About Us
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Director & Founder
Dr. Crystal Botham’s passion for writing proposals was ignited as a graduate student while writing an AHA fellowship. The Grant Writing Academy (started in 2014) is based on her successful Tackling Your K course (70% success rate for career development awards). In addition to being the founder and director of the Grant Writing Academy, she provides strategic advice to faculty and others in the Department of Pediatrics to enable competitive funding applications and productive research programs.
Assistant Director for JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) Initiatives
Debra (Deb) Karhson, PhD is a Basic Life Research Scientist in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department in the Autism and Developmental Disorders Research Program. Deb’s deep love of research was a strong catalyst for her enthusiasm for grantsmanship, particularly for support mechanisms dedicated to diversifying the research workforce. With her extensive experience in diversity-related grants, Deb will provide strategic support and advice for trainees interested in the new series of NIH K-awards and other equity-based grants.
Current Grant Coaches
Kelsie Eichel, PhD
Biology (Shen Lab)
Hoda S. Abdel Magid, PhD, MSHS
Health Research & Policy (Nelson Lab)
Stephanie Balters, PhD
Psychiatry (Reiss Lab)
Andrew Brooks, PhD
Genetics (Snyder Lab)
Vinita Bharat, MS, PhD
Neurosurgery (Wang Lab)
Leah Guthrie, PhD
Microbiology & Immunology (Sonnenburg Lab)
Jennifer Kong, PhD
Biochemistry (Rohatgi Lab)
Claudia Vasquez, PhD
Chemical Engineering (Dunn Lab)
Calvin Stephens, PhD
Human Gene Therapy (Kay Lab)
Graduate Student Fellowship Chairs
Miles Tyner
Microbiology & Immunology (Howitt Lab)
Lily Xu
Microbiology & Immunology (Chiu & Carette Labs)
Advisors
Sheri Krams, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs
Ruth O'Hara, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Research
Sofie Kleppner, PhD
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs
Latishya Steele, PhD
Director of Biosciences Programs and Curriculum
Ayodele Thomas, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate and Career Education and Diversity
