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Windsor, CT Local Awarded 2016 Cato T. Laurencin, M.D. Ph.D., Travel Fellowship
Dwight Meggie, a recent graduate from the University of Connecticut, was one of three students who were awarded the 2016 Travel Fellowship.
Dwight Meggie, a recent graduate of the Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Connecticut, was recently awarded the first Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., Travel Fellowship.
Named in honor of a distinguished member of the Society For Biomaterials, the Travel Fellowship was created to promote diversity, inclusion and success within STEM fields. The Fellowship provides undergraduate students with the resources needed to become a member of the Society For Biomaterials and attend the annual meeting. Fellows are paired with a mentor to serve as a guide as well as to advise them in pursuing advanced degrees and their career goals.
A Windsor local, Meggie is a certified pharmacy technician and an ambassador for the Academic Center for Exploratory Students (ACES) where he mentors academically undecided students.
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Meggie has participated in the McNair Fellows program, and is currently conducting research at the Institute for Regenerative Engineering. His research entails enhancing the solubility of poorly soluble drugs using various techniques such as solid dispersion. Meggie plans on attending graduate school and ultimately transitioning to medical school.
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