Announcing the 2023 Meshnick Travel Award winner – Rachel Keener!

Posted on May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Johnny Uelmen, Ph.D.

TriCEM is excited to announce the winner of the 2023 Steve Meshnick Travel Award – congratulations to Rachel Keener! Rachel Keener Is a rising 5th year PhD candidate in Dennis Ko’s lab at Duke University School of Medicine. She earned her BS in Genetics at the University of Georgia after studying how novel Drosophila species respond to Wolbachia bacteria. Currently, Rachel Read more about Announcing the 2023 Meshnick Travel Award winner – Rachel Keener![…]

Spring request for proposals: Graduate Student Awards, Steve Meshnick Travel Award

Posted on March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 by Rebecca Cook

TriCEM is now accepting proposals for our spring funding cycle! We have two opportunities available for graduate students: Graduate Student Awards are one-year awards of up to $7,500 for graduate students to pursue research in evolutionary medicine. To be eligible, a student must be enrolled at Duke and is expected to lead and author aspects of Read more about Spring request for proposals: Graduate Student Awards, Steve Meshnick Travel Award[…]

Announcing the Meshnick Travel Award winner – Katherine McVay!

Posted on June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 by Meredith Spence Beaulieu

We’re thrilled to announce the inaugural winner of the Steve Meshnick Travel Award – congratulations to Katherine McVay! Katherine McVay is an Evolutionary Anthropology Ph.D. Student in the Goldberg Lab at Duke University. She earned her BS in Genetics and BA in Anthropology from North Carolina State University. She is currently studying genetic adaptations to Read more about Announcing the Meshnick Travel Award winner – Katherine McVay![…]