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2023 SRF Award Winners

Oral Presentations

Platform Place Awardee Mentor School Program
A First Ashley DeBauge Dr. Amit Noheria School of Medicine Medical Student
A First Jacob Cindrich Dr. Mark Hamblin School of Medicine Medical Student
A First Zachary Green Dr. Jill Morris School of Medicine Neuroscience
B First Brittany Hufft-Martines Dr. Irfan Saadi School of Medicine Anatomy and Cell Biology 
B Second KaLie Burnette Dr. Hubert Tse School of Medicine  Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology 
C First Austin Morrison Dr. Sufi Thomas School of Medicine Cancer Biology 
C Second Natalie Eppler Dr. Yuxia Zhang School of Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
D First Ethan Kallenberger Dr. Andres Bur School of Medicine Medical Student
D Second William Wesson Dr. Nausheen Ahmed School of Medicine Medical Student
E First Richard (McKinnon) Walsh Dr. Michael Vansaun School of Medicine Cancer Biology 
E Second Kaitlin DeHart Dr. Bret Freudenthal School of Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
F First Matthew Kavanaugh Dr. Pamela Tran School of Medicine Anatomy and Cell Biology 
F Second Riley Kemna Dr. Jill Morris School of Medicine Neuroscience 
G First Mary Hastert Dr. Diego Mazzotti School of Health Professions Dietetics and Nutrition
G Second Emily Fravel  Dr. Holly Hull School of Health Professions Dietetics and Nutrition
G Second Lauren Hand Dr. Holly Hull School of Health Professions Dietetics and Nutrition
H First Kaitlyn Venneman Dr. Udayan Apte School of Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
H First Manasi Koltulkar  Dr. Udayan Apte School of Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
H First Wendena Parkes Dr. Michele Pritchard School of Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
I First Jordan Trant Dr. Gustavo Blanco School of Medicine Physiology, Molecular and Integrative
I Second Miranda Chávez Dr. Hubert Tse School of Medicine Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology 
J First Charlie Kircher Dr. Rhea Pimentel School of Medicine  Medical Student
J First Catherine Lei Dr. Koji Ebersole  School of Medicine Medical Student

Posters

Group Place Awardee Mentor School Program
Top 20 First Place Mackenzie Thornton Dr. David Akhavan  School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Edziu Franczak Dr. John Thyfault  School of Medicine Physiology, Molecular and Integrative 
Top 20 First Place De'mond Glynn Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabbagh  School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Chao Wu Dr. Pam Shaw School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Maggie Malmberg Dr. Allen Greiner School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Mackenzie O'Donnell Dr. Michael Slogic  School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Emma Pagella Dr. Udayan Apte School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Graduate Program of Biomedical Sciences
Top 20 First Place Andrew Jones, Benjamin Jones Dr. Ajay Bansal  School of Medicine Medical Students
Top 20 First Place Claire Sorensen Dr. Seth Sheldon School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Amanda Heard Dr. Nathan Singh  School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Place Paige Minchella Dr. Warren B. Nothnick  School of Medicine Physiology, Molecular and Integrative 
Top 20 First Place Connor Guthridge Dr. Seth Holwerda School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Place Sricharan Yadali Dr. Micha Sinclair School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Place Taylor Strope Dr. Heather Wilkins School of Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Top 20 Second Place Sarah Adkins, Olivia Pruss Dr. Kimberly Templeton School of Medicine Medical Students
Top 20 Second Place Maryam Gholampour Dr. Mohammad Haeri  School of Medicine Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Top 20 Second Place Muriel Lund Dr. Courtney Marsh School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Place Shwetha Sreenivasan  Dr. Liskin Swint-Kruse School of Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Top 20 Second Place Maci Carlson Dr. Shivani Scharf  School of Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Place Aprajita Tripathi Dr. Kalyani Pyaram  School of Medicine Cancer Biology 
Top 20 Second Place Anubhav Chakraborty  Dr. Alan Yu School of Medicine Physiology, Molecular and Integrative 

Department Awards

Department Award Awardee Mentor School Program
Anatomy Freeburg Award Brittany Hufft-Martinez Dr. Irfan Saadi  School of Medicine  Anatomy and Cell Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Kimmel Award Ben Ryan Dr. Bret Freudenthal School of Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Cheney, Ph.D. Award Zachary Green Dr. Jill Morris School of Medicine  Neuroscience
Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science, and Athletic Training PTRSAT winner Sodiq Fakorede Dr. Hannes Devos School of Health Professions Rehabilitation Science
Physiology Cresence Poster Paige Minchella  Dr. Warren B. Nothnick School of Medicine Physiology, Molecular, and Integrative
Physiology Cresence Oral Chelsea Johnson  Dr. Paige Geiger and Dr. Jill Morris  School of Medicine Physiology, Molecular and Integrative
School of Nursing Neuberger Sophia Schneller Dr. Becky Christian  School of Nursing BSN Program
School of Health Professions SHP Mary Hastert Dr. Diego Mazzotti  School of Health Professions Dietetics and Nutrition
School of Medicine Schloerb Amanda Heard Dr. Nathan Singh  School of Medicine Medical Student
School of Medicine Hayden Connor Guthridge Dr. Seth Holwerda  School of Medicine Medical Student
Graduate Studies Graduate Studies Austin Morrison Dr. Sufi Thomas School of Medicine Cancer Biology 
Graduate Studies 3MT - First Place Austin Morrison Dr. Sufi Thomas School of Medicine Cancer Biology 
Graduate Studies 3MT - Second Place Diana Najera Dr. Vargheese Chennathukuzhi School of Medicine  Physiology, Molecular and Integrative 
Graduate Studies 3MT - People's Choice Miranda Chávez Dr. Hubert Tse School of Medicine  Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology 
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