Courtney submitted and was successfully awarded an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31-Diversity) from the NCI. The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31 Diversity Training Fellowship) enhances the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of outstanding predoctoral candidates from underrepresented groups (Credit: NCI). This fellowship will support the remaining years of Courtney’s MD-PhD training here at UAB. Her grant is titled, “Investigating the impact of hyperglycemia on modulating T cell populations in breast cancer” and Dr. Lalita Samant serves as her sponsor. You can learn more about this award and project here on the NIH RePORTER.