PhD student selected for PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery

Mary Nantongo, a PhD student in the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, was selected for the PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery. The PhRMA Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on driving biopharmaceutical innovation and healthcare through research. Through its fellowship programs, the foundation helps foster students in advanced stages of training and thesis research.

Nantongo works alongside Robert Bonomo, MD, at the School of Medicine. Through her work, Nantongo aims to develop therapeutics to better manage drug-resistant tuberculosis, which has a tremendous impact on families and communities in her home country of Uganda.

Read a Q&A with Nantongo to learn more about her work.