The recent 36th Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum drew 96 participants representing seven Midwestern medical schools. The Feb. 19 forum, which was at the DoubleTree Hotel, was co-sponsored by UNMC and Creighton University Medical Center and planned and facilitated by the UNMC Center for Continuing Education.
The MSBRF awards were distributed as follows:
Medical Student Oral Presentation
- First Place – $500 Cash Award and Plaque — Ian W Mcintyre, Medical Student, University of Manitoba
- Second Place – $250 Cash Award and Plaque — Michael M Mendelson, Medical Student, University of Manitoba
- Third Place – $100 Cash Award and Certificate –Joshua D Lindsey, Medical Student, University of Wisconsin Medical School
- Fourth Place – $25 Cash Award and Certificate –Sam A Dubrow, Medical Student, Creighton University Medical Center
Medical Student Poster Presentation
- First Place – $500 Cash Award and Plaque — Timothy P Ratino, Graduate Student, Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University Medical Center
- Second Place – $250 Cash Award and Plaque –Sanober A. Amin, Medical Student, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Third Place – $100 Cash Award and Certificate –Neil J Hansen, Medical Student, UNMC
- Fourth Place – $25 Cash Award and Certificate –Nicholas D Freuen, Dental Student, Creighton University Medical Center
Graduate Student Oral Presentation
- First Place – $500 Cash Award and Plaque –Aniruddha C Amrite, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNMC
- Second Place – $250 Cash Award and Plaque –Christopher K Taylor, Graduate Student, Pharmacology, Creighton University Medical Center
- Third Place – $100 Cash Award and Certificate –Heth R Turnquist, Graduate Student, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Pathology and Microbiology, UNMC
- Fourth Place – $25 Cash Award and Certificate –Nermien Waly, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University Medical Center
Graduate Student Poster Presentation
- First Place – $500 Cash Award and Plaque — Tiana V Curry-Mccoy, Graduate Student, Pathology and Microbiology, UNMC
- Second Place – $250 Cash Award and Plaque –Kelly M Witt, Graduate Student, Pharmacology, Creighton University Medical Center
- Third Place – $100 Cash Award and Certificate — Baha Abdalhamid, Graduate Student, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University Medical Center
- Fourth Place – $25 Cash Award and Certificate — Wade M Junker, Graduate Student, Biochemisty and Molecular Biology, UNMC
The UNMC Awards were announced recently and were distributed as follows:
STRECK LABORATORIES, INC. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MANUSCRIPT WRITING – $750 cash award and plaque to Heth Turnquist, Graduate Student, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Pathology and Microbiology
SECOND PLACE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MANUSCRIPT WRITING – $300 Cash Award to Sudhir Chakravarthi, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
FIRST PLACE ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD – $700 Cash Award to attend the National Student Research Forum in Galveston, Texas, on April 28-29, to Aniruddha Amrite, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
SECOND PLACE ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD – $500 cash award to Benjamin Swanson, Graduate Student, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer
THIRD PLACE ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD – $400 cash award to Aaron Mayo, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
FOURTH PLACE ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD – $300 cash award to Avadhut Joshi, Graduate Student, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
FIRST PLACE POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD – $500 cash award to Tiana Curry-McCoy, Graduate Student, Pathology and Microbiology
SECOND PLACE POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD – $400 cash award to Wade Junker, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
THIRD PLACE POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD – $300 cash award to Neil Hansen, Medical Student
FOURTH PLACE POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD – $200 cash award to Souvik Chakraborty, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD – $250 cash award to Aniruddha Amrite, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD – $500 cash award to Neil Hansen, medical student
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION BY A DENTAL GRADUATE OR POSTGRADUATE STUDENT – $200 cash award to Warren Johnson, Graduate Student, Department of Growth and Development, College of Dentistry
GRADUATE COLLEGE AWARD – $300 cash award to Tiana Curry-McCoy, Graduate Student, Pathology and Microbiology
MVP LABORATORIES – RESEARCH MOST BENEFICIAL TO THE ANIMAL HEALTH INDUSTRY – $350 cash award to Souvik Chakraborty, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION AWARD – $350 cash award to Pankaj Singh, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS, CELL BIOLOGY AND ANATOMY AWARD – $200 cash award to Avadhut Joshi, graduate student, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
EPPLEY CANCER CENTER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CANCER RESEARCH – $250 cash award to Heth Turnquist, graduate student, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Pathology and Microbiology
PROFESSOR HERBERT L. DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP IN PHARMACOLOGY AWARD – POSTER PRESENTATION – $500 cash award to Toni Luke, Graduate Student, Pharmacology
PROFESSOR HERBERT L. DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP IN PHARMACOLOGY AWARD – ORAL PRESENTATION – $500 cash award to Abbey Maul, graduate student, Pharmacology
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY AWARD – $300 cash award to Tiana Curry-McCoy, graduate student, Pathology and Microbiology
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AWARD – $300 cash award to Benjamin Aaker, Medical Student, Surgery, Emergency Medicine
DEPARTMENT OF CELLULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY AWARD PREDOCTORAL FELLOW $200 cash award to Paul Grimm, Graduate Student, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
DEPARTMENT OF CELLULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY AWARD PREDOCTORAL FELLOW – $200 cash award to Jennifer Pluznick, Graduate Student, Cellular and Integrative Physiology