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)