Shukla Receives Pelotonia Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Vasudha Shukla, postdoctoral research scientist in BME, was recently awarded a Pelotonia Postdoctoral Fellowship.  The fellowship is a two year award that will allow Dr. Shukla to investigate novel hypothesis related to the role biomechanical forces play in lung cancer progression.  For this fellowship, Shukla will be co-advised by Dr. Ghadiali, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep at the OSU Wexner Medical Center, and Dr. Nana-Sinkam, Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Co-Director of Research Programs, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep at the OSU Wexner Medical Center.

Pelotonia is a grassroots bike tour that raises money for innovative and life saving cancer research at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. The competitive fellowship sponsored by Pelotonia is a cancer research program developed to train the most promising cancer scientists at The Ohio State University. This fellowship program funds training for undergraduate, graduate, and medical students and postdoctoral fellows at Ohio State.

Congratulations to Dr. Shukla for receiving this competitive fellowship!