The Graduate School Awards recognize excellence in research

The Graduate School presented 28 awards at the 31^st annual Graduate School Awards Banquet, held at the Alumni Center on Wednesday, April 15.

The awards were given for work presented at Graduate Research Day, a yearly event that provides participants with opportunities to present research to a group of their peers as well as other researchers.

This year, students presented 111 posters and gave 10 oral presentations at an event that featured a keynote speech by Dr. Leroy Hood, a renowned systems biologist who helped pioneer the human genome program with the development of the automated DNA sequencer.

2015 Graduate Research Day winners:

Award for Excellence in Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow (poster):  Paula Rodriguez-Miguelez

Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Medical Resident:  Abhishek Mangaonkar and Monique Bethel

Award for Excellence in Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow (oral):  Maria Ouzounova

Graduate Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student: Zuzana Berrong, Grace Fox, Fengjiao Hu, Bianca Islam, Eun Mi Lee, Thiri Lin

1. August Roesel Memorial Award Research Excellence in Biochemistry & Cancer Biology: Satish Kumar Noonepalle

Award for Excellence in Research – Cell Biology & Anatomy:  Paulomi Sanghavi

UGA Clinical & Experimental Therapeutics Award:  Islam Osman

Award for Excellence in Research – College of Allied Health Sciences:  Jeremiah Marshall

Virendra B. Mahesh Award Research Excellence in Endocrinology:  Trevor Hardigan

Award for Excellence in Research – Genomic Medicine:  Robert Schleifer

Award for Excellence in Research – Graduate Nursing: Artinsia Shakir

Medical Illustration Educational Multimedia Award:  Ellen C. Davis and Brittany G. King

Award for Excellence in Research – Molecular Medicine:  Joanna Erion

Award for Excellence in Research – Neuroscience:  Amanda Crider

Lowell M. Greenbaum Award in recognition of Research Excellence in Pharmacology:  Nicole Yiew

Award for Excellence in Research – Physiology: Cam McCarthy

Award for Excellence in Public Health Research:  James Viebrock

James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute Award for Research Excellence in Vision:  Shanu Markand

Award for Excellence in Research – Vascular Biology:  Xueyi Li

Ji Cheng Memorial Award for Excellence in Research by a biomedical sciences student in the early years of training:  Matthew Walker

Fisher Scientific Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research:  Connie Chung