Outstanding MSTP Students
- Katelyn Kraischely (Med 3, Tamm Lab) was selected as the 2025 Biophysics Outstanding Graduate Student.
- Catherine Doyle (Med 3, Desai Lab) was selected as the 2025 Pharmacology Outstanding Graduate Student.
- Cami Westlake (Grad 3, Criss Lab) and Jesse Cochran (Grad 3, Walsh Lab) received two of the nine 2025 Robert Wagner Fellowship Awards.
- 2025 Whitfield-Randolph Scholarship Recipients: Hank De Hoyos (Grad 3, Shin Lab) and Emily Golden (Grad 2, Gaultier Lab).
- Briana Wilson, PhD (Dutta Lab, graduated May 2025) received the Todorovic Travel Award.
- Hank De Hoyos (Grad 3, Shin Lab) received an NIH F30 -Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for his studying lipid flippases in the function and degeneration of sensory hair cells.
- Cami Westlake (Grad 3, Criss Lab) received an NIH F30 - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for studying norepinephrine-mediated resistance to nutritional immunity in neisseria gonorrhoeae.
- Thomas Skacel (Grad 3, Epstein Lab) received an American Heart Association Award for studying development and application of MRI methods to investigate the effects of semaglutide on cardiometabolic HF.
- Ebby Goggins (Grad 5) received the poster presentation award UVA's Carey, Marshall, and Thorner Research and Scholars Day Spring 2025.
- Samuel Wachamo (Grad 3), was named the Summer Program in Neuroscience Excellence and Success (SPINES) 2024 Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory and received the Society for Neuroscience 2024 Trainee Professional Development Award
- Jason Li (Med 2) received the 2024 UVA MPBP Minor Graduate Award.
- Blair Towers (Med 4) received the International Study Group Investigating Drugs as Reinforcers (ISGIDAR) Travel Award, Spring 2025.
- Health Policy Leadership (MSS/AMA committee service) selections : Vignesh Senthilkimar (Grad 1) - Subcommittee Chair of the Committee on Scientific Issues and Rusty Hawes (Grad 4) - Chair of the Committee on Legalization and Advocacy.
- Rusty Hawes (Grad 4) received the AMA Medical Student Section Medical Student of the Year award in June 2025.
- HeeJin Cheon (Grad 4, Loughran Lab) was selected as the 2023 Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Outstanding Graduate Student.
- Wei Feng Ma (Grad 3, Miller Lab) was selected as the 2023 MCBD/Experimental Pathology Outstanding Graduate Student.
- Michael Kovacs (Grad 5, Harris Lab) was selected as the 2023 Microbiology Outstanding Graduate Student.
- Arun Dutta (Grad 5, Guertin Lab) was selected as the Hamlin Lecture Series Award recipient for 2023
- Blair Towers (Grad 4, Lynch lab) Received an American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award for their 2023 annual conference in Tampa this December
- Ryan Mulligan (Grad 4, Winckler lab) received an NIH F30 Fellowship this past spring for studying lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) in the nervous system
- Oom Pattarabanjird (Med 3, McNamara Lab) received the Michael J. Peach Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
- Oom Pattarabanjird (Med 3, McNamara Lab) was selected as the 2022 Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Student.
- Sarah Wang (Grad 3, Dudley Lab) received a National Cancer Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship award.
- Nadine Michel (McConnell Lab), Carol Rowley (Kendell Lab), Mark Rudolf (Corwin Lab), and Sham Singh (Janes Lab) joined 29 other students in their Med 4 class to become Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) inductees.
- HeeJin Cheon (Grad 3, Loughran Lab) and Blair Towers (Grad 2, Lynch Lab) received two of the 15 2021 Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Awards.
- Shambhavi “Sham” Singh (Med 4, Janes Lab) and Ashley Bolte (Med 3, Lukens Lab) received the Jill E. Hungerford Prize in Biomedical Sciences and Michael J. Peach Outstanding Graduate Student Award, respectively.
- Shambhavi "Sham" Singh (Med 3, Janes Lab) was selected as the 2021 Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Student.
- Wei Feng Ma (Grad 1, Miller Lab) received a grant through the Leducq PlaqOmics Junior Investigator Grant Funding Program.
- Scott Yeudall (Grad 4, Leitinger Lab) received a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship award.
- Ashley Bolte (Med 3, Lukens Lab) was selected as the 2021 Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology (MIC) Outstanding Student.
- Amanda Ward (Med 3, Tamm Lab) was selected as the 2021 Biophysics Outstanding Student of the Year.
- 2021 Whitfield-Randolph Scholarship recipients: Catherine Doyle (Grad 3, Desai Lab) and Ryan Mulligan (Grad 2, Winckler Lab).
- Janet Arras (Grad 4, Bouton Lab) was presented a P.E.O. Scholar Award for the 2021-2022 academic year.
- Adishesh "Adi" Narahari (Grad 5, Bayliss Lab) was presented the 2021 Outstanding Pharmacology Graduate Student and Robert Haynes Award.
- Teddy Kamata (Grad 5, Paschal Lab), Ashley Bolte (Grad 3, Lukens Lab), and Brandon Podyma (Grad 3, Deppmann Lab) received three of the ten 2020 Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Awards.
- Michael Kovacs (Grad 3, Harris Lab) received a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Jessica Little (Med 4, Dwyer Lab) and Sarb Nagdas (Med 4, Kashatus Lab) joined 13 other students in their Med 4 class to become Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) inductees.
- Ashley Bolte (Grad 3, Lukens Lab) and Elisa Enriquez Hesles (Grad 3, Smith Lab) received National Institute on Aging F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship awards.
- Briana "Bri" Wilson (Grad 2, Dutta Lab) received a National Cancer Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Sayo McCowin (Grad 2, Petri Lab) received a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Nadine Michel (Grad 4, McConnell Lab) received a 2020 Raven Society Scholarship.
- Janet Arras (Grad 3, Bouton Lab), Jon Suzich (Grad 3, Cliffe Lab), and Briana Wilson (Grad 2, Dutta Lab) were awarded 2020 Double Hoo Awards.
- 2020 Whitfield-Randolph Scholarship recipients: Adishesh Narahari (Grad 4, Bayliss Lab) and Jon Suzich (Grad 3, Cliffe Lab)
- 2020 Outstanding Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics (BMG) recipient: Ajay Chatrath (Grad 2, Dutta Lab)
- Amanda Ward (Grad 3, Tamm Lab) received a National Institute of Child and Human Development F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Jon Suzich (Grad 3, Cliffe Lab) received an Outstanding Poster Award at the 2020 UVA Infectious Diseases and Global Biothreats Research Day.
- Sarah Wang (Grad 1, Dudley Lab) and Alex Mathew (Grad 3, Price Lab) received 2020 Medical Student Awards from the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF).
- Chris Henderson (Grad 3, McNamara Lab) received a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Nadine Michel (Grad 4, McConnell Lab), Carol Rowley, (Grad 4, Kendall Lab), and Jon Suzich (Grad 3, Cliffe Lab) received three of the twelve 2019 Robert R. Wagner Fellowship Awards.
- Nadine Michel (Grad 4, McConnell Lab) received a National Institute on Aging F31 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Alex Mathew (Grad 3, Price Lab) received a National Cancer Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Sarah Wang (Grad 1, Dudley Lab) and Alex Mathew (Grad 3, Price Lab) received 2020 Medical Student Awards from the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF).
- Jon Suzich (Grad 2, Cliffe Lab) received a National Eye Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Nadine Michel (Grad 3, McConnell Lab) won best poster at the EMBO Workshop "Genome Dynamics in Neuroscience and Aging" in Herzliya, Israel. The title of Nadine's poster was "The Neurodevelopmental Consequence of Genomic Stress."
- 2019 Whitfield-Randolph Scholarship recipients: Nadine Michel (Grad 3, McConnell Lab) and Adam Lu (Grad 3, Beenhakker Lab)
- Adishesh "Adi" Narahari (Grad 3, Bayliss Lab) received a National Cancer Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Jessica Neville Little (Grad 4, Dwyer Lab) received a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- Nadine Michel (Grad 3, McConnell Lab) was selected as one of only 15 Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) Fellows by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN).
- Jessica Neville Little (Grad 3, Dwyer Lab) won first place in the graduate student division of the poster competition at the Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology Regional Meeting. The title of Jessica's poster was "Abscission defects in neural stem cells are associated with p53-dependent microcephaly."
- Mark Rudolf (Grad 3, Corwin Lab) was one of three recipients of The Pharos Poetry Award. The title of Mark's poem is "Anatomy of the Physician."
- Shadi Khalil (Med 3, Goldfarb Lab) received a national award as a Rising Star in Iron and Heme research. Shadi was invited to present at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sponsored Center for Iron and Heme Disorders (CIHD) Rising Stars Symposium.
- Richard "Ricky" Baylis (Grad 3, Owens Lab) was invited to attend the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany.
- 2018 Whitfield-Randolph Scholarship recipients: Jessica Neville Little (Grad 3, Dwyer Lab) and Mark Rudolf (Grad 3, Corwin Lab)
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Xing (Grad 3, Loughran Lab) received a National Cancer Institute F30 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.
- 2017 Whitfield-Randolph Scholarship recipients: Scott Seki (Grad 4, Gaultier Lab) and Kristen Penberthy (Med 3, Ravichandran Lab)
- Nadine Michel (Grad 1, McConnell Lab) received one of the Diversity Programs’ ten Professional Development Awards.
- Mark Rudolf (Grad 2, Corwin Lab) received the 2017 Double Hoo Research Award for his project, titled “Identifying Factors influencing Mitotic Signaling in Hair Cell Regeneration