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Current Recipients

The International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) is pleased to announce the recipients of 2024-25 IFER Graduate Fellowships for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Science.

Zeke Benshirim

2024 - 2025

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mentor: Dr. Paola Arlotta

“Enhancing Tissue Architecture and Fidelity in Single-Lumen Human Brain Organoids Using Hydrostatic Pressure”

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Kaihua (Chloe) Chen

2022 - 2025

University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Mentor: Dr. James McGrath

“In vitro studies of biophysical and molecular determinants of the blood-brain barrier during sepsis and systemic inflammation”

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Eunho Choi

2024 - 2025

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Deajeon, Korea

Mentor: Dr. Woojung Shin

“Application of a human colon-on-a-chip for the validation of living therapeutics to replace and reduce animal testing”

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Filipa Maria Ribeiro Soeiro de Carvalho

2024 - 2025

University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Mentor: Dr. Jason Gleghorn

“Development of a novel in vitro model of the human female cervicovaginal region to investigate host-pathogen interactions”

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Dowlette Alam El Din

2023 - 2025

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Mentor: Dr. Lena Smirnova

“Exploring the impact of chronic low dose domoic acid exposure on brain development and cognitive functions in 3D brain organoids”

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Lunan Liu

2024 - 2025

New York University, Brooklyn, New York

Mentor: Dr. Weiqiang Chen

“Organoids-on-a-Chip Model: a Human Avatar for Patient-Specific Tumor Microenvironment Modeling and Immunotherapy Testing”

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Claudia Nguyen

2024 - 2025

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Mentor: Dr. Aparna Bhaduri

“The Role of Thalamic Afferents in Cortical Fate Specification in Fused Organoids”

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Yansong (Harry) Peng

2022 - 2025

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Mentor: Dr. Esak Lee

“Bioengineered microsystems for dissecting the role of lymphatic and blood vessels in regulating tumor interstitial fluid pressure and immunity”

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Eliska Rehurkova

2024 - 2025

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Mentor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová

“Stem Cell-Based Leydig Cell Models for Reprotoxicity Testing and Biomedicine Applications”

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Ian Smith

2023 - 2025

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Mentor: Dr. Kimberly Stroka

“A spheroid angiogenic vascularization microfluidic device to replace metastasis-based mouse models”

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Vikram Surendran

2024 - 2025

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Mentor: Dr. Sean Vincent Murphy

“A 3D Biomimetic Lung Organ Tissue Equivalent (OTE) Model for Fibrosis Studies and Anti-Fibrotic Drug Evaluation”

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Mingzhi Xu

2023 - 2025

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Mentor: Dr. George Truskey

“An integrated microfluidic system with engineered blood vessel mimic and skeletal muscle to investigate the relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis”

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