2016-17 Student Achievements, presentations and publications

Congratulations to our 2017 PhD graduate –Haleigh Eubanks

 2012-14 Students 

Kimberly Cooney (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research-2^nd place

Haleigh Eubanks (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
AASLD Presidential Abstract/Poster of Distinction at the 2016 Conference

Johnasha Stuart (Microbiology and Immunology)
Student Travel award from the American Society for Virology to attend the annual meeting

2013-2015 Students

Lascelles Lyn Cook (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Fellowship

2014-16 Students

Chris Bolden (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
UAB NEURAL Scholarship
Comprehensive Mouse BioMethods Workshop scholarship

Keisha Cawley (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

 2015-17 Students

Tyler Alexander (Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences)
Travel award to the 2016 National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research meeting
Selected for the 2017 Marine Biology Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES)
Groves T, Farris R, Anderson J, Alexander T, Kiffer F, Carter G, Wang J, Boerma M, Allen A. 5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice. Behav Brain Res. 2017;316:215-224.

Catheryn Wilson (Interdisciplinary Toxicology)
Behavior, Biology, and Chemistry: Translational Research in Addiction meeting travel award

 2016-18 Students

Frederico Kiffer (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Selected for the 2017 NASA Space Radiation Summer School at Brookhaven Labs
Groves T, Farris R, Anderson J, Alexander T, Kiffer F, Carter G, Wang J, Boerma M, Allen A. 5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice. Behav Brain Res. 2017;316:215-224.