Eddie Méndez Scholar Award Team

Dr. Nina Salama is the Senior Vice President for Education. She joined Fred Hutch as faculty in 2001 and is a professor in the Human Biology Division studying pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori. Dr. Salama is also the Associate Director of the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) component of the Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium. Dr. Salama has over 25 years mentoring trainees of all levels, and served as Fred Hutch Director of the Molecular and Cell Biology graduate program from 2016-2022.

Dr. Salama received a BS with high distinction in Honors Biology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1989, a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from University of California Berkeley in 1995 and performed postdoctoral work in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University.

Dr. Termini is an Assistant Professor in the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division at Fred Hutch and an Affiliate of the Human Biology Division. She leads a research laboratory focused on disentangling the fundamental mechanisms that underscore normal and malignant hematopoietic cell maintenance and regeneration. Dr. Termini has been involved with the Méndez Scholar Program since 2020, when she received the Eddie Méndez Scholar Award as a post-doctoral fellow. Soon after joining the faculty at Fred Hutch, Dr. Termini assumed the role of Co-Director of the Eddie Méndez Scholar Program. She looks forward to continuing to grow this program and mentoring the scholars as they pursue their career goals.