FUNDING & AWARDS

R21CA259636 (NCI)

2022 (2 years)

Role of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri in orchestrating systemic anti-tumor immunity

R01DK130897 (NIDDK)

2021 (5 years)

Systemic immunoregulatory consequences of bacterial translocation during health and disease

UPMC HILLMAN DEVELOPMENTAL FUNDING PROGRAM

2021 (1 year)

Role of L. reuteri in melanoma

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR MELANOMA RESEARCH AWARD

2021 (3 years)

To study the tumor microbiome in melanoma

UPMC HILLMAN DEVELOPMENTAL FUNDING PROGRAM

July, 2019 (1 year)

Study the role of gut microbiota during cancer

PITTSBURGH LIVER RESEARCH CENTER PILOT & FEASIBILITY AWARD

May, 2019 (1 year)

Study the role of gut-liver axis

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARD OF THE CROHN’S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (CCFA) (ID: 480735)

01/2017-10/2018

Impact of Interleukin 15 on immune homeostasis and the intestinal microbiota in the development of inflammatory bowel disease

AUSTRIAN SCIENCE FUND (FWF) ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER FELLOWSHIP (J3418-B19)

2013-2015 (2 years)

Define the impact of interleukin 15 on the gut microbiota during health and disease

SANOFI-AVENTIS AWARD

2013

Received for the publication: The kinase PKCalpha selectively upregulates interleukin-17A during Th17 cell immune responses. Meisel et al.,Immunity 2013

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AWARD (MCBO)

2015

Molecular Biology and Oncology Award for excellent PHD students