May 2021
Featured by STEMJazz, an incubator and networking hub that explores areas of intersection and commonalities between researchers across STEM fields and their distinct disciplinary focus, Ms. Ruiz discusses her introduction to biomedical research, the importance of her family's support in her career path, and her hobbies outside of the lab in a new interview.
April 2021
Ms. Ruiz receives the 2021 Sigma Xi Graduate Award for “excellence in research and high potential for future contributions to science.”
March 2021
Ms. Ruiz was accorded honorable mention status in the 2021 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
February 2021
Two publications out this month -
Wu HW, Park S, Pond-Tor S, Stuart R, Zhou S, Hong Y, Ruiz AE, Acosta L, Jarilla B, Friedman JF, Jiz M, Kurtis JD. Whole-proteome differential screening identifies novel vaccine candidates for schistosomiasis japonica. J Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 19:jiab085. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab085. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33606021.
Khosravi-Maharlooei M, Li H, Hoelzl M, Zhao G, Ruiz A, Misra A, Li Y, Teteloshvili N, Nauman G, Danzl N, Ding X, Pinker EY, Obradovic A, Yang YG, Iuga A, Creusot RJ, Winchester R, Sykes M. Role of the thymus in spontaneous development of a multi-organ autoimmune disease in human immune system mice. J Autoimmun. 2021 Feb 18;119:102612. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102612. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33611150.
January 2021
Ms. Ruiz is selected as a course facilitator for Dr. Ashish Jha and Dr. Megan Ranney's Pandemic Problem Solving 6-week course offered through the Brown School of Professional Studies and the Brown School of Public Health.
October 2020
ASTMH election results are out! Ms. Ruiz is elected to the Board of Directors. She is the youngest person to be elected to ASTMH's board of directors.
September 2020
Ms. Ruiz is nominated for the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Board of Directors election.
August 2020
Ms. Ruiz is selected as a Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning Teaching Consultant.
Ms. Ruiz is awarded an NIH Research Supplement to Promote Diversity Slated to Start in September.
July 2020
Ms. Ruiz celebrates passing her preliminary qualifying exams. Her thesis committee members are Dr. Alfred Ayala PhD, Dr. Jennifer Friedman MD, PhD, MPH, Dr. Stephen McGarvey MPH, PhD, and Dr. Eleftherios Mylonakis MD, PhD.
Forbes Magazine features Ms. Ruiz and her research on schistosomiasis in an article entitled "This Scientist Is Searching For A Vaccine To World’s Second-Most Devastating Parasite."
June 2020
The Brown University chapter of Sigma Xi elects Ms. Ruiz as an Associate Member.
August 2019
Ms. Ruiz is selected to co-chair a Scientific Session at the 2019 Annual ASTMH Meeting.
July 2019
Ms. Ruiz is selected as a Brown University NIH Initiative To Maximize Student Development Scholar.
June 2019
Ms. Ruiz joins the Kurtis lab under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan "Jake" Kurtis and Associate Professor Dr. Haiwei Wu. Her thesis project is entitled "Whole Proteome Differential Screening for the Identification of Novel Schistosomiasis Japonica Vaccine Candidates."