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Current Scholars
Humboldt CIRM Scholars spend 12 months doing intensive research in a host laboratory at Stanford University, UC Davis or UCSF.
Learn about the work of Current and Past Scholars
We are very proud of the fact that 85% of Humboldt Bridges alumni have been accepted to highly competitive biomedical graduate or medical professional programs or found gainful employment in the field. Read our Alumni Spotlight to learn about some of the accomplishments of our Alumni!
Applications for next year's cohort will be posted later this year.
Visit our How to apply page for more information.
Elsa Balfe
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Stanford Institute for Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Dr Gerlinda Wernig
Host Mentor: Dr. Cristabelle De Souza
Project Title: Exploring CAR-T cells as potential therapy for Lung and Liver Fibrosis
Ademar Bynum
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Stanford Institute for Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Dr Sidd Jaiswal
Host Mentor: Dr. Shaneice Mitchell
Project Title: Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) in atherosclerosis
Loowyza Colegrove
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Stanford Institute for Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Dr Agnieszka Czechowicz
Host Mentor: Dr Morgane Denis
Project Title: HSCs corrected in vivo can lead to functional disease cure
Samuel Emmerson
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: UC Davis Center for Regenerative Cures
Principal Investigator: Dr Aijun Wang
Host Mentor: Kasey Clark
Project Title: Evaluation of Modified Stem-Cell derived Nanoparticle Stability and Targeting Efficacy for Central Nervous System Disorders
David Lopez
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Stanford Institute for Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Dr Michael Longaker
Host Mentor: Dr. Jason Guo
Project Title: Elucidating the Spatial Organization of Lungs in Health and Disease
Joshua Nelson
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Gladstone Institute, UCSF
Principal Investigator: Dr Bruce Conklin
Host Mentor: Gokul Ramadoss
Project Title: Improving the efficiency and precision of gene editing in neurons
Alyssa Paynton
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: UC Davis Center for Regenerative Cures
Principal Investigator: Dr Kyle Fink
Host Mentor: Dr. Roy Ben-Shalom
Project Title: Optimization of Multi-Electrode Array recording from patient-derived neurons and organoids
Kellie Pierson
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Gladstone Institute, UCSF
Principal Investigator: Dr Akassoglou
Host Mentor: Zhaoqi Yan
Project Title: TBD
Dean Roell
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Cedars Sinai
Principal Investigator: Dr Dmitry Sheyn
Host Mentor:
Project Title: The role of WNT signaling pathway in iPSC to iTenocyte stepwise differentiation for tendon defect repair
Eduardo Tejeda-Polanco
Received:
2023-2024
Institution: Stanford Institute for Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Principal Investigator: Dr Natalia Gomez-Ospina|
Host Mentor: Dr. P Colella
Project Title: Brain Repopulation by Genome-edited Microglia-Like Cells in Progranulin-Deficient Mice