The next big thing

UF researchers and scientists-in-training revealed their latest work during annual Research Day celebrations this spring.

College of Dentistry

Oral Presentations

D.M.D. Division:

First place: Nina Guba

Second place: John Loeffelholz

Third place: Steve Ryan,
Michael Elliot

Ph.D./Postdoctoral Division:

First place: Hyun-Min Jung

Second place: Adrienne Gauna

Third place: Matt Watts,
Byung Ha Lee

Poster Presentations

D.M.D. Division:

First place: Ralee Spooner

Second place: Sergio Jacas,
Melissa Nixon

M.S./Resident Division:

First place: Daniel Bass

Second place: Justin Chisari

Ph.D./Graduate Division:

First place: Wendy Carcamo

Second place: Andrea Knowlton

Third place: Sara Palmer

College of Medicine
Medical Guild Graduate

Research Awards

Gold: Serena Giovinazzi
Silver: Marci Mitchell, Brandon Sack
Bronze: Joeva Barrow, Karlie Bonstaff, Nikolett Molnar

Advancement to Candidacy Award

Marianne Goodwin, Yiming Yin,
Hyun Min Jung

The Basic Science Research Award

Roland W. Herzog

The Clinical Science Research Award

Charles Parker Gibbs Jr.

College of Medicine–Jacksonville

Robert C. Nuss Research/Scholar of the Year Award

Charles W. Heilig

Platform Presentation

First Place: Ryan Wilson

Second Place: Rohan Samson

Third Place: Andrea McNab

Fourth Place: Carol Mannings

Fifth Place: Jilma Patrick 

Sixth Place: Eric Roberts

Poster Presentation

First Place: Lacie Brenner

Second Place: Sushil Gupta

Third Place: LaRae Brown 

Fourth Place: Michael Babcock 

Fifth Place: Anna Szafran-Swietlik

Sixth Place: Melissa O’Connor

College of Nursing

Undergraduate Award recipients:

Anna Reynolds

Eleanor Girodo

Graduate Award recipients:

Hyochol Ahn

Allison Bruner

College of Pharmacy

Oral Competition

Senior division: Daniela Conrado

Junior division: Rana Montaser

Levitt division: Steven Bird

Poster Competition

Professional student division:
Joseph Pardo

Graduate student division: Mong-Jen Chen, Krishnakanth Kondabolu

Postdoctoral fellow division:
Caitrin McDonough

College of Public Health and Health Professions

Undergraduate award recipients:

Lucas Egan, Travis Howard, Jessica Hunter, Corrine Maciewicz,
Maria Quidgley

Graduate award recipients:

Benjamin Anderson, Amy Badstubner, Abhinandan Batra, Shahab Bozorgmehri, Alexander Crizzle, Jasjit K. Deol, Jenna Dietz, Damian Everhart, Sarah Funderburke, Sandi Ha, Audrey Hazamy, Jacob Jones, Wootaek Lim, Claudia Lissaker, Kari Morgenstein, Arjun Ruhella, Sharareh Sharififar, Corey Simon, Eric Soule, Sunil Swami, Laura Telepak, Raveet Vohra,
Thomas Wepplemann 

College of Veterinary Medicine

Phi Zeta Student Awards

Poster session

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student division: Kyle Webb,
Mike Alber, Kyle Farrell

Platform session

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student division: Alisa Corser,
Susan Fogelson

Graduate students: Missa Patrick Sanou, Anna Bassit, Dhani Prakoso, Allison Hreha

Residents: Rob Armentano,
Natalie Hall

Phi Zeta Faculty Awards

FVMA Clinical Investigator Award: David Freeman

C.E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award: Antonio Pozzi

Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence: Linda Hayward

Phi Zeta Graduate Awards

Charles F. Simpson Memorial Scholarship Award: Astrid Grosche

CVM Excellence in Doctoral Studies Award: Marc Rumpler

CVM Excellence in Master’s Studies Award: Laura Cuddy