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CEND Fellowships

From Basic Science to Implementation Science - CEND Fellowships support UC Berkeley graduate students conducting research on emerging and neglected diseases.

CEND Fellowships

Above from left: Noah Baker (Fellowship Alum), Drew Ramos (2025 Fellow), Laurent Coscoy (CEND Associate Faculty Director), Sydnee Gould (2025 Fellow), Zaina Moussa (2025 Fellow), Hannah Nilsson (Fellowship Alum), Grace Toolsie (2025 Fellow), Kate Roberts (CEND Executive Director), Leen Arnaout (2025 Fellow), Felix Pahlmeier (2025 Fellow), Zahra Zubair-Nizami (2025 Fellow), Jeff Cox (CEND Faculty Director. Missing: Lena Blackmon (2025 Fellow)

Empowering the Next Generation of Global Health Researchers

Fellowships provided through CEND support several levels of trainees, including undergraduates, masters or doctoral degree candidates, and postdoctoral fellows, in their pursuit of research related to emerging and neglected infectious diseases.

In addition to receiving funds for their professional development, fellows participate in events and research seminars to give hem an opportunity to showcase their research and learn from colleagues across disciplines. They also join the broader CEND community, which includes attending academic and social events with CEND-affiliated faculty. CEND fellows are required to write a brief report explaining how the funds were used to support their professional development.

Eligible Applicants

Masters and doctoral students in the life sciences, chemistry, engineering, environmental sciences, math and information sciences, and public health who are engaged in research related to neglected and/or emerging diseases are eligible for the fellowship. To apply, you must be mentored by a CEND-affiliated investigator. 

 

If you have further questions,  contact us at cend@berkeley.edu

CEND Fellowships

These fellowships support UC Berkeley graduate students of high distinction involved in the study of emerging and neglected infectious diseases. Research areas include basic science, discovery of effective treatments, diagnostics, and vaccines, as well as policy, law, and economics in national or global health. Students conduct research in both laboratory settings and in the communities of disease-endemic countries worldwide.

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The Alber Science & Engineering fellowship provides professional development funds to early-career researchers in CEND-affiliated labs who are interested in conducting infectious disease research or drug discovery/high-throughput screening.

The Thomas C. Alber Science & Engineering for Global Health Fellowship is named after Dr. Tom Alber, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and founding Faculty Director of CEND. Dr. Alber believed that scientists from across the UC Berkeley campus have the potential to make an impact on our understanding of diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poor as evidenced by his own contributions to the tuberculosis and HIV fields in his career as a structural biologist. In recognition of Dr. Alber's contributions to CEND, Henry "Sam" Wheeler, Jr. asked CEND to use part of his gift to fund the S&E fellowship in Dr. Alber's honor.

2025 Fellows have been selected - check back in early 2026 for details about next year's application or subscribe to our newsletter.

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Kathleen L. Miller Graduate Fellowship

Award Amount
To be announced

This fellowship supports research in fields generally neglected for want of a "profitable market," including diseases and conditions commonly defined as rare, newly emerging or re-emerging, or epidemic in lower- and middle-income countries, particularly those affecting people living in poverty. The fellowship provides an enduring memorial to Dr. Kathleen L. Miller, who earned her Ph.D. in immunology from UC Berkeley and built a career focused on neglected diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis, which affects 240 million people worldwide primarily in poor communities. Though Kathy's career and passion for world travel took her around the globe, her fondness for Berkeley brought her back to work at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and later Chiron Corporation, where she made important research breakthroughs before her potential was cut short by a genetic heart arrhythmia at age 44. This fellowship honors her legacy by supporting growth in the areas to which she devoted her attention: encouraging female science students and scientists, strengthening the UC Berkeley campus, and improving the health and lives of people affected by emerging and neglected diseases.

2025 Fellows have been selected - check back in early 2026 for details about next year's application or subscribe to our newsletter.

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Irving H. Wiesenfeld Fellowship

Award Amount
To be released

A fellowship focused upon the study of neglected diseases, generously supported by Irving H. Wiesenfeld. Candidates may originate from any academic background.

2025 Fellows have been selected - check back in early 2026 for details about next year's application or subscribe to our newsletter.

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