{"id":4937,"date":"2025-06-25T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bmg\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:29:01","slug":"congratulations-to-the-2025-wagner-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bmg\/2025\/06\/25\/congratulations-to-the-2025-wagner-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the 2025 Wagner Fellows!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join me in congratulating 4th-year student Anna Bartosik (BMG Mentor: Yuh-Hwa Wang) and 3rd-year student Jesse Cochran (BMG Mentor: Ken Walsh)\u00a0for receiving this year&#8217;s prestigious Wagner Award.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4939 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2025\/06\/Jesse-e1750873053821-135x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Cochran\" width=\"135\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4938 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/bmg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2025\/06\/Anna-117x150.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Bartosik\" width=\"117\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This fellowship is a generous contribution by Dr. Robert Wagner, who served as Professor and Chair of Microbiology from 1967-1994. 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