Dr. Delfín's Awarded Grants & Fellowships

National Parent-Teacher Association

November 2022, $1000

“Family Reading Experience Sponsored by Office Depot”


Kirtland Spouses’ Club

March 2022, $500

“Oñate Elementary School PTA”


National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Role: Mentor)

May 2021-April 2026, $2,034,815, Grant number T32 HL007736

“Minority Institutional Research Training Program”


American Heart Association Institutional Research Enhancement Award (Role: P.I.)

July 2018-June 2020 (NCE through June 2021), $154,000, Grant number 18AIREA33900010

“ABI3BP in the heart: a modulator of cardiac stem cell adhesion and differentiation”


University of New Mexico, College of Pharmacy Pilot Project Award (Role: P.I.)

July 2017-June 2018, $10,000

“ABI3BP in the heart: a modulator of cardiac stem cell adhesion and differentiation”


University of New Mexico, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Signature Program Pilot Project Award (Role: P.I.)

July 2017-June 2018, $14,958

“ABI3BP in the heart: a modulator of cardiac stem cell adhesion and differentiation”


American Heart Association Beginning Grant-in-Aid (Role: P.I.)

January 2015-December 2016 (NCE through December 2017), $154,000, Grant number 15BGIA22840012

“Stem cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix of failing human hearts”


University of New Mexico Research Allocation Award (Role: P.I.)

July 2014-June 2015, $10,000

“Expression of integrins in stem cells to enhance their adhesion to cardiac ECM”


University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy Pilot Project Award (Role: Co-P.I.)

July 2013-April 2014, $5,000

July 2013-April 2014, $5,000

“Determining the effects of diabetic serum on the promotion of cardiovascular disease”


NIH KL2 Scholar, University of New Mexico Clinical and Translational Science Center

April 2013-August 2017, $25,000 annual research support plus 75% salary support, Grant number KL2 TR 001448

“Stem cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix of failing human hearts”


Center for Muscle Biology and Disease Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Ohio State University-Nationwide Children’s Hospital Fellowship (Role: Postdoctoral Fellow)

2012-2013, stipend


UNCF-Merck Science Initiatives Postdoctoral Fellowship (Role: Postdoctoral Fellow)

2011-2012, stipend


Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease/NIH T32 (Role: Postdoctoral Fellow)

2010-2011, stipend


UNCF-Merck Science Initiatives Predoctoral Fellowship (Role: Predoctoral Candidate Fellow)

2005-2007, stipend


Procter and Gamble Predoctoral Fellowship through the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (Role: Predoctoral Fellow)

2004-2005, stipend


Chemistry-Biology Interface Program/NIH T32 (Role: Graduate Fellow)

2001-2007, partial stipend


Molecular Life Sciences Program at The Ohio State University (Role: Graduate Fellow)

2001-2007, partial stipend



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