15

Awards

2023

Hope Chang
Mentor: Ping Ren
Research Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Christina Kelly
Mentor: Jianli Dong
Best Oral Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Sarah Muir
Mentor:  David Walker
Best Poster Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Raheed Sunesra
Mentor: Tian Wang
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program
2nd place Award, 2023 UTMB MSSRP symposium

2022

Jayson Vargas
Mentor: Randall Urban
NSRF Best Oral Presentation Award for Microbiology & Immunology
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Christy Lee
Mentor: Tian Wang
Best Oral Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program
NSRF Best Oral Presentation Award in Translational Research

Mingru Liu
Mentor:  Ping Ren & Pei-Yong Shi
Best Poster Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Bryan Pearson
Mentor: David Walker
Research Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

2021

Zachary Chroust
Mentor: Lynn Soong
Research Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Jordan Norman
Mentor: Minkyung Yi
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Ryan Shepherd
Mentor: Nisha Garg
Research Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

2019

Angel Padilla
Mentor: Lynn Soong
Best Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Program

Renat Ahatov
Mentor: Tian Wang
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Vasilis Mavratsas
Mentor: Haitao Hu
Best Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

2018

Karen Zhang
Mentor: Victor Reyes
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Program

Bradley Dye
Mentor: Heather Stevenson-Lerner
Best Oral Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Cody Teleki
Mentor: Tina Wang
MSSRP/UTMB
Translational Research

Shelby Luikart
Mentor: Jianli Dong
MSSRP/UTMB
Women's Health Research

Amulya Sajja
Mentor: Ping Wu
MSSRP/UTMB
Pediatrics Research

Rahul Shah
Mentor: Krishna Rajarathnam
MSSRP/UTMB
General Basic Science Research

Tamer Ghanayem
Mentor: Jiaren Sun
MSSRP/UTMB
Infection and Immunity Research

Marisol Esqueda
Mentor: Lynn Soong
MSSRP/UTMB
Health Disparities/Health Equities Research

2017

Eric Shen
Mentor: Richard Pyles
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Program

Tyler Brehm
Mentor: Lynn Soong
Best Oral Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Joon yong Moon
Mentor: Dennis Bente
Best Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

August Schaeffer
Mentor: Tonyia Eaves-Pyles
MSSRP/UTMB
Best Overall Basic Sciences Poster and 2nd Place Poster Award

Beatriz Thomas
Mentor: Ping Wu
MSSRP/UTMB
Best Neurotrauma or Neurodegenerative Disease Poster

Esaias Tong
Mentor: Victor Reyes
MSSRP/UTMB
Best Infection and Immunity Research Poster

Tyler Brehm
Mentor: Lynn Soong
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development Travel Award

2016

Ryan Lawrence
Mentor: Tian Wang
Best Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Program

Amir Ali
Mentor: Haitao Hu
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Stephanie Ibrahim
Mentor: Richard Pyles
Best Oral Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Harica Kodakandla
Mentor: Lynn Soong
MSSRP/UTMB
Best Neuroscience Poster and Faculty Women's Caucus Award for Excellence in Research

Brandon Hood
Mentor: Jiaren Sun
MSSRP/UTMB
Best Overall Basic Sciences Poster

Megan Swonke
Mentor: Ashok Chopra
MSSRP/UTMB
The Norma H. Rubin Prize for Excellence in Research

2015

Logan Grimes
Mentor: Tonyia Eaves-Pyles
MSSRP/UTMB - June 23, 2015
Best Performance Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Program

Denley Yuan
Mentor: Jiaren Sun
MSSRP/UTMB - June 23, 2015
Best Research Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Erin Dinehart
Mentor: Allan Brasier
MSSRP/UTMB - June 23, 2015
Best Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

2014

Zakari Kwota
Mentor: Jiaren Sun
Joseph H. Stjepcevich Scholarship for Medical Students from UTMB ($15,000 for YF 2014-2015)

2013

Christopher Do
Mentor: MinKyung Yi
MSSRP/UTMB - June 27, 2013
(Best Poster Presentation Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program)

Abigail Watts
Mentor: Jianli Dong
MSSRP/UTMB - June 27, 2013
(2nd Place Best Overall Poster)

Jaye Weston
Mentor: Krishna Rajarathnam
MSSRP/UTMB - June 27, 2013
(Best Overall Basic Science Poster)

2012

KV Patel
53rd Annual National Student Research Forum, Galveston, TX, April 26, 2012
(Best Oral Presentation in Microbiology and Immunology)

Claire Cummins
MSSRP/UTMB - June 27, 2012
(1st Place Poster Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program)

Jessica Osizugbo
MSSRP/UTMB - June 27, 2012
(1st Place Poster Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program)

KV Patel
Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), Dallas, TX, November 27, 2012
(1st Place in the Texas clinical vignette competition)

2011

Jordan Carl
MSSRP/UTMB - June 29, 2011. Received the Best Translational Research Poster award

Kameron Lockamy
MSSRP/UTMB - June 29, 2011. Received the Best Patient Care Poster award

Oluwabukola Olatubosun
MSSRP/UTMB - June 29, 2011. Received the Faculty Women’s Caucus Award for Excellence in Research

Valena Sellers
MSSRP/UTMB - June 29, 2011. Received 1st place poster awards, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

Amar Singh
MSSRP/UTMB - June 29, 2011. Received 2nd place poster award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program

2010

Wei Han
MSSRP/UTMB - June 24, 2010
(1st Place Poster Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program)

Richard Lu
MSSRP/UTMB - June 24, 2010
(2nd Place Poster Award, NIAID Infectious Diseases & Inflammatory Disorders Training Program)