Ibemere Accepted to Functional and Translational Genomics Program

Stephanie Ibemere, postdoc, has been accepted to the PRIDE-Functional and Translational Genomics program; PRIDE stands for "Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research." She will be in the ninth cohort for this particular PRIDE institute (there are nine across the country) starting in August and throughout the next year (and two summer intensives). This particular PRIDE institute is funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and is focused on providing research mentoring to junior investigators from underrepresented groups to do research for blood disorders (e.g. sickle cell disease in my case). Each mentee will be able to visit their mentors' site, attend an annual workshop in Bethesda, MD, with the other nine PRIDE institutes and NIH, attend two summer intensives (focused on genomic, bench, and translational techniques, quantitative analysis, and grant writing), and the opportunity to submit a grant proposal for a small project.