News/Press/Media
2024:
Congratulations to Isabel Okinedo for receiving a DRSA grant from the Lupus Research Alliance!
Congratulations to Angelina Huang on her acceptance to Dartmouth University for undergrad!
Congratulations to Akanksha Nagarkar, Andrew Romasco and Kurren Parrida for being selected for the Gold Humanism Honor Society!
Congratulations to Pamela Amechi (co-mentored w Dr. Angel Byrd) for presenting a late-breaking poster at the 2024 Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting!
Congratulations to Gulsum Yildiz-Altay for presenting an ePoster talk and poster at the 2024 Society for Investigative Dermatology meeting!
Congratulations to Mridushi Daga on officially becoming a PhD candidate!
Yuying Zhang was featured in UMass Chan News for her peer mentoring efforts, congratulations!
Congratulations to Gulsum Yildiz-Altay for receiving a travel grant for the 2024 Hair Congress!
Congratulations to Faradia Kernizan for receiving a DRSA grant from the Lupus Research Alliance!
Congratulations to Shakeria Stewart for receiving a DRSA grant from the Dermatology Foundation!
Congratulations to Yuying Zhang for receiving a DRSA grant from the Dermatology Foundation!
Congratulations to Sean Tao on his acceptance to Cornell University for undergrad!
Congratulations to Shriya Kannan on her acceptance to Dartmouth University for undergrad!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab alumni Drs. Lubov, Groover, James, Kumar, & Walsh on a successful Match 2024! Congratulations also to Dr. Rachel Krevh, who has worked with Dr. Richmond on Global Derm Talks, on a successful Match 2024!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab alumnus Danny Kwong on his acceptance to Stanford University Physician Assistant program!
Congratulations to Akanksha Nagarkar for starting as an NIH Research Fellow!
Congratulations to Warda Abdi for receiving a travel award and an oral presentation at the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) annual meeting!
Congratulations to Saeed Shakiba for presenting his work orally at the Immunology & Microbiology Program retreat!
Congratulations to Saeed Shakiba and Gulsum Yildiz-Altay for presenting posters at SID!
2023:
Janet Lubov's systematic review about natural compounds for the treatment of lupus was featured in Medical News Today!
Congratulations to Warda Abdi for receiving a DRSA grant from the Dermatology Foundation!
Congratulations to Nia James for receiving a DRSA grant from the Dermatology Foundation!
Congratulations to Andy Huang on his acceptance to Wash U St. Louis for undergrad!
Congratulations to Sebastian Nieves-Lozano on his acceptance to Autonomous University of Guadalajara for medical school!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab for receiving a Mechanisms & Targets Award from the Lupus Research Alliance!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab alumni Drs. Jamison, Desse & Ryan on a successful Match 2023! Congratulations also to Drs. Kimball & Gold-Olufadi, who have worked with Dr. Richmond on Global Derm Talks, on a successful Match 2023!
Congratulations to Shriya Kannan for representing her high school at the state level science fair!
Congratulations to Diana Junyue Ma for her early decision acceptance to Brown University!
Congratulations to Fatima Qutab for starting as a NIH IRTA Neuro Clinical Research Fellow!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab for receiving a Mechanisms & Targets Award from the Lupus Research Alliance! The LRA has been a wonderful supporter of our work and we are very grateful!
2022:
Congratulations to Drs. London & Richmond for receiving a U01 from the National Cancer Institute to generate anti-tumor immunity in canine osteosarcoma!
Congratulations to Saurabh Kumar for receiving the Whitaker CMSC Best Presentation Award at the CMSC meeting!
Congratulations to Elisa Bello for receiving a FCMSC Medical Student Research Scholarship!
Congratulations to Neil Wong for graduating high school and receiving a full scholarship to study Biomedical Engineering at UConn!
Congratulations to Saurabh Kumar for receiving a travel award to ACTRIMS!
Congratulations to Alice Amudzi for receiving a travel award to the Women's Derm Society meeting!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab alumni Drs. Olayinka, Raef, Ederaine, Ajayi, Bryant and Amudzi on a successful Match 2022!
Congratulations to Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi and Marisa Walsh for presenting posters at SOCS!
Congratulations to Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi for presenting her research orally at FOCIS!
Congratulations to Khashi Afshari & Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi for poster presentations at SID! Khashi was also selected for an oral presentation at a concurrent session, the SID retreat and a travel award!
Congratulations to Elisa Bello for receiving a FCMSC Medical Student Research Scholarship!
Congratulations to Aisha Jamison and Sachi Desse for receiving DRSA grants from the Dermatology Foundation!
Congratulations to Richmond & Byrd labs for receiving a Skin of Color Research Grant to study health disparities in Mycosis Fungoides!
Dr. Richmond was recently featured in the Cancer Center blog!
Congratulations to Diana Ma on her Connecticut Science & Engineering fair awards including the Regeneron Biomedical Science Award, Pfizer Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Award, and Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation Medal!
Congratulations to Danny Kwong for graduating from MCPHS summa cum laude!
Congratulations to Fatima Qutab for graduating from Clark summa cum laude with high honors in psychology!
2021:
Congratulations to Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi for presenting her cutaneous lupus erythematosus research orally at the Inflammatory Skin Disease Summit!
Congratulations to Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi and Khashi Afshari for presenting posters at SID! Nazgol was also selected for an e-poster talk, the SID retreat and a travel award!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab for receiving a Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research grant to study Multiple Sclerosis!
Congratulations to Janet Lubov for receiving a DRSA grant from the Lupus Research Alliance!
Congratulations to Saurabh Kumar for receiving a FCMSC Medical Student Research Scholarship!
Congratulations to Haya Raef for receiving a 2021 AΩA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship!
Congratulations to Jadé Olayinka for being selected as a Fauci Scholar, and for receiving a DRSA grant from the Dermatology Foundation!
Congratulations to Khashi Afshari for receiving a SPARK award from the UMass Chan CCTS!
Congratulations to Richmond Lab alumna Ista Egbeto on a successful Match!
Congratulations to Khashi Afshari and Nazgol-Sadat Haddadi on oral presentations at RDS!
2020:
Haya Raef was featured in AAD News Dermatology World Weekly , AAD's SkinSerious , and the Boston Globe for her COVID19 care kits for the Homeless at Preble Street and Boston Health Care for the Homeless
Dr. Richmond participated in the Dermatology Episode for the Lupus Foundation of New England's TILLY Series - The Interactive Lupus Link for You. She is also co-hosting Global Derm Talks with her colleagues Dr. Bill Damksy and Phia Ederaine.
Congrats Richmond Lab for your CDMRP Lupus Research Program Award! Thanks to all Lupus Advocates for helping to establish this program!