Congratulations 2020 Postdoctoral Research Development Grant (PRDG) Awardees!

The Postdoctoral Affairs Office is pleased to announce the 2020 Postdoctoral Research Development Grant (PRDG) awardees! 

The Postdoctoral Research Development Grants are designed to foster independence and help advance the career goals of postdoctoral scholars by funding small research projects or training experiences that are outside the scope of their current postdoctoral appointments. This year, we awarded $20.000 to fund 12 projects and special skills training proposed by this outstanding group of scholars, who are being given the title of University of Arizona Sursum Fellows. Congratulations to the 2020 cohort! 

Kyle Benowitz                 

Artificial Selection for Insecticide Resistance in the Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila Suzukii)

Department of Entomology

Rebecca Crocker            

The Potential for Land-Based Ties to Promote Wellness Amongst Mexican Immigrants

Center for Border Health Disparities

Yijun Ding

Information Theory in Biomedical Researches

College of Optical Sciences

Alexandra Garvin           

Rodent Microsurgery and Hemodynamic Measurement Training Opportunity

Department of Basic Medical Sciences

Nicolas Gauthier            

Towards integrated hindcasts of past socio-environmental systems

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and School of Geography and Development

Sebastiaan Haffert       

Enabling Laser Guide Star Wavefront Sensing on the Extremely Large Telescopes

Steward Laboratory

Corrie Hannah

Course in Bayesian Modeling for Socio-Environmental Data

School of Geography and Development

Caroline Phelps              

'Forgetting' Pain: Role of Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala Circuitry

Department of Pharmacology

Alise Ponsero 

Training on Long-Read Technology for Viral Genome Sequencing

Department of Biosystems Engineering

Brenna Rheinheimer   

Chromatin Modification during Chronic Radiation-Induced Salivary Gland Dysfunction

Department of Nutritional Sciences

Echo Warner    

Cancer Patient and Caregiver's Exposure to Cancer Misinformation in the New Media Environment

Cancer Center

Lila Wollman   

The effects of Developmental Nicotine Exposure on the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Department of Physiology