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DCEG Recipients of the Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship

The Sallie Rosen Kaplan (SRK) Fellowship is a leadership program to prepare female postdoctoral fellows at the NCI for the transition to independent biomedical research careers. Fellows receive additional mentoring and networking opportunities and attend seminars and workshops designed to strengthen leadership, time management, and self-promotional skills.

Meet the DCEG fellows selected for this program.

  • photograph of Drs. Isabelle van der Velpen, Jessica Scales, and Emily Pearce

    2025 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellows Announced

    Drs. Emily Pearce, Jessica Scales, and Isabelle van der Velpen were selected for the 2025 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship program. The program prepares female postdoctoral fellows for the transition to independent biomedical research careers through mentoring and networking opportunities, and seminars and workshops designed to strengthen leadership, time management, and self-promotional skills.

  • Minal Patel, LTG

    2024 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipient

    Dr. Minal B. Patel in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics was selected for the 2024 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship program.

  • Headshots of Batel Blechter, Courtney Dill, Lola Étiévant, and Jennifer McGee-Avila.

    2022 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipients

    Batel Blechter – Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch
    Courtney Dill – Biostatistics Branch (BB)
    Lola Étiévant - BB
    Jennifer McGee-Avila – Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch

  • SRK21 - Connelly, Argirion, Gutierez-Torres

    2021 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipients

    Katelyn E. Connelly – Laboratory of Translational Genomics
    Ilona Argirion Kabara, Ph.D., M.P.H. – Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch
    Daniela S. Gutiérrez Torres – Metabolic Epidemiology Branch

  • Headshots of Rebecca Hennessey and Daphnee Villoing

    2020 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipients

    Rebecca Hennessey – Laboratory of Translational Genomics
    Daphnée Villoing – Radiation Epidemiology Branch

  • SRK Winner for 2019 - Jackson, Karimi, Landy, and Pinheiro

    2019 Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship Recipients

    Sarah S. Jackson – Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch,
    Parisa Karimi – Metabolic Epidemiology Branch
    Rebecca Landy – Biostatistics Branch
    Maisa Pinheiro – Clinical Genetics Branch

Earlier Recipients of the Sallie Rosen Kaplan Fellowship

2018

Manila Hada

2017

Jiyeon Choi – Laboratory of Translational Genomics 
Vanessa Gordon-Dseagu – Metabolic Epidemiology Branch 
Minkyo Song – Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch 
Diana Withrow – Radiation Epidemiology Branch 

2016

Baiyu Yang – Metabolic Epidemiology Branch (MEB)   
Cindy Zhou – MEB 
Jessica Petrick – MEB 

2015

Clara Bodelon, Ph.D., M.S., Dr. Elizabeth Yanik, Dr. Maeve Mullooly

2014 

Rena Jones, Ph.D., M.S., Dr. Anna Coghill, Dr. Ashley Felix

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