Congratulations, Fall 2024 Common App Award recipients! 

Graduate School students from all programs were selected to receive Fall Common App awards from a very competitive group of applicants. The Graduate School community is proud of each of you and the excellent progress you are making toward your degrees and pursuing your educational goals! See all of the winners in our video.

2024-2025 Ralph B. Arlinghaus, PhD Scholarship  

Cara Biddle – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Kendra Carmon, PhD 

Anna DeBruine – Therapeutics & Pharmacology; Advisor: Vihang Narkar, PhD 

Andrea Hernandez Molina – Immunology; Advisor: Simon Young, DDS, MD, PhD 

2024-2025 Michelle C. Barton, PhD Scholarship 

Siyuan He – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Nicholas Navin, PhD  

2024-2025 Molly S. Bray, PhD Scholarship 

Samantha Hitt – Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Advisor: Anna Konovalova, PhD

2024-2025 R.W. Butcher Student Achievement Scholarship 

Sseu-Pei Hwang – Genetics & Epigenetics; Advisor: Catherine Denicourt, PhD  

2024-2025 Cancer Answers Scholarship 

Munazza Samar Khan – M.S. Program in Biomedical Sciences; Advisor: Hui-Wen Lo, PhD 

2024-2025 Cancer Answers/Sylvan Rodriguez Scholarship 

Haoyi Wu – Immunology; Advisor: Don Gibbons, MD, PhD 

2024-2025 City Federation of Women’s Clubs Endowed Scholarship in Biomedical Sciences  

Anna Naglis – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Sean Marrelli, PhD 

2024-2025 Gigli Family Endowed Scholarship 

Romeesa Khan – Immunology; Advisor: Louise McCullough, MD, PhD 

Nicole Talaba – M.S. Program in Genetic Counseling; Advisor: Myla Ashfaq, MS  

2024-2025 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Endowment Scholarship 

Shane Cristy – Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Advisor: Michael Lorenz, PhD 

Jian Ming Teo – Medical Physics; Advisor: Ho-Ling (Anthony) Liu, PhD  

Trey Waldrop – Therapeutics & Pharmacology; Advisor: Emil Schueler, PhD  

Chuling Zhuang – M.S. Program in Biomedical Sciences; Advisor: Hui-Wen Lo, PhD  

2024-2025 Floyd Haar, MD Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Memory of Freda Haar 

John Sanchez – Therapeutics & Pharmacology; Advisor: Deepa Sampath, PhD 

2024-2025 Jesse B. Heath, Jr. Family Legacy Award  

Ya Xiang (Sophia) Huang – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Vihang Narkar, PhD 

Beatriz Rios – Neuroscience; Advisor: Sheng Zhang, PhD 

2024-2025 T.C. Hsu Memorial Scholarship 

Yibo Dai – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Linghua Wang, PhD 

Mya Rodriguez – Neuroscience; Advisor: Andrea Stavoe, PhD 

2024-2025 Investing in Student Futures Scholarship 

Hong Anh ‘Nikki’ Cao – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Daniel Frigo, PhD 

Rachel Shoemaker – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Dung-Fang Lee, PhD 

Guillaume Trusz – Immunology; Advisor: Michael Curran, PhD 

Mohammad Fayyad Zaman – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Frederick Lang, MD  

2024-2025 Fadine Jackson Roquemore Scholarship in Cancer Research 

Altai Enkhbayar – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, PhD 

2025 Charlene Kopchick Fellowship 

Maliha Munir – Cancer Biology; Advisor: May Daher, MD  

Richa Nayak – Genetics & Epigenetics; Advisor: Yejing Ge, PhD  

2025 Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship Renewal 

Stephen Farmer – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Sheng Zhang, PhD 

Chrystine Gallegos – Neuroscience; Advisor: Carmen Dessauer, PhD 

Skylar Gay – Medical Physics; Advisor: Laurence Court, PhD  

Pengju Gong – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Chunru Lin, PhD  

Mo-Fan (Elena) Huang – Genetics & Epigenetics; Advisor: Dung-Fang Lee, PhD  

Kevin Liu – Medical Physics; Advisor; Emil Schueler, PhD  

Kaylene Lu – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Jian Hu, PhD  

Bridgitte Palacios – Neuroscience; Advisor: Jian Hu, PhD 

Mekenzie Peshoff – Neuroscience; Advisor: Long-Jun Wu, PhD  

2025 Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellowship 

Andrew Gillard – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, MD  

Peyton High – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Kendra Carmon, PhD  

Dounya Jalloul – Neuroscience; Advisor: Michael Beierlein, PhD  

Ryan Sloan – Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Advisor: Jayhun Lee, PhD  

2024-2025 Michael E. Kupferman, MD Fellowship 

Julianna Quinn – Genetics & Epigenetics; Advisor: Jun Wang, PhD  

2024-2025 Steve Lasher and Janiece Longoria Graduate Student Research Award in Cancer Biology 

Yiming Cai – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD  

2024-2025 Annette Marie Loguidice Scholarship 

Hayden Scott – Medical Physics; Advisor: Stephen Kry, PhD  

Michael Yang – M.S. Program in Medical Physics; Advisor: Mallory Glenn, PhD  

2024-2025 Ray Meyn Scholarship for Cancer Research 

Chae Yun (Kate) Cho – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Kadir Akdemir, PhD  

Zongsheng Hu – Medical Physics; Advisor: Uwe Titt, PhD  

Rutvi Shah – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Andrea Viale, MD 

Lei Yang – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Nicholas Navin, PhD  

2024-2025 Oates Family Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Endowment Scholarship 

Sarah Ghalayini – Therapeutics & Pharmacology; Advisor: Natividad Fuentes Jr., PhD  

Jacob Mattia – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Wenbo Li, PhD  

Wei-Chieh Yu – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Yuan-Hung Lo, PhD  

2024-2025 Janet Elaine Pierce Frye Scholarship for Cancer Research 

Dexin Yang – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Ruoyan Li, PhD  

2024-2025 Sylvan Rodriguez Foundation Scholarship honoring George M. Stancel, PhD 

Annette Wu – Immunology; Advisor: Wen Jiang, MD, PhD  

2024-2025 Andrew Sowell-Wade Huggins Scholarship in Cancer Research 

Hao-Nien Chen – Immunology; Advisor: Dihua Yu, MD, PhD  

Megan Fisher – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Dung-Fang Lee, PhD  

Aashish Gupta – Medical Physics; Advisor: Kristy Brock, PhD  

Wendao Liu – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Zhongming Zhao, PhD  

Shraddha Subramanian – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Kendra Carmon, PhD 

2024-2025 George M. Stancel, PhD Fellowship in the Biomedical Sciences  

Jui-Hsuan (Rosalind) Chou – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Traver Hart, PhD 

Shucheng Miao – Genetics & Epigenetics; Advisor: Don Gibbons, MD, PhD  

2024-2025 Henry W. Strobel, PhD Endowed Scholarship 

Nicolas Moreno – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Changqing (Cynthia) Ju, PhD  

2024-2025 Sam Taub and Beatrice Burton Endowed Fellowship in Vision Disease 

Madison Shyer – Neuroscience; Advisor: Paul Schulz, MD 

2024-2025 Ellen Taylor Goldin Legacy Scholarship 

Jose Enriquez Ortiz – Molecular & Translational Biology; Advisor: Pratip Bhattacharya, PhD 

2024-2025 James E. Tempesta, MD Endowed Scholarship 

Sabona Simbassa – Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Advisor: Jayhun Lee, PhD  

Zhichao Xu – Quantitative Sciences; Advisor: Peng Wei, PhD  

2024-2025 Roberta M. and Jean M. Worsham Endowed Fellowship 

Spring Hwang – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Jian Hu, PhD  

2024-2025 Antje Wuelfrath Gee and Harry Gee, Jr. Family Legacy Award 

Lanxin Bei – Genetics & Epigenetics; Advisor: Wenbo Li, PhD  

2024-2025 Fernando Aron Yarrito Scholarship 

Ivana William – Immunology; Advisor: Michael Curran, PhD  

2024-2025 Wei Yu Family Endowed Scholarship 

Akhila Parthasarathy – Cancer Biology; Advisor: Juan Fueyo, MD