The Albert B. Sabin Fellowship
The Albert B. Sabin Fellowship has been established to inspire and support outstanding Medical Scientist (MD / PhD) students pursuing a PhD in Immunology. Albert Sabin’s development of the Polio vaccine saved hundreds of thousands of people from a terrible paralytic viral disease. Recipients of the Sabin Fellowship should embody Albert’s compassion for human suffering; possess a passion for Immunology; and a desire for innovative research fueled by scientific curiosity. Apply Now.
Fellowship Benefits
- $10,000 in Sabin Funds upon entering the PhD program to be used by the Fellow for research and/or travel to scientific meetings
- Personalized mentorship by leadership faculty
- Starting stipend of $41,140 annually. Once a fellow has met Doctoral candidacy in the Immunology Program the stipend will increase to 43,140per year.
- Full tuition support for University of Cincinnati medical school and graduate school
- Student health insurance
| Last Name | First Name | Medical Entrance Date | PhD Entrance Date | Current Year | Lab | Research Topics and Accomplishments |
| Rossi | Amy | 2017 | 2019 | Residency | Hildeman | Perturbing Proteostasis to Deplete Plasma Cells Residency: Dermatology, University of Cincinnati Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society |
| Stevens | Jake | 2018 | 2020 | M2 | Deshmukh |
Development of innate and adaptive immune responses to pneumonia in the newborn lung is uniquely programmed by gut microbiota F30 Awardee |
| Sawada | Keisuke | 2019 | 2021 | G5 |
Divanovic | Glutamine Metabolism as a Rheostat of CD4+ T cell Pathogenic Function in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease |
| Lakes |
Nora | 2020 | 2022 |
G4 | Waggoner | Promoter Contact Mapping of Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells Identifies Cln3 as a Novel Risk Variant for Crohn’s Disease |
| Kellerman | Kendall | 2021 | 2023 | G3 | Jankowski/ Rothenberg | Identification of an IL-4 Receptor Dependent Neuroimmune Circuit that Regulates Allergen-Induced Esophageal Inflammatory Responses |
| Culberson | Erica | 2022 | 2024 | G2 | Pasare | |
| Kim | Ellie | 2023 | 2025 | G1 | Kottyan | |
| Rich | Maria | 2024 | 2026 | M2 | TBD |
