Haley Capek receives best presentation prize at international forum

Haley Capek, a graduate student in the Eppley Institute, received a best presentation award at the International Student Research Forum in Queensland, Australia in November.

Capek was among three students to receive a best presentation award. In all, 46 other student participants from four universities from around the world presented at the forum.

Ned Pankurst, Ph.D., of Griffith University in Australia presents UNMC graduate student Haley Capek with a prize package in honor of her receiving first in the International Student Research Forum project presentation contest.

Her project was titled “The Role of Amyloid Precursor-Like Protien 2 in Cancer’s Evasion of the Immune Response” and was selected for the award by other student participants.

“This was a highly-competitive contest among some of the finest students from very prestigious institutions,” said Jialin Zheng, M.D., director of the UNMC Asia Pacific Rim Development Program and associate dean for graduate studies. “As such, it speaks volumes of Haley’s work and the research done by UNMC students that she received this honor.”

Capek was one of 12 UNMC students who attended the forum — the fourth year that UNMC has participated.

They were joined by colleagues from:

• The Institute of Medical Science at The University of Tokyo;
  
• The Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; and
  
• Griffith University.

At the forum, students shared their research and culture with peers from around the world. Previous forums had been held in Omaha, Beijing and Tokyo.