courtney Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology
The Scripps Research InsLars Kristiansen, Ph.D.
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2005-2006
Maria Hopkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Psychology, CAS
University of Alabama at BirminghamJennifer Larimore
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Agnes Scott CollegeKen C. Walls
Hua Yu Sun