New SEPA Projects Funded in 2024

The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (National Institutes of Health) has made 25 grant awards to projects representing institutions in 17 different states. The SEPA program supports PK–12 and informal science-education activities that enhance the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce and foster a better understanding of NIH-funded biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research and its public health implications.

The 2024 project principal investigators and their institutions are listed below.

• Huang, Shixia; Baylor College of Medicine 
• Armenta, Richard; California State University San Marcos 
• Gee, Beatrice; Emory University 
• Chowning, Jeanne; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 
• Roldos, Isabel; Herbert H. Lehman College 
• Sachetello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Hopa Mountain 
• Rao, Smita; New York University 
• Lampi, Kirsten; Oregon Health & Science University 
• Tanner, Kimberly D.; San Francisco State University 
• Locke, Sharon; Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville 
• Cannon, Carolyn Louise; Texas A&M University Health Science Center 
• Meiri, Karina F; Tufts University Boston 
• Chenoweth, Ellen; University of Alaska Fairbanks 
• Phelan, Kevin D; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 
• Ozer, Elizabeth M; University of California, San Francisco 
• Mekinda, Megan; The University of Chicago 
• Rowley, Paul A; University of Idaho 
• Dennis, Elizabeth Ann; University of Maryland, Baltimore 
• Holben, David H; University of Mississippi 
• Ward, Tony John; University of Montana 
• Amsbary, Jessica A; University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill 
• Cupertino, Ana Paula; University of Rochester 
• Dougherty, Anne K; University of Vermont 
• Martinez Ortiz, Araceli; University of Texas San Antonio 
• Fenker, Kristin; University of Utah