LAB MEMBERS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
CAROLINE YU, B.S. STEVEN LONGWORTH, B.S. VICTOR LOSAY, B.S. EMILY DIMAULO-MILK, B.S. RUNJIE YUAN, B.S.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS/RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
ZHIGANG ZHANG, PhD MARIA WHITE, PhD HUIRONG ZHANG, PhD QIAN LI, PhD PRANEET SANDHU, PhD JESSICA STEWART, PhD
LAB MANAGER/TECHNICIAN
WHITNEY TEVEBAUGH, B.S.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
ARYAN RAI
AWARDS WON BY TRAINEES
SCOTT DEWIRE, American Heart Association fellowship (2002-2004) (national award) SCOTT DEWIRE, 2005 Sarah Hodgewood Dissertation prize from the Genetics Curriculum
CHRISTY TOMLINSON, Lineberger Cancer Center Poster Award (2006)
TAMARA NUN, Lineberger Cancer Center Poster Award (2007) CARLOS GONZALEZ, NIH F31 fellowship (2003-2008) (national award)
CARLOS GONZALEZ, Lineberger Cancer Center Graduate Student Award (2009)
JOHN WEST, NIH NRSA F32 Fellowship (national award) KWUN WAH WEN, Lineberger Cancer Center Poster Award (2009) KWUN WAH WEN, Manire Graduate Student Award in the Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (2010)
KWUN WAH WEN, Lineberger Cancer Center Graduate Student Award (2010) SEAN GREGORY, Manire Graduate Student Award in the Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (2011) SEAN GREGORY, 2013 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award from UNC-Chapel Hill (campus wide award)
AADRA BHATT, 2012 IMPACT award from UNC-Chapel Hill (campus wide award)
AADRA BHATT, Lineberger Cancer Center Poster Award (2012) AADRA BHATT, Manire Graduate Student Award in the Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology (2012) PATRICK DILLON, Joseph S. Pagano Postdoctoral Award, Lineberger Cancer Center (2014) LOUISE GIFFIN, Award for Best Poster, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium, Lineberger Cancer Center (2014) ZHE MA, Award for Best Poster, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium, Lineberger Cancer Center (2015)
KURTIS HOST, Global Health International Fellowship, UNC School of Medicine (2015)
PENNY ANDERS, D. Gordon Sharp Graduate Innovator Award (2016)
ZHE MA, Joseph S. Pagano Postdoctoral Award, Lineberger Cancer Center (2016) PENNY ANDERS, 2016 International Herpesvirus Workshop Student Award ZHE MA, UNC Chapel Hill Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence (2017) (campus wide award) JASON WONG, 2016 KSHV Workshop Presentation Award
KURT HOST, Schwirck Research Award, UNC School of Medicine (2017)
JASON WONG, Award for Best Poster, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium, (2017) RICARDO RIVERA-SOTO, 2017 NCI Diversity Award DANIELLE CHAPPELL,2017, Royster Fellow SHARON HOPCRAFT, American Cancer Society (ACS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018-2021) ZHE MA, NCI K99/R00 Award, 2018 (national award) RICARDO RIVERA-SOTO, Award for Best Poster, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium (2018) RICARDO RIVERA-SOTO, UNC Graduate Student Conference award JASON WONG, 2018 HORIZON AWARD, UNC-Chapel Hill (campus wide award) RICARDO RIVERA-SOTO, 2019 Gordon Research Conference Carl Storm fellowship RICARDO RIVERA-SOTO, 2019 BWF Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program Award DANIELLE CHAPPELL, 2020 NCI Diversity Award RICARDO RIVERA-SOTO, 2020 Scientist Mentoring & Diversity Program (SMDP) Scholar PHILIP LANGE, 2020 Lymphoma Research Foundation Fellowship DANIELLE CHAPPELL, 2020. Department of Pharmacology Student Award DANIELLE CHAPPELL, 2021. Burroughs Wellcome Fund GDEP Award GRANT BROUSSARD, 2022. Award for Best Talk, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium GRANT BROUSSARD, 2023. Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science, Lineberger Cancer Center, UNC Chapel Hill MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2023. American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship JESSICA STEWART, PhD. 2023. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Postdoctoral Fellowship MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2024. Bioss Antibodies Cancer Research Grant Award MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2024. UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence (PARE) PRANEET SANDHU, PhD. 2024. Award for Best Talk, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium JESSICA STEWART, PhD. 2024. Department of Microbiology & Immunology Mentoring Award MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2024. Best Talk Award at the North Carolina Postdoc Research Symposium MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2024. American Cancer Society Hero of Research – Champion of Mission Award MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2025. Lymphoma Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship VICTOR LOSAY, 2025. Best Poster Award, Department of Pharmacology CAROLINE YU, 2025. Trainee Abstract Award, International Workshop on KSHV and Related Agents QIAN LI, 2025. Trainee Abstract Award, International Workshop on KSHV and Related Agents MARIA WHITE, 2025. Trainee Abstract Award, International Workshop on KSHV and Related Agents JESSICA STEWART, PhD. 2025. Award for Best Talk, UNC-Duke Viral Oncology Symposium MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2025. American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2025. Emory University’s 40 Under Forty. MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2026. AACR Women-in-Cancer-Research (WICR) Scholar Award MARIA WHITE, PhD. 2026. AACR Scholar-In-Training Award