True investiGators
UF Health researchers and scientists-in-training revealed their latest work and discoveries during Research Day celebrations this spring.
Photo by Jesse S. Jones
College of Dentistry
Poster Presentation Awards:
First place: Sasanka Chukkapalli, Ann Decker, Scott Harden, Zachary Moye, Neha Shah
Second place: Nourhan Abdel-Rahim, Ericka Bennett
Oral Presentation Awards:
First place: Kyle Heim, Nancy Huynh, Danny Kalash
Second place: Heather Brown, Peter Mecham
Poster Presentation Awards:
First place: Ann Decker
Second place: Clara Vu
ADA/Dentsply Student Clinician Student Research
Program Award: Nourhan Abdel-Rahim
College of Medicine
Medical Guild Graduate Research Awards:
Gold: Stephan Jahn, Ranjan Batra
Silver: Hyun Min Jung
Bronze: Chao Liu, Cristina Banuelos, Mayank Aggarwal
Advancement to Candidacy Award: Jacob Richards, Geoffrey Rogers, Alfredo Sklar
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Kenneth I. Berns, Leslie J. Gonzalez-Rothi, Janet H. Silverstein, Edward Valenstein
The Basic Science Research Award: Douglas G. McFadden
The Clinical Science Research Award: Carmen Allegra
College of Medicine-Jacksonville
Robert C. Nuss Research/Scholar of the Year Award: Andrew M. Kaunitz
Platform Presentation:
First place: Ravi Keshavamurthy
Second place: Camille McGaw
Third place: Dylan Nugent
Fourth place: Estela Thano
Fifth place: Sumit Narula
Sixth place: Amy Boots
Poster Presentation:
First place: Andrew Darlington
Second place: Saran Wells
Third place: Andrea McNab
Fourth place: Jennifer Johnson
Fifth place: Garry McCulloch
Sixth place: Lori Gurien
College of Nursing
Undergraduate award recipients:
First place: Sydney Mason and Keore Smith
Second place: Benita Patel and Amanda Thornton
Graduate award recipients:
First place: Katherine Swan
Second place: Jill Stephens
College of Pharmacy
Oral competition
Senior division: Lilibeth Salvador
Junior division: Luning Zhuang
Levitt division: Wei Liu
Poster competition
Professional student division: Chestine Libema, Vaishali Shah
Graduate student division: Erin Bruce, Mohamed Hossam Shahin
Postdoctoral student division: Caitrin McDonough
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Undergraduate award recipients: Lisbet Fernandez, Alex Madalfi , Emily White
Highest-ranked graduate student abstract: Brandon Roberts
Graduate student poster awardees: Manal Alabduljabbar, Jessica Berman, Margo Klar, Taylor Kuhn, Melissa Laitner, Nadine Schwab, Marie Nancy Seraphin, Sunil Swami, Thomas Alex Weppelmann
Graduate student poster awardees: Sarah Bauer, Christopher Besser, Daniel Furnas, Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi, Hui Hu, Sahana Kamath, Helena Laciuga, Yoonjeong Lim, Chukwuemeka Okafor, Karlyn Vatthauer
College of Veterinary Medicine
Phi Zeta Student Awards
Poster session
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student division: Charlotte Jones, Kelly McGowan, Elizabeth Weber
Graduate students: Ketumaranahalli Nanjappa, Katherine Saylor
Residents: Sarah Beatty, Hirotaka Kondo
Platform session
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student division: Kali Standorf, Whitney Topmiller, Gina Zambrano
Graduate students: Shannon Roff, Nanny Wenzlow
Residents: Laura Cuddy, Louise Husted, Ashley Jones, Valery Scharf
Phi Zeta Faculty Awards
FVMA Clinical Investigator Award: Rick Alleman
C.E. Cornelius Young Investigator Award: James Wellehan
Zoetis Animal Health Award for Research Excellence: Sergei Tevosian
Phi Zeta Graduate Awards
Charles F. Simpson Memorial Scholarship Award: Katherine Saylor
CVM Excellence in Clinical Science Research Award: Laura Cuddy
CVM Excellence in Basic Science Research Award: Laura Cuddy
CVM Excellence in Doctoral Studies Award: Hsiu-Wen “Irene” Tsai
CVM Excellence in Master’s Studies Award: Jay Coisman