2023-2024 Student Awards and Fellowships
Peyton High
TIPS fellowship
Stephen Farmer
President’s Research Excellence Award
2022-2023 Student Awards and Fellowships
Alexander Andersohn
AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
Mikayla Bowen
UTHealth CPRIT Innovation in Cancer Prevention Research - Pre-doctoral Fellowship
Jose Enriquez
NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition (F99/K00) Award
Lasher and Longoria Graduate Student Research Award in Cancer Biology
Yale Ciencia Academy Fellow
iSRS Travel Award (Conference)
ISRMRM Educational Trainee Stipend Award (Conference)
2nd Place Post-Candidacy Poster - BCB Symposium
Stephen Farmer
Gigli Family Endowed Scholarship
NINDS-Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
NIDA-Graduate Summer Opportunities to Advance Research Award
Honorable Mention-Ford Foundation Fellowship
National Academy of Science
Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez
DSPAN F99/K00 Scholar
Charlene Kopchik Fellow
ASPET Washington Fellow
Yale Ciencia Academy Fellow
Dean’s Research Scholarship
1st Place Post-Candidacy Poster - BCB Symposium
Peyton High
Pre-Candidacy Oral Presentation Skills - GSBS Research Day
First place elevator pitch presentation-BCB Spring Symposium
Chase Hutchins
2nd Place Pre-Candidacy Poster - BCB Symposium
Mo-Fan (Elena) Huang
The Antje Wuelfrath Gee and Harry Gee, Jr. Family Legacy Scholarship
1st Place Pre-Candidacy Poster - BCB Symposium
Sseu-Pei Hwang
CPRIT BIG-TCR Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Joan Jacob
1st Place Transformative Science - BCB Symposium
2023 McGovern Medical School Research Retreat Poster Competition-2nd place
Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship
Floyd Haar, MD Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Michael Longmire
1st Place Post-Candidacy Poster - BCB Symposium
Nico Moreno
TTS Student Ambassadors program travel award
CCTS Training Grant: TL1 TR003169, 2022-2023
Jesse B. Heath, Jr. Family Legacy Award for Translational Research
3rd Place Pre-Candidacy Elevator Pitch Talks - BCB Symposium
Sarah Shin
2nd Place Elevator Pitch BCB Symposium
3rd Place Elevator Pitch BMB Retreat
1st Place Research Image BMB Retreat
Marvin Wirianto
Transformative Science Oral Talks - BCB Symposium
2021- 2022 Student Awards and Fellowships
NIH NIGMS F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
Savannah West: Dr. Mentor Askar Akimzhanov
GSBS Endowment Scholarship
Janani Subramaniam: Mentor Dr. Shane Cunha
The Antje Wuelfrath Gee and Harry Gee, Jr. Family Legacy Scholarship
Ulises Gonzalez: Mentor Dr.Vasanthi Jayaraman
Floyd Haar, MD Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Joan Jacob: Mentor: Dr. Kendra Carmon
Gigli Family Endowed Scholarship
Marvin Wirianto: Mentor Dr. Seung-Hee Yoo
2021 BCB Directors Award
Tristen Tellman: Mentor Dr. Mary Farach-Carson
Marilyn and Frederick R. Lummis, Jr., M.D., Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
Anita Kaw: Mentor Dianna Milewicz
Larry Deaven Ph.D. Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
Tristen Tellman: Mentor Dr. Mary Farach-Carson
American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship in Cancer Research
Jessica Symons: Mentors Dr. Ilya Levental and Vasanthi Jayaraman
GSBS Endowment Scholarship
Nancy Wareing: Mentor Dr. Harry Karmouty-Quintana
GSBS Endowment Scholarship
Ryan Durham: Mentor Dr. Vasanthi Jayaraman
2021 BCB Symposium Presentation Awards
Oral presentation: post-candidacy
Dominik Awad (1st)
Ashabari Mukherjee (2nd)
Tristen Tellman (3rd)
Oral presentation: pre-candidacy
Joan Jacob (1st)
Jose Enriquez and Janani Subramaniam (tie for 2nd)
People’s Choice Poster Award
Nancy Wareing
2021 Medical School Research Retreat Poster Winners
Joan Jacob: Mentor Dr. Kendra Carmon
Jessie Morrill: Mentors Dr. Qingchun Tong
Vinay Nair: Mentor Dr. Alemayehu Gorfe
Rachel Van Drunen: Mentor Dr. Kristin Eckel Mahan
2021 GSBS Kopchick Fellowships
Nathaniel Berg: Mentor Dr. Holger Eltzschig
Elia Lopez: Mentors Dr. Terry Walters and Carmen Dessauer
Nabina Paudyal: Mentor Dr. Vasanthi Jayaraman
2020-2021 GSBS Scholarships/Fellowships
R.W. Butcher Achievement Award
Vinay Nair: Mentor Dr. Alex Gorfe
George M. Stancel, Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
Savannah West: Mentos Drs. Askar Akimzhanov and Darren Boehning
Andrew Sowell-Wade Huggins Scholarship in Cancer Research
Mikayla Waters: Mentor Dr. Melinda Yates
