Graduate School announces spring 2024 Common App award winners
October 08, 2024 By: Elizabeth Murphy/MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Congratulations, spring 2024 Common App award winners!
See photos of all award winners in our video.
American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship in Cancer Research
Hana Baroudi – Medical Physics Program; Advisor: Laurence Court, PhD
Emily Caggiano – Cancer Biology Program; Advisor: Emil Schueler, PhD
Daisy Diaz-Rohena – Cancer Biology Program; Advisor: Deepa Sampath, PhD
Chase Hutchins – Molecular and Translational Biology Program; Advisor: Alemayehu Gorfe, PhD
Kevin Liu – Medical Physics Program; Advisor: Emil Schueler, PhD
Yuejiang Liu – Cancer Biology Program; Advisor: Humam Kadara, PhD
Kaylene Lu – Cancer Biology Program; Advisor: Jian Hu, PhD
Fabiola Ester Lujan – Molecular and Translational Biology Program; Advisors: Daniel Frigo, PhD and Loukia Karacosta, PhD
Andres Lopez-Rivas – Immunology Program; Advisor: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, MD
Mekenzie Peshoff – Neuroscience Program; Advisors: Long-Jun Wu, PhD and Louise McCullough, MD, PhD
Larry Deavan, PhD Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
Takese McKenzie – Neuroscience Program; Advisor: Jian Hu, PhD
John and Rebekah Harper Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
Wendao Liu – Quantitative Sciences Program; Advisor: Zhongming Zhao, PhD
Russell and Diana Hawkins Family Foundation Discovery Scholarship
Bridgitte Palacios – Neuroscience Program; Advisor: Jian Hu, PhD
Rosalie B. Hite Fellowship
Hao-Nien Chen – Immunology Program; Advisor: Dihua Yu, MD
Xinru Chen – Medical Physics Program; Advisor: Jingzhong Yang, PhD
Andrew Gillard – Cancer Biology Program; Advisor: Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, MD
Servando Hernandez Vargas – Therapeutics and Pharmacology Program; Advisor: Ali Azhdarinia, PhD
Mo-Fan Huang – Genetics and Epigenetics Program; Advisor: Dung-Fang Lee, PhD
Marilyn and Frederick R. Lummis, Jr., MD Fellowship
Chrystine Gallegos – Neuroscience Program; Advisor: Carmen Dessauer, PhD
Schissler Foundation Fellowship
Yiming Cai – Cancer Biology Program; Advisor: Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD
Richa Nayak – Genetics and Epigenetics Program; Advisor: Yejing Ge
Linda M. Wells GSBS Outreach Award
Hana Baroudi – Medical Physics Program; Advisor: Laurence Court, PhD