| Year | Winners | Department | Mentor | Research Title |
| 2019 | Greg Medlock | Biomedical Engineering | Jason Papin | Metabolic Interactions and Capabilities within Microbial Communities |
| 2018 | Molly Kelly-Goss | Biomedical Engineering | Shayn Peirce-Cottler | The Role and Use of Heterogeneity in Microvascular Instability |
| 2017 | Joshua Heuslein | Biomedical Engineering | Richard Price | Mechanisms of Amplified Arteriogenesis: The Role of Flow Direction, DNA methylation, and microRNA |
| 2016 | Emily Billings | Microbiology | Jim Casanova | The adhesion GPCR BAI1 mediates macrophage ROS production and microbicidal activity against Gram-negative bacteria |
| 2015 | Adam Dixon | Biomedical Engineering | John Hossack | Simultaneous photoacoustic microscopy of microvascular anatomy, oxygen saturation, and blood flow |
| 2014 | Chelsi Snow | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics | Bryce Paschal | The molecular basis of aging in the premature aging syndrome, Hutchinson-Gildford Progeria Syndrome |
| 2013 | Amelia Hufford | Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology | Kodi Ravichandran | The Role of Cell Death in Muscle Development |
| 2012 | Jason H. Y. Yang | Biomedical Engineering | Jeffrey Saucerman | Nuclear PKA signaling in cardiac myocytes |
| 2011 | Matthew T. Hufford | Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Disease | Thomas Braciale | Investigating the Role of Co-stimulatory Molecule Signaling on CD4+ T Cell Effector Activity During Influenza Infection |
| 2010 | Matthew A. Oberhardt | Biomedical Engineering | Jason Papin | Genome-scale Analysis of Pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| 2009 | Amanda Doran, MD/PhD | Molecular Physiology | Collen McNamara | The Helix Loop Helix Factors Id3 and E47 are Novel Regulators of Adiponectin |
| 2008 | Daeho Park | Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology | Kodi Ravichandran | BAI1 is an Engulfment Receptor for Apoptotic Cells Upstream of ELMO1/Dock180/Rac Signal Module |
| 2007 | Allison Berg | Pharmacology | Douglas Bayliss | Background and Receptor-Modulated Ion Channels in Cholinergic Neurons |
| 2006 | Oliver McDonald | Medical School/Physiology | Gary Owens | Epigenetic Control of Smooth Muscle Differentiation |
| 2005 | Michelle Kofron | Biomedical Engineering | Cato Laurencin | Gene Therapy for Bone Regeneration |
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