TRAINEES
Building on the graduate school infrastructure and on a long history of outstanding
pre-doctoral training, CeDER has established a strong training program to post-doctoral
fellows and pre-doctoral students with focus on metabolic and endocrine diseases.
Pre-doctoral trainees in CeDER laboratories are members of the Molecular Medicine (MOME formerly CVMD) graduate program, and they are actively engaged in seeking independent
fellowships. Sponsored fellowships and Awards are listed below.
Trainee Awards and Honors:
Sponsor: Jennifer Hill, PhD
Mengjie Wang, Ph.D. Student
- Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award “IGF-1 Receptors in Leptin Responsive Neurons Control Body Weight, Growth and Pubertal Development” Endocrine Society annual meeting in Boston, April 2016
- Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Awards"Roles of Insulin Receptors and IGF-1 Receptors in Leptin-Responsive Neurons in Regulation of Body Weight, Growth, Pubertal Development and Fertility" Endocrine Society annual meeting in Orlando, FL. April 2017
- Roles of Insulin Receptors and IGF-1 Receptors in Leptin-Responsive Neurons in Regulation of Body Weight, Growth, Pubertal Development and Fertility. Mengjie Wang and Jennifer W. Hill. Poster, University of Toledo Graduate Research Forum, March 22-23rd 2017. Second Place Award Winner.
- Endocrine Society Early Career Forum Travel Award, Endocrine Society annual meeting in Chicago, April 2018
Alisha Sangal (Major Advisor for Honors Thesis)
Combined Baccalaureate/MD program and Honors College student at the University of Toledo Psychology major June 2013-Aug. 2015. Currently a 2nd year medical student at UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.
- USRCAP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, Summer 2014
- USRCAP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, Summer 2015
- Oral Presentation: Treating Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome with Anti-Inflammatory Therapy. Sangal, A., Shah S.K., Garcia, K.M., Faulkner, L.D., Wang M., Hill J.W. University of Toledo Department of Biological Sciences 20th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 2015. First place award.
Latrice Faulkner (PhD Student)
- Awarded the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Ancillary Training Program Scholarship to Attend the Keystone Neuronal Control of Appetite, Metabolism and Weight Conference in Banff, Alberta, Canada, March 17-22, 2013
- Selected to participate in the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) under the guidance of Dr. Y. Loh, Summer 2013
- Awarded the Endocrine Society’s Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Travel Award- Career Development Workshop, San Diego, CA January 25-26, 2013.2013-2016 - Latrice Faulkner (PhD Student)
- F32 NIH NRSA Graduate Training Award
- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31-Grant)
- Keystone Symposia Underrepresented Minority Scholarship for travel and lodging.Genetic and Molecular basis of Obesity and Body Weight Regulation in Santa Fe
- Awarded the The Endocrine Society’s 94th Annual Meeting & Expo Travel and Trainee Day Award, Houston,Texas, 2012.
2012 - Abigail Dowling, MD
Selected Chairperson at ENDO 2012 to host the talk “Female Reproduction: Focus on
the Ovary”
2012 - Joseph Marino (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Endocrine Society Annual Meeting 2012 Trainee Day Travel Award
2011 - Laura Nedorezov
Council on Undergraduate Research Travel Award
Sponsor: Beata Lecka-Czernik, PhD
Two PhD students from Dr. Lecka-Czernik lab received New Investigators Travel Awards to attend an annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (September 19-23, 2019, Orlando FL) to present their research on common mechanisms regulating bone mass and energy metabolism.
Amit Chougule has been selected for oral presentation: “Dual Role of Carboxypeptidase E (CPE) in Regulation of Energy Metabolism and Bone Mass” by Amit Chougule, Vipula Kolli, Sudipta Baroi, Piotr Czernik, Peng Loh, Beata Lecka-Czernik
Sudipta Baroi will present plenary poster and short oral poster presentation: “PPARγ Regulation of Osteocyte Fuel Dependency and Capacity Contributes to the Balance of Systemic Energy Metabolism” by Sudipta Baroi, Amit Chougule, Patrick Griffin, Beata Lecka-Czernik
2014 - Lance Stechschulte (Postdoctoral fellow) Recipient of the Molecular Endocrinology Student Award for an Outstanding Publication in 2014, receiving a $1,000 award at ENDO 2015, the Endocrine Society's 97th Annual Meeting being held March 5-8, 2015, in San Diego, CA.
2014 - Lance Stechschulte - Postdoctoral Fellow - ASBMR Travel Award: Selected to receive an ASBMR Travel Award for the society's ASBMR Conference
2011 - Sima Rahman (PhD student) American Society for Bone and Mineral Rese, ASBMR Young Investigator
Travel Grant for the highest ranking abstract presentation
Sponsor: Marcia F. McInerney, PhD
2009 - Lindsey Alexander (PhD student)
AAI Trainee Abstract Travel Award Travel to the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists.
2008 - Nirdesh Gupta (PhD student)
Wayne & Dorothy Hoss Fund For Graduate Career Development from College of Pharmacy
at the University of Toledo
2007 - Nirdesh Gupta (PhD student)
University of Toledo Foundation Scholarship to present at 94th American Association of Immunology meeting at Miami, FL 2007
2006 - Nirdesh Gupta (PhD student)
- Robert N. Whiteford Memorial Scholarship recipient for 2006.
- First Prize for research presentation in Medical and Pharmacy Division in 27th Sigma Xi Research Symposium 2006
- Travel grant from National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium to present at University
of Washington, Seattle.2006
- Listed in Points of Pride of College of Pharmacy, University of Toledo, Toledo.
Sponsor: Edwin Sanchez, PhD
2012 - Lance A. Stechschulte (PhD student)
- selected abstract by the Annual Meeting Steering Committee for a Featured Poster
Presentation at ENDO 2013, June 15-18 in San Francisco, California.
- selected for Travel Award by the Endocrine Society National Meeting, San Francisco,
CA.
2010 - Terry D. Hinds, Jr., PhD
- Selected for Oral Presentation, Keystone Symposia, Nuclear Receptors: Signaling,
Gene Regulation and Cancer, Keystone, CO
- Selected for Oral Presentation and Travel award by the Endocrine Society National
Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Sponsor: Guillermo Vazquez, PhD
2012 - Jean-Yves Tano: Satellites and Retirees Scholarship Award for Molecular Medicine
Students
2011 - Kathryn Smedlund: Satellite Award, CVMD Track, UTCOM.
2011 - Jean-Yves Tano: Finalist, Annual Graduate Research Forum, UTCOM.
2011 - Jean-Yves Tano: Finalist, 38th Annual Pharmacology Colloquium, UTCOM.
2011 - Jean-Yves Tano: Dean’s Award to the Most Productive Student, UTCOM.2010 - Kathryn
Smedlund: First Place, Inaugural Student Research Forum, UTCOM.
2010 - Jean-Yves Tano: Finalist, 37th Annual Pharmacology Colloquium, Michigan State
University.