Travel Award Information
Special thanks to those who have generously provided support for the following travel awards.
2024 Awardee
Helen Wu, PhD, MS
Oregon Health & Science University
The Andrew Alan Lackner Memorial Travel Fellowship celebrates excellence in research in any area of infectious diseases using nonhuman primate models. It is awarded to a top-ranked early-stage investigator at the Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS.
This award celebrates the life of former Tulane National Primate Research Center Director Andrew A. Lackner, DVM, PhD, DACVP, and his countless contributions to veterinary medicine, pathology, and research in the area of infectious diseases.
The Southwest National Primate Research Center supports this award.
2024 Awardee
Arpan Achayra, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Bonnie Mathieson NHP Symposium Travel Award was established to honor Dr. Mathieson who always attended the Annual Symposium and was a champion for early-stage scientists, serving as a mentor and advocate. She had a specific interest in helping early-stage researchers develop their ideas and initiate new areas of HIV vaccine research.
The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center supports this award.
2024 Awardee
Laura Lee
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Timothy Hoang Memorial Travel Award celebrates the life of Dr. Timothy Hoang, a graduate student at the Emory National Primate Research Center whose dedication to scientific discovery and advancement inspired all the lives he touched. It is awarded to the PhD student with the highest abstract score. Dr. Hoang made critical contributions to HIV cure research and pioneered SARS-CoV-2 studies in nonhuman primates during his short but impactful career, and will be remembered for his intelligence, drive, and love for science.
The Emory National Primate Research Center supports this award.
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Travel Awardees
Sakthivel Govindaraj, PhD
Emory National Primate Research Center
Lulu Guo, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Samuel Johnson, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Chrysostomos Perdios, PhD
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Lake Potter, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Kevin Raehtz, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Swati Saha
University of Louisville
Natalie Stahr
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Kasey Stokdyk
Emory National Primate Research Center
Yanique Thomas, PhD
Northwestern University
Amit Upadhyay, PhD
Emory National Primate Research Center
