Student Awards
2024 Masters and PhD Student Awards and Accolades
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Fellowships, Scholarships, and Research Awards
Jojo Reyes
NJMS Faculty Organization Award for PhD Student
Christopher Markosian
NJMS Faculty Organization Award for MD/PhD Student
Samira Bell
Ahmed Aquib
S.C. Joseph Fu Awards
Marissa Schroeter
Dean Morris Schaffer Award
Ayma Malik
NIH NRSA F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
Kyla Johnson
NIH NRSA F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
Hannah Lamont
NIH F99/K00 Fellowship
Joycelyn Radeny
AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
Victoria Stiritz
New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research Predoctoral Fellowship
Hima Tallam
Rutgers Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorder Project Program Pilot Award
Eunah Sung
MOGAM-KASBP Scholarship, The Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP) and MOGAM Science Scholarship Foundation
Conference Awards
Ayma Malik
Rutgers Brain Health Institute Trainee Travel Award 2023-2024
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Travel Award
School of Graduate Studies Awards
Christopher Markosian
Stanley S. Bergen Medal
Adriana Paldino*
Excellence in Leadership and Teaching
An asterisk (*) indicates Masters Student
2023 Masters and PhD Student Awards and Accolades
Please join me in congratulating our students on their amazing accomplishments!
Fellowships and Research Awards
Minh Ma
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Delong Zhou
AHA predoctoral fellowship
John Palmieri
NJMS Faculty Organization Award for MD/PhD Student
Angeliki Evangelou
NJMS Faculty Organization Award for PhD Student
Carlos Resstel do Amaral
Joycelyn Radeny
S.C. Joseph Fu Awards
Conference Awards
Samuel Desind
RNA Society Conference Travel Award
School of Graduate Studies Awards
John Palmieri
Stanley S. Bergen Medal
Simran Shah*
Outstanding Masters Student, Biomedical Sciences
An asterisk (*) indicates Masters Student
2022 Masters and PhD Student Awards and Accolades
Please join me in congratulating our students on their amazing accomplishments!
Fellowships and Research Awards
Jamie Francisco
NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship
Nawoo Kim
NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship
John Palmieri
NIH F30 predoctoral fellowship
Sara Alonso
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Samuel Desind
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Christopher Galifi
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Natasha Golovchenko
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Youssef Sabha
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Giuseppina Marchesini Tovar
NJCCR predoctoral fellowship
Eunah Sung
AHA predoctoral fellowship
Chengchen Hu
AHA predoctoral fellowship
Hannah Dewald
NJMS Faculty Organization Award
Guergana Panayotova
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Bruce A. Luxon Emerging Liver Scholar, 2021-2022
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Jon Fryer Resident Scientist Scholarship Award, 2021-2022
Samuel Desind
Barry Li
S.C. Joseph Fu Awards
Natasha Golovchenko
Dean Morris Schaeffer Award
Conference Awards
Sara Alonso
American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section 2022 Research Recognition Award
Guergana Panayotova
American Physiological Society Gastrointestinal and Liver Section 2022 Research Recognition Award
School of Graduate Studies Awards
Hannah Dewald
Stanley S. Bergen Medal
Melvin Delvillar*
Outstanding Masters Student, Biomedical Sciences
Anthony Vocaturo*
Excellence in Outreach and Service
An asterisk (*) indicates Masters Student
2021 STUDENT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
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Fellowships and Research Awards
Michael Warkala
National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
Sun Han
New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research Predoctoral Fellowship
Alicia Codrington
American Association of Immunologists Predoctoral Fellowship
Sara Alonso
NSF Honorable Mention, GRFP
Krystopher Maingrette
Dean Morris Schaffer Award
Varsha Gadiyar
S.C. Joseph Fu Award
Nicholas Monteleone
NJMS Faculty Organization Award
Conference Awards
Luo Jia
2021 American Gastroenterological Association Student Abstract Award, AAI Trainee Travel Award
Natasha Golovchenko
2021 American Gastroenterological Association Student Abstract Award, Digestive Disease Week Poster of Distinction
School of Graduate Studies Awards
Nicholas Monteleone, Outstanding PhD Student Award, Biomedical Sciences
Sheetal Ganesan, Outstanding Masters Student Award, Biomedical Sciences
Sonia Topouzis, Excellence in Leadership and Teaching
Matthew Amador, Excellence in Outreach and Service
2020 STUDENT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Fellowships and Research Awards
Pamela Hirschberg
National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
Julie Nouet
National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
Gina Sanchez
NIH R01 Diversity Supplement
Miloni Dalal
NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research Predoctoral Fellowship
Jessica Schuyler
PSEG Scholarship, Executive Women of New Jersey
Heta Parmar
Victor Stollar Award in Virology
Conference Awards
Michael Schonning
North American Vascular Biology Organization
Vascular Biology 2020
Award for Outstanding ePoster
Stephanie Garcia
NJ Brain Health Institute Virtual Conference, November 2020
3rd Place in Oral Presentation
Vashnavi Kapilyawar
Presentations at RePORT India Leadership consortium, Mumbai, India Feb 2020 and NIH-NIAID Tuberculosis Research Units network, April 2020
Alicia Codrington
American Association of Immunologists Trainee Abstract Award and Travel Award
School of Graduate Studies Awards
Madeleine Hu, Bergen Medal of Excellence
Michelle Favre, Outstanding PhD Student Award, Biomedical Sciences
Georgia Barbayannis, Outstanding Masters Student Award, Biomedical Sciences