Mentorship and Trainee Impact

Honors, Awards and Grants Received by Nolan Lab staff, current and former trainees

Are you interested in joining the Nolan lab as a trainee? See below examples of the impact our faculty mentorship has on individual trainees across the career spectrum. Trainees in our lab routinely receive hands-on grants writing and management skills and national or local accolades for their mentored research projects. This lab fosters a strong, supportive environment in which trainees thrive, leading to better long-term impacts on the scientific, medical and public health communities.

Junior Faculty

Matt Haldeman

Emerging Physician Scientist Faculty Fellowship, University of South Carolina’s School of Medicine’s Research Center for Transforming Health, $29,726, January 2023 – March 2024

Stella Self

National Institutes of Health-R01, $3,720,501, December 2023-November 2028

Postdoctoral Fellows

Lidia Gual Gonzalez

Racial Justice and Equity Research Fund, University of South Carolina’s Office of the Vice-President for Research, $15,000, January 2024-May 2025
Conference Travel Scholarship, American Society of Rickettsiology, $500, April 2024

Katie Lynn

2024 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & the US National Institute for Health, $8,000, May 2024

Doctoral Students

Katie Lynn

American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology Travel Award for Advanced Training, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, $1,000, June 2019
Maternal Child Health Catalyst Program’s Best Graduate Student Poster, University of South Carolina, $50, April 2021
SPARC (Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity) Graduate Research Grant, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $3,900, December 2021 – December 2022
Maternal and Child Health Catalyst Program Graduate Scholar Award, University of South Carolina, $3,000, April 2022 – May 2023

Kyndall Dye-Braumuller

Arnold Graduate Fellowship, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, $30,000, August 2019 – May 2021
Dr. Bruce A Harrison Outstanding Student Award, Mid-Atlantic Mosquito Control Association, $500, February 2020
American Committee of Medical Entomology’s 2021 Annual
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Scientific Conference Travel Scholarship, $900, July 2021
2022 Breakthrough Graduate Scholars Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, January 2022
Discovery Day 2022 Graduate Student Presentation-1st place winner, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, April 2022
Doctoral Achievement Award, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, May 2022

Emily Owens Pickle

Arnold Graduate Fellowship, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, $10,000, August 2022 – July 2023
SPARC (Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity) Graduate Research Grant, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $5,000, May 2024 – May 2025

Lidia Gual Gonzalez

Comstock Award, Entomological Society of America, $3,000, August 2022
University of South Carolina’s Office of Graduate School, Travel Award, $500, September 2022
SPARC (Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity) Graduate Research Grant, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $4,300, January 2023 – December 2023

Hanson Cowan

2024 ASTMH Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine, $5,000, May 2024 – May 2025

Sean Sweeney

Marron Huff Tremblay Science Scholarship, Joshua Tree National Park Foundation, $5,000, March 2025 – February 2027
Steven N Blair Horse Collar Fellowship, $11,000, August 2025 – July 2026

Master’s Students

Brianna Tennie

Outstanding Epidemiology Master’s Student Award, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, May 2020

Katherine Brown

Outstanding Epidemiology Master’s Student Award, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, May 2024

Undergraduate Students

Darby Nugent

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,500, May 2019 – April 2020

Danielle Johnson

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $3,000, January 2020 – August 2020

McKenzi Norris

Matched Crowdsourcing Research Funds-Undergraduate Student Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research $2,000, June 2019 – May 2020
Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,500, May 2020 – April 2021

Natalie Brown

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,500, May 2021 – April 2022

Bryceson Hernandez

SMART (Support Minority Advancement through Research Training) Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $1,000, June 2021 – May 2022

Lauren Turner

SMART (Support Minority Advancement through Research Training) Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $1,000, June 2021 – May 2022
Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,900, December 2021 – December 2022

Hanna Waltz

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research $2,500, January – December 2021
Discovery Day 2022 Health Sciences Undergraduate Poster-1st place winner, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, April 2022
Magellan Voyager Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $330, September 2022

Josie Morrisey

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,700, December 2021 – December 2022

Laura Witt

Magellan Journey Student Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research $1,000, March 2022 – February 2023
Research Grant Award, University of South Carolina’s Honors College, $3,000, June 2022 – May 2023
Magellan Voyager Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $330, September 2022

Ahalya Muraleedharan

Research Grant Award, University of South Carolina’s Honors College, $3,000, June 2022 – May 2023
Magellan Voyager Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $330, September 2022

Titi Abiodun

SMART (Support Minority Advancement through Research Training) Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $1,000, June 2022 – May 2023
Magellan Voyager Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $500, September 2022
2022-2023 Diversity Fellows Award, Arnold School of Public Health, $1,000, October 2022- May 2023
Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,966, January 2023 – December 2023
Undergraduate Student Award for Excellence in Contributions to Access and Collective Engagement in Research, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, $500, May 2024

Kaaliyah Harris

SMART (Support Minority Advancement through Research Training) Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $1,000, June 2022 – May 2023
Magellan Voyager Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $500, September 2022
Magellan Mini-Grant Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $500, December 2022

Anna Dill

Research Grant Award, University of South Carolina’s Honors College, $450, September 2022 – August 2023
Magellan Voyager Award, University of South Carolina’s Office of Undergraduate Research, $250, February 2023

Heny Patel

Research Grant Award, University of South Carolina’s Honors College, $1500, September 2022 – August 2023
Senior Thesis Grant Award, University of South Carolina’s Honors College, $572, March 2023 – August 2023

Elba ‘Sofie’ Fridriksson

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,500, January 2024 – December 2024

Kristina Baus

Magellan Undergraduate Student Research Award, University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice-President of Research, $2,500, January 2025 – December 2025

Full-time Staff

Chloe Rodriguez Ramos

Staff Award Recipient for Excellence in Contributions to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health $1,000, May 2022

Kia Zellars

Staff Award for Excellence in Contributions to Access and Collective Engagement, Arnold School of Public Health, $1,000, May 2024

Katherine Brown

Travel Stipend Award, American Mosquito Control Association’s Washington DC Conference, $1,000, March 2025