{"id":35507,"date":"2025-06-26T11:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/?post_type=cri_news&#038;p=35507"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:06:44","slug":"spring-2025-post-docs","status":"publish","type":"cri_news","link":"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/es\/media-room\/spring-2025-post-docs","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Research Institute Names 25 New Postdoctoral Fellows, Fulfilling $2.5M Commitment Amid NIH Disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New York, NY&nbsp; \u2014 The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) announced today the Spring 2025 Class of CRI Irvington and Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellows, making investments in 25 promising postdoctoral fellowship trainees whose research spans tumor immunology, cancer prevention, data science, and cellular engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element has-medium-purple-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Postdocs_Thumb-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35508 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Postdocs_Thumb-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Postdocs_Thumb-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Postdocs_Thumb-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Postdocs_Thumb.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>A new class of visionaries, backed by CRI\u2019s urgent commitment to keep progress moving forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CRI_Postdoc_Awards_25_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Meet the Postdoctoral Fellows<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This cohort marks the first selected since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearch.org\/blog\/nih-disruptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CRI pledged an emergency $2.5 million to fund an additional 10 postdoctoral fellowships<\/a> over the next year\u2014part of a bold response to mounting uncertainty in federal research funding. In a further show of support, CRI also offered all its current fellows in their final year of funding a six-month extension to help ensure continuity and stability during this turbulent time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPostdocs are the invisible engine of biomedical discovery,\u201d said Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, of CRI\u2019s Fellowship Review Committee and Scientific Advisory Council. \u201cAt a time when federal support is faltering, CRI is once again stepping up\u2014just as it did decades ago when cancer immunology had few champions. Supporting these young scientists is not just an act of resilience; it\u2019s a commitment to the future of science and the patients who depend on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each CRI fellowship provides $243,000 over three years and supports high-impact research at leading academic institutions across the United States, Canada, Israel, and Europe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spring 2025 class includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hiroyasu Aoki, PhD \u2014 St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manish Ayushman, PhD \u2014 University of California, San Francisco<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pilar Baldominos Flores, PhD \u2014 Harvard Medical School<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gbolahan Bamgbose, PhD \u2014 Huntsman Cancer Institute<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ondrej Belan, PhD \u2014 Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anton Dobrin, PhD \u2014 Sunnybrook Research Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zachary Earley, PhD \u2014 University of California, San Francisco<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samantha Fernandez, PhD \u2014 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jesse Garcia Castillo, PhD \u2014 University of California, San Francisco<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amina Jbara, PhD \u2014 Stanford University<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhixin Jing, PhD \u2014 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katherine Lindblad, PhD \u2014 Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew MacLean, PhD \u2014 The Rockefeller University (Carson Family Charitable Trust Fellow)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shannon McGettigan, PhD \u2014 University of Pennsylvania<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tara Muijlwijk, PhD \u2014 NYU Grossman School of Medicine<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fiona Raso, PhD \u2014 NYU Grossman School of Medicine<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kristen Witt, PhD \u2014 University of Washington<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kai Xu, PhD \u2014 Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left has-black-color has-medium-purple-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-97261e2652e1f3774a74cff458f9bda5\"><blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cPostdocs are the invisible engine of biomedical discovery.\u00bb<\/strong><\/em><\/p><cite>Miriam Merad, MD, PhD<br>CRI Scientific Advisory Council<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CRI Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Samira Ghazali, PhD \u2014 Harvard Medical School<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linglin Huang, PhD \u2014 Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rongting Huang, PhD \u2014 Stanford University<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyler Park, PhD \u2014 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maryam Pourmaleki, PhD \u2014 Stanford University<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rajat Punia, PhD \u2014 Cornell University<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Ralser, MD, PhD \u2014 Gladstone Institutes<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur investment is both a promise kept and a reaffirmation of CRI\u2019s mission,\u201d said Alicia Zhou, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of CRI. \u201cThese are the scientists who will shape the future of cancer treatment. We\u2019re proud to stand behind them\u2014not just with words, but with real resources that allow bold scientific exploration to be done. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a single bold idea in 1971 to a global network of more than 1,600 fellows, CRI\u2019s support for early-career scientists has helped turn immunotherapy from a fringe concept into a front-line cancer treatment. 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