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Awards and Presentations

Dr. So-Youn Kim and her team actively share information about their research projects via oral and poster presentations at conferences. Please read about the details of their accomplishments, presentations, and awards.

2024-2025

Ashley Pak's (M3 at Creighton University) awards:

  1. The 2025 Kaiser-Goldberg Family Student Fellowship Award from the Endocrine Society (2025).

  2. Ashley’s poster won for Best Medical Student Poster Presentation at University MD-PhD Research Week.
  3. The Research Experiences for Graduate and Medical Students Award in 2025 Endocrine Society.

So-Youn Kim, PhD's award:

  1. Distinguished Scientist Award (Nov 14, 2024), University of Nebraska Medical Center

Wonmi So, PhD's awards:

  1. 21st Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium. Nov 7-8, 2024. Kansas City (Trainee travel award) 
  2. 1st place for Oral Presentation in Postdoctoral fellow category, Midlands Society of Physiological Sciences (MSPS). Oct 19, 2024, Vermillion, SD
  3. Grant workshop coordinator (2024-2025) at Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)
  4. Trainee Representatives of the Program Committee (2024-2025) at Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)
  5. Volunteer in Public Affairs Committee (2024-2025) at Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)

Amirhossein Abazarikia, PhD's awards:

  1. 21st Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium. Nov 7-8, 2024. Kansas City (Trainee travel award) 
  2. Grants Workshop Coordinator in the Trainee Affairs Committee at Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)
  3. A Session chair, Midlands Society of Physiological Sciences (MSPS). Oct 19, 2024, Vermillion, SD

2023-2024

Wonmi So, PhD's awards:

  1. Vascular Research Program Travel Award, Center for Heart & Vascular Research. Jan 31, Omaha
  2. A travel award for the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting & Expo (June 1-4, 2024) Boston, Massachusetts. 
  3. Women in Endocrinology Young Investigator Award (The ENDO Society 2024)
  4. Selected for Early Career Forum at the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting & Expo (June 1-4, 2024) Boston, Massachusetts.
  5. An Early Career Researcher Editorial Board Member at the FASEB Journal (Jan.15.2024 - Dec.31.2025) 
  6. Publication Committee at Society of the Study of Reproduction (2023-2024) 
  7. Midlands Society of Physiological Sciences (MSPS). Oct 21, 2023. UNMC (1st place for Poster Presentation in Postdoctoral fellow category) 
  8. 20th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium. Nov 2-3, 2023. Kansas City (Trainee travel Award) 
  9. Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) (Apr.20.2023) 
  10. Abstract and Poster presentation Judge for Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF), Creighton University and UNMC, Omaha, NE (2023)

Amirhossein Abazarikia, PhD's awards:

  1. A travel award for the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting & Expo (June 1-4, 2024) Boston, Massachusetts. 
  2. Selected for Early Career Forum at the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting & Expo (June 1-4, 2024) Boston, Massachusetts.
  3. Greenwald Symposium. Nov 2-3, 2023. University of Kansas Medical Center (Selected for Oral Presentation) 
  4. Midlands Society of Physiological Sciences (MSPS). Oct 21, 2023. UNMC (1st place for Oral Presentation in Postdoctoral fellow category) 
  5. Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) (Apr.20.2023) 
  6. Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) (Apr.21.2022) 
  7. An Early Career Researcher Editorial Board Member at the FASEB Journal (Jan.15.2024 - Dec.31.2026) 
  8. Postdoctoral representative at Midlands Society of Physiological Sciences (MSPS) (2024-2025) 
  9. Grant Workshop Committee at Society of the Study of Reproduction (2023-2024) 
  10. Abstract and Poster presentation Judge for Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF), Creighton University and UNMC, Omaha, NE (2023)

2022

  1. Rosemary Dong was selected for Oral presentation at The Child Health Research Institute 2022 (Nov. 4th).
  2. Yi Luan was selected for Oral presentation at The Child Health Research Institute 2022 (Nov. 4th).
  3. Rosemary Dong was awarded 3rd place for poster presentation (undergraduate) at the MSPS 2022, Vermillion, SD (Oct 7-8).
  4. Yi Luan was awarded 1st place for poster presentation (graduate) at the MSPS 2022, Vermillion, SD (Oct 7-8).
  5. Seok-Yeong Yu was awarded for oral presentation at the MSPS 2022, Vermillion, SD (Oct 7-8).
  6. Dr. Yu was selected for Oral Presentation at the Midlands Society of Physiological Sciences.
  7. Dr. Kim was selected for the 2023 Rising Stars in Reproductive Biology.
  8. Yi Luan has received two awards from the 2022 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Research Symposium: 1) Outstanding Poster Presentation Award (post-comprehensive). 2) Outstanding Performance Award (Best Comprehensive Examination in BMB).
  9. Heng Jiang (M4 student at UNMC) joined the Kim lab (Aug. 1).
  10. Dr. Kim was selected for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Training Workshop at Yale Cancer Center | School of Public Health.
  11. Macy Thonen (M1 student at UNMC) has received two awards: 1) 2022 Research Experience for Graduate and Medical Students (REGMS) award from the ENDOCRINE SOCIETY. 2) Medical Student Summer Research Program (MSSRP) award from UNMC.
  12. Luan Y, Xu PC, Yu SY, Elesh IF, Dong R, Kim SY. Cyclophoshpamide depletes primordial follicles via the p63 apoptotic pathway. ENDO2022. June. 2022 (Selected as an Outstanding Abstract Award in ENDO 2022, Atlanta, GA, Jun11-14).
  13. Yu SY, Luan Y, Tang S, Elesh IF, Oupicky D, Kim SY. Potential role of activin a during pancreatic acinar-to-ductal metaplasia of orthotopic pancreatic tumor mice. ENDO2022. June. 2022 (Selected as an Outstanding Abstract Award in ENDO 2022, Atlanta, GA, Jun 11-14).
  14. Luan Y, Xu PC, Yu SY, Kim SY. The underlying mechanism of cyclophosphamide-induced oocyte depletion in the ovary. SSR 2021. Dec. St. Louis. (Trainee Travel Award, Society for the Study of Reproductive 54th Annual Meeting in 2021).
  15. Dr. Amirhossein Abazarikia joined the Kim lab as a postdoctoral fellow from Teheran University, Iran (Feb.1).
  16. Pauline successfully completed her final oral defense and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Jan. 21).
  17. Rosemary Dong joined the Kim lab as a technologist from Northwestern University, Chicago (Jan. 10).

2021

  1. Yi Luan was selected for a Trainee Travel Awards at the SSR’s 54th Annual Meeting (Dec. 2021).
  2. Yi Luan’s poster was selected for an oral presentation at the SSR’s 54th Annual Meeting (Dec. 2021).
  3. Dr. Seok-Yeong Yu’ was elected as the Postdoctoral Representative to the Council of MSPS.
  4. Dr. Kim became President-Elect at The Midlands Society of Physiology Sciences in 2022.
  5. Dr. Seok-Yeong Yu’s poster was awarded 1st place in the Postdoctoral category at The Midlands Society of Physiology Sciences Conference (Oct. 2021).
  6. Yi Luan’s poster was awarded 1st place in the Graduate student category at The Midlands Society of Physiology Sciences Conference (Oct. 2021).
  7. Dr. Seok-Yeong Yu’s poster was selected for an oral presentation at The 18th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium on Reproduction and Perinatal Research (Oct. 2021).
  8. Dr. Ibrahim Elesh joined the Kim lab as a postdoctoral fellow from Damanhour University, Egypt (Oct. 2021).
  9. Yi's abstract was selected for an Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award in The Endocrine Society (Mar. 2021). 
  10. Pauline Xu’s poster was selected for an oral presentation at the 52nd Annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF) 2021 (Feb. 2021).
  11. Pauline Xu was awarded a UNMC Assistantship/Fellowship (2021).
  12. Dr. Sean (Seok-Yeong) Yu joined the Kim lab as a postdoc from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (Feb. 2021).

2020

  1. Pauline C. Xu’s poster was selected for Trainee Oral Presentation at the 2020 Virtual Greenwald Symposium (Oct.08)
  2. First place in the poster competition in the 2020 CHRI Pediatric Research Forum (Pauline Xu)
  3. Pauline C. Xu’s poster was selected for an Oral Presentation at Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum, Creighton University, Omaha, Feb. 22. 2020

2019           

  1. Pauline C. Xu’s poster was selected for a Trainee Elevator Pitch at Greenwald Symposium (Nov.7th)