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  3. 2015 – 2016 Awards

2015 – 2016 Awards

Ahmed Alanzi (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

Education Enhancement grand fund from the College of Health Professions Dean’s Society

Brittany Beasley (Nursing Science)

Awarded Skelly Scholarship

Emily Coffman (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

Travel Award from the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

ASIP and APSA Partnership 2016 Trainee Travel Award to the ASIP Annual Meeting

Sarah Eddy (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

3rd Place 2015 UAMS Graduate Student Association Symposium

Brenda Gannon (Interdisciplinary Toxicology)

Named an 2016 ASPET Washington Fellow

Jessica Hartman (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics Travel Award

Travel Award from the Society of Toxicology

Lee Ann Jolly (Physiology & Biophysics)

Accepted into the 2016 St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium

Jamie Jones (Nursing Science)

Recognized as one of the Top 40 Nurse Leaders in Arkansas under 40 Years of Age

Sarah Kennett (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

Selected for the ASHA Research Mentoring Network: Pathways Program

Jacob Latham (Microbiology & Immunology)

Outstanding poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference/Seminar on the Biology of Spirochetes

Brennon Luster (Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences)

Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award

Daniel Meeker (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

Invited to present an oral presentation ath te National Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology

Elizabeth Naglak  (Microbiology & Immunology)

2nd Place 2015 Southeast Regional IDeA Meeting

Travel Award from the American Association of Immunologists for the 2016 Immunology Conference

Ariel Noble (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

Selected to the 2016 Road Trip Nation to promote women in STEM careers

Paul Parcon  (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience 2015 Predoctoral Travel Award

Matthew Phillips (Microbiology & Immunology)

2nd Place 2015 Southeast Regional IDeA Meeting

Student Travel award from the American Society for Virology to attend the annual meeting

Deepanwita Sengupta (Biochemistry)

1st Place 2015 UAMS Graduate Student Association Symposium

Patricia Smith (Nursing Science)

UAMS College of Nursing Travel Award

Harding University College of Nursing Travel Award

Amanda Stolarz (Pharmacology & Toxicology)

Received the PhRMA Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Travel Award from the Lymphatic Education and Research Network

Johnasha Stuart (Microbiology and Immunology)

Student Travel award from the American Society for Virology to attend the annual meeting

Serra Ucer (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)

ASBMR 2015 Young Investigator Award

Young Investigator Travel Award to the ECTS Ph.D. Training Course

Anqi Wan (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Travel Award for “Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry:  Translational Research in Addiction”

Danny Wikenheiser  (Microbiology & Immunology)

2nd Place 2015 UAMS Graduate Student Association Symposium

1st Place 2015 Southeast Regional IDeA Meeting

Travel Award from the American Association of Immunologists for the 2016 Immunology Conference

Caylin Winchell (Microbiology & Immunology)

Travel Award from the FASEB MARC program to attend the American Association of Immunologists

Travel Award from the American Association of Immunologists for the 2016 Immunology Conference

Maroof Khan Zafar (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Travel Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Awarded the Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry research

Posted by UAMS Online on June 7, 2016

Filed Under: Graduate School Achievement Award Winners

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