Award Recipients

2023 – 2025

Kaille Meguiar, DO

Kaille Meguiar, DO is studying the psychosocial outcomes in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer. She has been further supported for her research with an NIH T32 grant and is currently completing her MPH degree at Vanderbilt, together with her fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology.


2021 – 2023 

Rohini Chakravarthy, MD

Rohini Chakravarthy, MD is studying outcomes of children treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplant, using a large national data base. She has been further supported for her research with an NIH T32 grant. Upon graduation from fellowship in 2023, Dr. Chakravarthy will enter a stem cell transplant fellowship at University of Colorado.


2019 – 2021

Brianna Smith, MD, MS

Brianna Smith, MD, MS is studying the biology of myeloid disease, including myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia. She graduated from fellowship in 2020 and was recruited to our faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an Instructor and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2022. She has been further supported for research with an NIH T32 grant, followed by a K12 grant.