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Student awards

Fellowships

2012      Maria Amaya - NIH NIDDK F31 predoctoral fellowship
            The Role of Mi2/NuRD Complex on the Expression of
            Human Gamma-Globin Gene

2009     Hoon Shim - NIH NHLBI F30 predoctoral fellowship
            "The Role of Stat5 in Mast Cell Activation and
            Inflammatory Disease"

2008     Anne Sauer - NIH NIAID F31 predoctoral fellowship
           "Inhibition of HCMV genome maturation in the presence of
            the halogenated benzimidazole, BDCRB"

2008     Alexandra Racanelli - NIH NHLBI F30 predoctoral fellowship
            "Epigenetic regulation of tissue-specific gene transcription"

Departmental Awards

2012        Hoon Shim - Herbert Evans Award for excellence in Biochemistry;
              Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

2011        Upneet Sokhi - Roscoe D. Hughes Award for excellence in
               research and scholarship;
               Department of Human and Molecular Genetics

C.C. Clayton Student Award

The Clayton award is given to outstanding graduate students in the Basic Health Sciences for outstanding performance early in their careers. The Clayton awards honor the memory of the founder of advanced degree education at this institution by recognizing and rewarding student achievement.

2012     Ngoc Vu; Meredith Weck
2011     Stuti Agarwal
2010     Lori Hill
2008     Omar Mian
2007     Sami Amr
2004     Michael Harwich

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society recognizes outstanding academic achievement of graduate students.  Students in the upper 10% of both PhD and MS programs in the School of Medicine may be nominated for membership.

2011     Preethi Iyengar
           Bridget Quinn
           Ngoc Vu
           Erin Wall
           Suehyb Alkhatib
           Sukhada Bhave
           Gregory Mayes
           Meredith Weck

2010    Stuti Agarwal
           Maria Amaya
           Jennifer Mietla
           Sabrina Prescott
          

2009    Tamer Hadi
           Lori Hill
           Vijay Menon
           Melissa Ray
           Hoon Shim
           Debasmita Basu
           Sinduja Ethiraj

2008     Steven Dollery
           Prashant Thakkar
           Upneet Sokhi

2007     Omar Mian
           Sami Amr
           Alison Kuchta
           Alexandra Racanelli
           Michelle Holser

2006     Jennifer Fettweis
           Michael Harwich
           Jeremy Rupon
           Nusara Satproedprai

Meeting Awards

2009   Michael Harwich   Student Travel Grant, Mid-Atlantic Microbial
                                 Pathogenesis Meeting
         Hoon Shim          National Eye Institute Travel Grant, Association
                                 for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual
                                 Meeting

2006   Sandra Tallent     Student Travel Grant, ASM General Meeting

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