{"id":7137,"date":"2023-08-03T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T02:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmb.unc.edu\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2024-09-03T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T14:11:13","slug":"oscar-arroyo-named-hhmi-gilliam-fellows-with-mentor-dan-mckay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/2023\/08\/oscar-arroyo-named-hhmi-gilliam-fellows-with-mentor-dan-mckay\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Arroyo named HHMI Gilliam Fellows with Mentor Dan McKay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNC School of Medicine graduate student Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay\u2019s lab was among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.<\/p>\n

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced the 2023 class of 50 Gilliam Fellows\u00a0conducting outstanding research in their respective scientific fields and their advisers who are committed to building a more inclusive scientific environment. Each adviser-student pair will receive an annual award of $53,000 for up to three years.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Gilliam Program<\/a>\u00a0invests in graduate students from populations historically excluded and underrepresented in science so that they are prepared to become scientific leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gilliam Fellowship not only supports incredibly talented graduate students who are poised to become future leaders in science,\u201d says Joshua Hall, senior program officer for the Gilliam Fellows Program, \u201cbut it also engages thesis advisers and institutions in the work of creating training environments in which all students can thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UNC School of Medicine has two Gilliam Fellows this year \u2013 Oscar Arroyo and Aleah Bailey.<\/p>\n

Arroyo is a fourth-year PhD student in the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology and member of the lab of Daniel McKay, PhD, associate professor of genetics and biology. Arroyo\u2019s research focuses on the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation during early development. He is a former UNC JEDI Fellow, during which time he worked to integrate current graduate students into the admissions review process in the biomedical sciences.<\/p>\n

HHMI\u2019s Gilliam Fellows Program recognizes that advisers play an integral role in helping their students realize their high potential. For this reason, Gilliam advisers participate in a year-long mentorship development course led by facilitator-scholars from HHMI\u2019s Scientific Mentorship Initiative.<\/p>\n

Read more about the HHMI and Gilliam Fellowships, including a full list of recipients, at\u00a0<\/em>the HHMI website.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in the UNC Health Newsroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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