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  3. 2018-2019 Awards

2018-2019 Awards

Samantha J. McClenahan (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Ruth L. Kirschstein (F31) NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
First Place Oral Presentation, 5th Annual GSA Research Symposium

Binyam A. Belachew (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
First Place Poster Presentation, 5th Annual GSA Research Symposium

Chris Bolden (Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Travel Award, Oral presentation at the International Conference on Gram Positive Pathogens
Chosen to represent Arkansas at the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB),  
Diversity Resources for Enrichment, Access and Mentoring (DREAM) Travel Award, 2019
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Travel Award, 2019

Melissa M. Clemens (Pharmacology & Toxicology)
First Place Oral Presentation, 2018 South Central Chapter of the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting

Amanda L. Dragan (Audiology and Speech Pathology)
Travel Award, 2019 American Society for Microbiology Biothreats meeting in Arlington, VA

Evan T. Finley (Audiology and Speech Pathology)
Travel Award, 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Boston, MA

Brittney R. Garner (Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Travel Award, North American Vascular Biology Organization’s Vasculata workshop in St. Louis, MO

Laura Hays (Nursing Science)
Fellow of the American Heart Association, November 2018
Accepted to attend the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Summer Genetics Institute (SGI), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, June 3-28, 2019
Top 10 Student Poster awards at the Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, February, 2019

Samantha Hollis (Nursing Science)
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholarship

Jamie Jones (Nursing Science)
Best Graduate Student Poster, Arkansas Nursing Research Alliance 5th Annual Evidence-Based Practice Forum

David E. Mery (Pharmaceutical Science)
First Place Oral Presentation, Conference hosted by the University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy, American Association for Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS), and UAMS College of Pharmacy

Mary J. Willard (Nursing Science)
Best Poster Award, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses national meeting, Louisville, KY

Laura Ewing (Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Pre-doctoral Fellowship: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation
South Central Chapter of the Society of Toxicology Graduate Student Travel Award 
Annual Society of Toxicology meeting in Baltimore, MD (March 2019)

Brian Koss (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
F31CA232464 (Koss), 03/01/2019-02/28/2022, Epigenetic regulation of metabolic stress pathways in melanoma infiltrating lymphocytes

Lauren Russell (Pharmacology & Toxicology)
Fellowship: American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

Curtis L Lowery, III (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Fellowship: Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology T32 Trainee
Invited Speaker: 2019 Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Conference hosted by Genentech

Sarah Zimmerman (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Post-doctoral Fellowship: Washington University

Tiffany Miles (Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences)
Fellowship: Endocrine Society’s Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE)
Travel award to the Endocrine Society Conference, 2019

Divyan Chopra (Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy)
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) Foundation Scholarship, 2018-2019

Niranjan Kathe (Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy)
The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), 2019 Student Travel Grant

Jennifer Gernat (College of Nursing)
Top 10 poster for the Arkansas Nursing Research Conference, Little Rock, 2019

Magdalena Delgado (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Invited to participate in the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) , Mentoring Network at Experimental Biology, 2019
ASPET Mentoring Network Travel Award

Andrea Edwards (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Graduate Student Travel Award for Experimental Biology Meeting, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB): Orlando, FL, April 6-9, 2019

Brittany Beasley (College of Nursing)
Mentor Award, UAMS Graduate School for Brittany Beasley, PhD, December 2018
Woman of Influence Award, Alumni Association, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY, June 2018
Great 100 Nurses of Arkansas, April 2018

Shannon Finley (College of Nursing)
2019’s Great 100 Nurses of Arkansas

Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research

First Place – Andrea Edwards

Posted by Kelli Roy on April 19, 2023

Filed Under: Graduate School Achievement Award Winners

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