In 1997, the UNMC Student Research Forum (SRF) and the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF) merged. The awards that had been established for the UNMC SRF were retained and have been distributed annually to qualifying and participating UNMC students.
Seventy-seven of the 140 medical and graduate students that presented at the Feb. 18 MSBRF were from UNMC. UNMC award winners are as follows:
- 2nd place $400 cash award — Amit Sharma
- 3rd place $300 cash award — Viswanathan Rajagopalan
- 4th place $200 cash award — Megan Kozisek
- 1st place poster presentation $500 cash award — Nathan Murdoch
- 2nd place $400 cash award — Pankaj Singh
- 3rd place $300 cash award — Michelle Hartman
- 4th place $200 cash award — Alyssa Bouska
- 2nd place $400 cash award — Pankaj Singh
- College of Pharmacy Graduate Student $250 cash award — Jasmine Davda
- College of Medicine Alumni Association $500 cash award — Nathan Murdoch
- College of Dentistry Graduate/Postgraduate $200 cash award — Tammy Sobolik-Delmaire
- College of Dentistry Undergraduate Student $200 cash award — Loren Sites
- Graduate College $300 cash award — Pankaj Singh
- House officer $250 cash award — Hina Naushad
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology $250 cash award — Souvik Chakraborty
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology $250 cash award — Michelle Hartman
- Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy $200 cash award — Sarah Keim
- Eppley Cancer Center $250 cash award — Pankaj Singh
- Pathology and Microbiology $300 cash award — Alyssa Bouska
- Pharmacology (Davis Award) $350 cash award — Karen Kassel
- Pharmacology (Davis Award) $350 cash award — Yunlong Huang
- Cellular and Integrative Physiology $200 cash award — Viswanathan Rajagopolan
- Pfizer Inc. $250 cash award — Yin Wang
- MVP Labs $350 cash award — Yuko Mori