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Amy Parkhurst is awarded the Jastro-Shields Research Award, August 2023.

Grace LeBleu is elected as the President of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) , Sacramento Valley Chapter, July 2023. AWIS is a national organization with mission to empower women in STEM through community outreach,  career development programs, and formal and informal networking events.

Ulrik Mjaaseth passed his preliminary exam in the Graduate Group for Nutritional Biology, June 2023.

Amy Parkhurst passed her qualifying exam in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology graduate group, June 2023.

MingFo Hsu received the 2023 Richard C. Woodard Diabetes Research Trainee Award, June 2023. Awards are given for outstanding papers or manuscripts published, submitted, or in preparation during current academic year for excellence in diabetes research.

Grace LeBleu is selected for the Leader’s for the Future Program 2023-24 cohort, June 2023. Leaders for the Future is a 9-month program that facilitates immersive experiences outside of academia in conjunction with comprehensive curriculum addressing innovation, communication, leadership and business, and more.

Ulrik Mjaaseth is selected for the 2022 Center for Nutrition and Wellness Campbell Soup Company Nutrition Research Scholarship, June 2023.

Grace LeBleu is awarded the 2023 Carpenter Travel Award, which was established in memory of Cliff and Jane Carpenter to support graduate students in the Department of Nutrition. This award will be used to present at the American Society for Nutrition NUTRITION 2023 conference in Boston in July 2023.

Grace LeBleu and Ulrik Mjaaseth are selected for the 2023 Nutrition Department Rustici Summer GSR Award, June 2023.

Ulrik Mjaaseth is selected for the NIH-funded Predoctoral Training Program in Pharmacology, June 2023. This fellowship is for first year PhD students leveraging multidisciplinary approaches in biomedical research and aims to give insight into translational drug development.