The HIRN Year 5 & Year 6 Executive Summary Report is now available online! The report reflects significant HIRN breakthroughs, developments and advancements across the entire network. This 2-year report reflects activity from October 2018 through September 2020.

Cover Image: Dan Huh, Univ. Pennsylvania, CHIB Stanger UG3. A cross-sectional view of a vascularized three-dimensional biomimetic device visualized by scanning electron microscopy. A micro-capillary is seen in cross-section along with a functional pericyte (upper right) and surrounding matrix.

The following are recipients of HIRN 2022 Trainee Scholarships. These trainees submitted abstracts that were competitively reviewed by members of the HIRN Annual Meeting Planning Committee and selected as being highly meritorious. 

– Gregory Golden, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
– Abhishek Kulkarni, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Florida
– Olha Melnyk, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Indiana University School of Medicine
– Ali Shilleh, Graduate Student, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

• • NIH Integrated Physiology of Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas in T1D (RFA-DK-22-022)
    Due February 21, 2023
  • NIH Gateway Awards (RFA-DK-21-030)
    Due March 20, 2023
  • HIRN Pancreas Knowledgebase Program (PanKbase) (RFA-DK-22-018)
    Due March 31, 2023

The following trainees were selected as award recipients based on the posters they presented at the HIRN 2022 Annual Investigator Meeting.

– Vrushali Agashe, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist Columbia University Irving Medical Center
– Cristiane dos Santos, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Vanderbilt University
– Udi Ehud Knebel, Doctoral Student, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
– Leslie Wagner, Doctoral Student,  Indiana University School of Medicine