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Netanya Dennis, a BPNP Summer 2022 alumni, was accepted and will be attending Yale University's doctoral program in Interdepartmental Neuroscience. Learn more and hear about her experience.

Jesús Rosario, a BPNP Summer 2022 alumni, was accepted and will be attending the MD-PhD Program (MSTP) at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati’s Children's Hospital.

Yanilís Rodriguez Velez, a BPNP Summer 2022 alumni, was accepted and will be attending the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Ponce Health Science University.

Stephanie M. Hernández, a BPNP Summer 2022 alumni, was accepted into the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the Ponce Health Sciences University (Puerto Rico). She was also selected into their RISE program, which provides her with a fellowship for the first three years.

Priscilla Coriano, a BPNP Summer 2022 alumni, was just accepted to the BioMolecular Science PhD Program at Michigan State University.

Jesus Rosario, a BPNP Summer 2022 alumni, was just accepted to the University of Minnesota, U Iowa, University of Cincinnati and the University Alabama Birmingham for MD-PhD programs. He was also accepted to the University of Puerto Rico Medical School. 

Bethany Beekly, a BPNP Summer 2015 alumni, just defended her public oral examination on March 15th, 2023 for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Her project is titled: Sex-specific roles for melanin-concentrating hormone neurons linking the neuroendocrine reproductive axis and sleep. She has obtained her PhD from the University of Michigan and will be joining the Eban-Rothschild Lab for her postdoc at the Department of Biopsychology, University of Michigan.

New Publication Featuring BPNP-ENDURE Alumni:

Perez-Bonilla P, Ramirez-Virella J, Menon P, Troyano-Rodriguez E, Arriaga S, Makela A, Bugescu R, Beckstead MJ and Leinninger GM (2022). “Developmental or Adult-Onset Deletion of Neurotensin Receptor-1 from Dopamine Neurons Differentially Reduces Body Weight”. Frontiers in Neuroscience (Accepted, In Press)  

  • Patricia Perez-Bonilla (BPNP Endure Scholar - Fall 2013). She subsequently earned a dual-major PhD in Neuroscience and Pharmacology and Toxicology at MSU (Mentor: Gina Leinninger) and is now a postdoc at Pfizer.
  • Sydney Arriaga ((BPNP Endure Scholar - Summer 2020, 2021, Fall 2021) 
  • Jariel Ramirez-Virella ((BPNP Endure Scholar - Summer 2016, Summer 2017). He is now pursuing a dual-major PhD in Neuroscience and Pharmacology and Toxicology at MSU
  • This paper also showcases the generations of mentorship that occur through the BPNP-ENDURE program, since Patricia mentored Jariel and then Jariel mentored Sydney.

Jariel Ramirez-Virella was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Stephanie Hernandez was selected for the NIH U-RISE program at the UPR-Humacao.

Jesus Rosario-Claudio and Koralee Santiago won Travel Award to present their research work at the 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference.

Cristina Marie Rivera Quiles was awarded the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship.

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