Trainee Council

2026 TRAINEE COUNCIL

Responsible for representing trainee members to SfRBM leadership and to facilitate professional development sessions for trainees.

CHAIR

Mia S. Wilkinson
Queen's University, Canada

VICE CHAIR

Inge Claassen
Florida International Unversity

SECRETARY

Teresa Gluth
West Virginia University

COUNCIL MEMBER

Rebecca M. Wall
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

COUNCIL MEMBER

Pierre-Anne R. Laird
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

COUNCIL MEMBER

Vacant

TRAINEE COUNCIL ALUMNI

2025 - Clint Upchurch, Alejandro Garcia Flores, Upasana Ganguly, Alexsandro Figueiredo, Teresa Gluth, Mia Wilksinson
2024 - Nirmal Kumar, Mekhla Singhania, Evan DeVallance, Clint Upchurch, Alejandro Garcia Flores, Upasana Ganguly
2023 - Isabelle Elena Logan, Maleka Stewart, Nathalia Rocco Machado, Evan DeVallance, Nirmal Kumar, Mekhla Singhania
2022 - Morgan Foret, Veronica Paviani Sampiano, Ethan Ostrom, Isabelle Logan, Maleka Stewart, Nathalia Rocco Machado
2021 - Jeffrey Stolwijk, Brian Head, Ethan Ostrom, Morgan Foret, Veronica Paviani, Phablo Abreu
2020 - Sophie Maiocchi, Katelyn Dunigan, Maria Fernanda Forni, Jeffrey Stolwijk, Brian Head, Ted Piorczynski
2019 - Archit Rastogi, Laura Corrales-Diaz Pomatto, Madelyn Espinosa-Cotton, Katelyn Dunigan, Maria Fernanda Forni, Sophie Maiocchi
2018 - Andrea Branganza, Ryan Smith, Justin Quiles, Archit Rastogi, Laura Corrales-Diaz Pomatto, Madelyn Espinosa-Cotton
2017 - Kimberly Dunham-Snary, Samantha Giordano, Philip Wages, Andrea Braganza, Ryan Smith, Archit Rastogi
2016 - Samantha Giordano, Edward Moreira-Bahnson, Adam Case, Philip Wages, Kimberly Dunham-Snary
2015 - Adam Case, Samantha Giordano, Edward Moreira-Bahnson, Philip Wages, Kimberly Dunham-Snary, Dave Schnell

RECORDED WEBINARS

Meet the 2026 Trainee Council
May 2026
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Meet the 2022 Trainee Council
July 2022
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Challenges in Grad School Panel Event
July 2021
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Regulation of the Antiviral Response:
Are Reactive Oxygen Species Friends or Foes?
Nathalie Grandvaux, Ph.D. - October 2020
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Fighting Drug Resistance with Radicals:
Targeting the Lysosome to Design Anti-Cancer Drugs.
Des R. Richardson, Ph.D. - July 2018
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How Heme is Wreaking Havoc in Disease
Rakesh Patel, Ph.D. - July 2017
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Nitrotyrosine: To Die or Not to Die
Alvaro Estevez, Ph.D. - May 2016
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The State of the PhD: Exploring Careers Beyond the Professoriate
Laurence Frabottta, Ph.D. - October 2014
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MENTORING EXCELLENCE AWARD

The SfRBM Mentoring Excellence Award will recognize outstanding mentorship provided by a current member of the SfRBM. The award recipient could be a junior, mid-career or senior principal investigator, who will be nominated by trainees of the SfRBM.

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