Dr. Adaku C. Ume

Education

1. 2023

   PhD - Renal Pathophysiology

   Wright State University

2. 2017

   M.S. (Pharmacology)

   Georgetown University

3. 2011

   B.S. (Cell and Developmental Biology)

   University of California, Santa Barbara

Grant Funding

1. 2022 - 2026

   Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30)

   The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - The National Institutes of Health
2. 2021-2023

   Porter Physiology Development Predoctoral Fellowship

   American Physiological Society
3. 2019 - 2021

   R21 Administrative Diversity Supplement

   The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - The National Institutes of Health
4. 2021-2023

   National Medical Fellows Alliance for Inclusion in Medicine Scholarship

   Johnson & Johnson
5. 2019 - 2020

   Medical Student Research Grant

   Boonshoft School of Medicine - Wright State University

Honors and Awards

• 2023

  Ijeoma Obi Award

  Black in Physiology
• 2022

  Outstanding Student Award for Medical Research

  Academy of Medicine - Boonshoft School of Medicine
• 2022

  Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award

  American Physiological Society
• 2021

  Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation

  Conference for Black Physiologists
• 2021

  Kidney STARS Award

  American Society of Nephrology
• 2020

  EB Conference Travel Award

  American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics