GSBS Student Research Day
Thursday, June 22
Cooley Center
7440 Cambridge Street
Houston, Texas 77054

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!
Photo Gallery
Oral Presentation Skills
Pre-Candidacy PhD, MS & SMS, 1st Year
1st place: Llaran Turner (Advisor: George Eisenhoffer, PhD)
2nd place (tie): Peyton High (Advisor: Kendra Carmon, PhD)
Erin Snoddy (Advisor Kristy Brock, PhD)
1st Year Award: Peyton High (Advisor: Kendra Carmon, PhD)
Oral Presentation Skills
Post-Candidacy PhD
1st place: Xin Ru [Cheryl] Jiang (Advisor: Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD)
2nd place: Heather Tsong (Advisor: Andrea Stavoe, PhD)
Poster Competitions
Pre-Candidacy PhD, MS & SMS, 1st Year
1st place: Kenzie Peshoff (Advisor: Krishna Bhat, PhD)
2nd place: Morgan Riba (Advisors: Stephanie Watowich, PhD & Cassian Yee, MD)
1st Year Award: Morgan Riba (Advisors: Stephanie Watowich, PhD & Cassian Yee, MD)
Poster Competitions
Post-Candidacy PhD
1st place: Sharvari Dharmaiah (Advisor: Jason Huse, MD, PhD)
2nd place: Oluwadara Coker (Advisor: E. Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD)
Elevator Speech Contests
Pre-Candidacy PhD, MS & SMS, 1st Year
1st place: Bhargavi Brahmendra Barathi (Advisor: Jason Huse, MD, PhD)
2nd place: Hayden Scott (Advisor: Stephen Kry, PhD)
People's Choice Award: Aashish Gupta (Advisor: Kristy Brock, PhD)
Elevator Speech Contests
Post-Candidacy PhD
1st place: Hunter Mehrens (Advisor: Stephen Kry, PhD)
2nd place: Barbara Marquez (Advisor: Laurence Court, PhD)
People's Choice Award: Barbara Marquez (Advisor: Laurence Court, PhD)
Winners of the GSRD Scavenger Hunt
Maria Benavente
Joauna Carter
Sharvari Dharmaiah
Samantha Hicks
Alyssa Schulman
Larissa Tavizon
2022 Dissertation Awardees
Alfred G. Knudson, Jr., Outstanding Dissertation: Lalit Patel, MD, PhD
(Advisor: Michelle [Shelley] Barton, PhD)
“Genomewide CRISPR/CAS9 Screen Identifies Network of Protein Complexes that Regulate TRIM24”
Michael R. Blackburn UTHealth Houston Outstanding Dissertation Award: Russell Milton, PhD
(Advisor: Valentin Dragoi, PhD)
“Impact of Brain State on Visual and Prefrontal Population Coding in Behaving Animals”
Sincere thanks to all who competed and all who attended (in-person or virtually)!
We also send gratitude to our judges, emcees and AMAZING keynote speaker!
Keynote Speaker
Donald Patrick McDonnell, PhD

Glaxo-Wellcome Distinguished Professor
of Molecular Cancer Biology
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology,
Duke University School of Medicine
Keynote Speech:
Rethinking Endocrine Therapies in Breast and Prostate Cancer
AGENDA
9:00 - 9:30 am |
Breakfast |
9:30 am |
Welcome |
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Oral Presentation Skills Finalists’ Competitions |
11:00 am - 12:15 pm |
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Poster Sessions and Lunch (first 250 attendees) |
3:00 - 4:00 pm |
Oral Presentation Skills Finalists’ Competitions |
4:00 - 5:00 pm |
Elevator Speech Finalists’ Contests |
5:15 pm |
Awards |
5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Reception |