2026 Grant Recipients

Nutchaya Amornruk moved from Thailand to the U.S. for her residency training and currently a second year allergy and immunology fellow at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY. She appreciates the opportunity to work with Dr. Puck and Dr. Condino-Neato.

She states, “Through this award, I aspire to bring all knowledge and expertise back to my home country to establish a nationwide TRECs newborn screen program and make Thailand a better place for patients with primary immune deficiencies.”

Lauren Meyer is currently a pediatric hematology/oncology fellow at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). She will be traveling to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to work in the lab of Dr. Kim Nichols, an internationally recognized expert in the field of HLH.

She states, “I am honored and grateful to have received this CIS Foundation Scholar Experience Grant, as it will allow me to pursue training and mentorship that is essential to my career goals and that will form the foundation for my future research.”