NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2)
National
NIH/NIDDK
· 2023
The New Innovator Award is part of the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program and supports exceptionally creative early career investigators proposing innovative, high-impact research. The $2.4 million award will support research in the Musah Lab focused on developing new therapeutic strategies for degenerative glomerulopathies.
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Genentech Research Award
National
Genentech
· June 2021
George O’Brien Kidney Center Pilot Grant
National
The George M. O'Brien Kidney Translational Core Center at the University of Michigan (P30 DK081943)
· 2021
The George M. O'Brien Kidney Translational Core Centerat the University of Michigan (P30 DK081943) invites proposals for pilot and feasibility (P&F) grants involving the pathophysiology, basic mechanisms, therapeutic approaches, translational studies and clinical outcomes of chronic kidney diseases. The intent of this pilot program is to provide seed monies for researchers to obtain subsequent extramural funding.
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Functional & Molecular Genomics Core Facility Voucher Program Award
University
Duke University
· January 2020
Duke Incubation Fund
University
Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative
· January 2020
The Incubation Fund, run by Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative (I&E), supports early-stage ideas from Duke’s innovation ecosystem with the potential to go to market. Whereas many resources exist at Duke to support research and commercialization, the Incubation Fund is among the only opportunities for innovations still in the ideation stage. The Fund is made possible by a gift from I&E advisory board member Jeffrey Citron and his wife, Suzanne.
One goal of the Fund is to foster innovation in all corners of Duke. While previous awards have supported faculty, staff, and students representing schools and departments ranging from the Nicholas School, to the School of Nursing, all the way to the Dance Program, this year’s awardees represent the Department of Pathology, the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, the Department of Radiology, the Department of Chemistry, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
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MEDx (Medicine & Engineering) Biomechanics of Injury and Injury Repair Grant
University
Duke MEDx Initiative
· 2020
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100 inspiring black scientists in America
National
Cell Press, Cell Mentor
· 2020
A few months ago, an African-American colleague of mine was speaking with an undergraduate student. During the conversation, the student raised two poignant questions: (1) are there any other black science professors, and (2) if they do exist, why aren’t we learning about their accomplishments in our curriculum?
Conversation like this are all too common, and if we don’t this perception, young black scientists won’t realize the amazing legacy they come from. When Dr. Saboor raised this conversation with me, I immediately acted. There’s a plethora of black scientists who make significant contributions to science, but many of them are unknown to the masses. It’s imperative that young black scientists know about the myriad accomplished scientists from African, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, and African-American backgrounds in the fields of life sciences, chemistry, engineering, and physics.
To provide some revelation and encouragement to existing and forthcoming generations of scientists, I worked with my colleagues Zer Vue and Haysetta Shuler to compile a list of 100 inspiring black scientists. We’ve included 75 established investigators that range from tenure track Assistant Professors to Associate Professors and Full Professors. The last 25 scientists included are those that we consider rising stars. Our hope is that this resource will have a significant and long-lasting effect on all members of the scientific community and continue to emphasize the need for diversity in the academy.
Please keep in mind that there are many more black scientists in the United States, but this list provides an example for what universities, societies, and nonacademic institutions should take the initiative to do.
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Whitehead Scholarship in Biomedical Research
School
Whitehead Foundation
· 2020
Chair's Research Award
School
Department of Medicine, Duke University
· April 2019
Each year, the Department of Medicine provides resources through the Chair’s Research Award to fund junior investigators in the Department of Medicine who are making the transition to becoming independent scientists and planning for their first extramural funding. Grants are for one year of funding up to $95,000.
Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit Early Career Scholar
National
Brown University
· 2019
Early Career Investigator Travel Award
National
Keystone Symposia
· 2019
CPRIT Scholar
Scholarly Society
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas
· 2018
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Fellow
Other
Keystone Symposia Fellowship
· 2017
Baxter Young Investigator Award, First-Tier
National
Baxter International Inc.
· 2017
NIH/NIDDK Nephrology Research Fellowship
National
NIH-BIDMC
· 2016
MIT Rising Stars in Biomedical Engineering and Science
National
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
· 2016
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Fellowship
National
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
· 2015
UNCF-Merck Postdoctoral Science Research Fellowship
National
UNCF & Merck Foundation
· 2014
First Prize, Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research Postdoctoral Award
National
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research
· 2014
