FASEB Announces FASEB Fellows for the Future Cohort

By: France-Elvie Banda
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
FASEB welcomes the inaugural cohort of the FASEB Fellows for the Future program, funded by the National Science Foundation’s Leading Culture Change through Professional Societies of Biology (BIO-LEAPS) program. The 12-month cohort-based program provides mentorship, leadership training, and sponsored engagement in scientific societies’ professional development opportunities. By developing solid support networks, fellows will be able to skillfully navigate society leadership opportunities, effectively assess and advocate for governance changes within a scientific society, and gain a collaborative community of peer researchers.

Through the Fellows for the Future program, FASEB is committed to developing the next generation of scientific leaders.

The 2025 Fellows for the Future are:

• Francis Ayombil, PhD, Research Associate Scientist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
• Ansa Cobham, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, American Aging Association (AGE)
• Maria Fernanda Forni, PhD, Associate Research Scientist, Yale University, American Aging Association (AGE)
• Erome Daniel Hankore, PhD, Pathway to Faculty Fellow, Wayne State University, The Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities (ABRF)
• Piotr K. Jung, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (SEBM)
• Vik Meadows, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Organ Pathobiology and Therapeutics Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
• Samar Sayedyahossein, MD, PhD, Research Scientist, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
• A. Nicole White, PhD, MBA, Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation, The Association of Biomolecular Research Facilities (ABRF)
• MyeongJin Yi, PhD, Research Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)