Honors to Radhika Atit
- Jackson Award nominee for Outstanding Undergraduate Mentoring at CWRU, 2007, 2009, 2016
- Diekhoff Award nominee for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching and Mentoring at CWRU, 2014, 2018, 2020.
- Warren E. Rupp Distinguished Assistant Professor 2009-2012
- Wittke Award nominee for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at CWRU, 2009
- Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award, 1998-1999
- Sigma Chi, inducted in 1998; Phi Beta Kappa, inducted in 1993; Omicron Delta Kappa, inducted in 1992; Psi Chi, inducted in 1992
- Graduate Student Assistantship 1993-1999; NIH Research Fellowship, summer 1992; PEW Research Fellowship, summer 1990
Grant Funding to Radhika Atit
Current
- R21, R56 NIDCR, National Institutes of Health
- R01 NIAMS, National Institutes of Health
Completed
- Pilot and Feasibility Award, 20013-2015, Skin Disease Research Center, Case Western Reserve University
- Global Fibrosis Foundation Award
- Scleroderma Research Foundation Award, 2010-12
- Pilot and Feasibility Award, 2006-2008, Skin Disease Research Center, Case Western Reserve University
- Basil O’ Connor Junior Investigator Award, 2007- 2011, March of Dimes Foundation
- Presidential Research Initiative Award: 2005-2007, Case Western Reserve University
- NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: F32 HD08670-01 specificity of notch signaling in feather development, 2000-2003
Honors and Funding Obtained by Current Lab Members
- Rachel Wyetzner got second place in the Life Science Category at the CWRU-SOURCE-Intersections symposium in Dec. 2021.
- Megan Gregory got SOURCE fellowship to do research in the summer 2021.
- Anna Jusilla got the Best Talk Award in 2020 at the CWRU Biology Graduate Student Symposium and she gave a podium presentation at the 2019 Society of Investigative Dermatology Meeting. She is also a recipient of the T32 NIH training grant from the Department of Orthopedics and Department of Dermatology.
- Brian Zhang got second place in the Life Science Category at the CWRU-SOURCE-Intersections symposium in Dec. 2020.
- Trizi Ibarra 2018 got a predoctoral F30 NIH-NRSA fellowship from the National Institute of Craniofacial and Dental research and she gave a podium presentation at the 2020 Gordon GRS Conference on Bones and Teeth.
- Sai Thulabandu 2018 got the best student poster prize at the Midwest Society of Developmental Biology meeting.
- Mahima Devarajan in 2017 got the first price at Intersections in Natural Sciences, Michelson Morley competition, and Flora Stone Mather award for excellence in research in biology.
- Nikhil Mallipeddi in 2017 got the Havorka Prize for Excellence in Research in biology.
- Mahima Devarajan and Nikhil Mallipeddi (both '16) received Engage and Source Fellowships for summer 2015.
- Deepa Majanuth, '14: Source Fellowship for summer 2013.
- Isadore Budnick, '13: SPUR Fellowship for summer 2012, 2011.
- Henry Goodnough: NIH, F31, NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship for four years.
- Pooja Sandesara, ’09: Excellence in Biology from the department.
- Adrie Welsh, ’09: Honors Research in Biology, Excellence in Biology from the department.
- Preethi Mani, '08: First place winner at the university-wide SOURCE student poster competition. Finalist at Council of Undergraduate Research, Posters on Capitol Hill Program. Preethi presented her research in the Rotunda of the Capitol Hill in 2008 and met with congressional representatives and senators to increase the awareness of funding federal programs for undergraduate research.
- Pooja Sandesara, ’09: Received funding for 2007 summer research from the SOURCE program at CWRU.
- Charles Treloar, ’10: Received funding for 2008 summer research from the SOURCE program at CWRU.