January 04, 2021

Ten from Medical School among ‘1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America’

The list also includes investigators from other U-M colleges and schools, as well as alumni and others who spent part of their research or faculty careers here and have moved on to other institutions

1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America

Ten University of Michigan Medical School faculty and postdoctoral fellows are listed among “1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America,” as posted by Cell Mentor, which is affiliated with the journal, Cell Press.

The list also includes investigators from other U-M colleges and schools, as well as alumni and others who spent part of their research or faculty careers here and have moved on to other institutions.

U-M Medical School representatives are:

Isola Brown, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

John M. Carethers, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Professor of Human Genetics

A. Oveta Fuller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Ramiah Jacks, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Kevin Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Ariangela J. Kozik, Ph.D.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine

Jonathan D. Morrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 

Chelsey Spriggs, Ph.D.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Delawrence J. Sykes, Ph.D.
IRACDA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Sonya Wolf-Fortune, Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

To read more about the list, visit: https://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/1000-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america.