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Dr. Carl and Barbara Alving Endowed Biomedical Research Award

2021 | Jamie E. Clarke | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Andjela Egger | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Ernesto H. Weisson, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Erica Feldman, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2017 | Joshua Jue & Patrick Staropoli, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2016 | Shirin Razdan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine*
2015 | Christine Bokman, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine*
2014 | Lucas Cavallin, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Nikesh Shah, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2012 | Stavros Moysidis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2011 | Mircea Cristescu, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2010 | Michael Gorin, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 | Dominic Maggio, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2008 | Seth Miller & Christine Dinh, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place – Outstanding Basic Science Oral Presentation

2021 | Seungyup Sun | Indiana University School of Medicine
2020 | Sze Kiat Tan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Narek Israelyan, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physician & Surgeons
2017 | Sarah Karinja, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2016 | Kerry Morrison, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons*
2015 | Danielle Doll, West Virginia University School of Medicine*
2014 | Linsey Lindley, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Shailee Patel, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2012 | Paul Su, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2011 | Michael Spertus, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2010 | Taylor Schreiber, Harvard Medical School
2009 | Suzanne Hower, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place – Outstanding Basic Science Poster Presentation

2021 | Mike Shaughness | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
2020 | Melissa Thomas, Albany Medical College
2019 | John Wiltshire, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Wasila Mansouri, Albany Medical College
2017 | Albert Chang, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2017 | Brian Kaszuba, Albany Medical College
2017 | Enrico Scapelli, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine @ Quinnipiac University
2016 | Hadiyah Audil, Albany Medical College*
2015 | Joseph Cichon, New York University School of Medicine
2014 | Aarshi Vipani | Albany Medical College
2013 | Wael Bahnah & Ryan McCormack, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2012 | Punam Parikh, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2011 | Christine Lin, Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons
2010 | Ragisha Gopalakrishnan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 | Christopher Bennett, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place – Outstanding Clinical Science Oral Presentation

2021 | Kristin N. Gmunder | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Jacqueline Baikovitz, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Aleem Khan, Weill Cornell Medical College
2018 | Sinan Jabori, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2017 | Andrew Abadeer, Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons
2016 | Stephen Bowden, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons*
2015 | Daphne Papathomas, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2014 | Mirelys Barrios, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Andrew Chan, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2012 | Joshua Leinwand, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2011 | Lucas Nikkel, Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons
2010 | Mark Geyer, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
2009 | Leslie Lee, Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeons

First Place – Outstanding Clinical Science Poster Presentation

2021 | Jonathan Bao | Albany Medical College
2020 | Maria Yao, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Dickran Nalbandian, Florida International University Wertheim College of Medicine
2018 | Joshua Jue, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2017 | Erin Ong, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2016 | Lulu Wong, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2015 | Sherry Yan, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
2014 | Elizabeth Yim, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Howard Park, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2012 | Adrien Phalen, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2011 | Xinshu She, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
2010 | Pooja Gupta, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 | Maria Kessides, John Hopkins University School of Medicine

FIRST PLACE – OUTSTANDING TED-LIKE TALKS PRESENTATION

2020 | Kasha Bornstein, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place – Best Overall Public Health Sciences Presentation

2021 | Darius E. Chyou | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Kasha Bornstein, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Hampton Ocon, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Maxwell Presser, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2017 | Vivek Singh, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Second Place – Outstanding Basic Science Oral Presentation

2021 | Caroline A. Coughlin | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Ugne Zekonyte, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Alexa Semonche, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
2018 | Zachary M. Connelly, Louisiana State University Health Science Center
2017 | Theodora Karagounis, The Rockefellar University
2016 | Kyle Klingbeil, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine*
2015 | Farah Leclercq, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2014 | Huy Nguyen, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2013 | Theresa Williamson, Yale School of Medicine
2012 | Courtney Elm, Boston University School of Medicine
2011 | Sumit Jain, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2010 | Amar Kishan, Harvard Medical School
2009 | Joel Jules, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Second Place – Outstanding Basic Science Poster Presentation

2021 | Vivien Chen | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Sairisheel Gabbireddy, Albany Medical College
2019 | Khyati Y. Mehta, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
2018 | Gurleen Kaur, Albany Medical College
2017 | Cima Maliakal, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2017 | Andrew Zeng, Albany Medical College
2016 | Rhea Choi, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine*
2015 | Jennifer Le, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
2014 | Sharon Wolfson, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Catherine Gordon, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2012 | Miguel Gosalbez, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2011 | Vikas Parmar, Albany Medical College
2010 | Kimberly Hoang, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 | Ann Plum, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Second Place – Outstanding Clinical Science Oral Presentation

2021 | Cho-Hee Shrader | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Andrew Sama, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Alexandra Alvarez, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Manish Mehta,Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2017 | Dennis Schaefer-Babajew, The Rockefellar University
2016 | Tiffany Otero, Massachusetts General Hospital*
2015 | Arash Sayari, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2014 | Diana Kachan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Crystal Castaneda, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2012 | James Lin, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2011 | Sirisha Jonnalagadda, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2010 | Ashley Antony, John Hopkins University
2009 | Catherine Forster, Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeons

Second Place – Outstanding Clinical Science Poster Presentation

2021 | Ariana L. Johnson | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Nayna Shah, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Rebecca D. Lichtin, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
2018 | David McCarthy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2017 | Kaylee VanDommelen, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2016 | Claire Mann, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai*
2015 | Kelly Diaz, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2014 | Charles Cohan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Sarah Keesecker, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2012 | Eric Tang, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2011 | Whitney Valins, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2010 | Juliet Nissan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 | Aashish Kabra, Albany Medical College

SECOND PLACE – OUTSTANDING TED-LIKE TALKS PRESENTATION

2021 | W. Austin Wyant | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place- Graduate Student Research Day Outstanding Basic Science Oral Presentation

2021 | Kathryn LaPorte | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Artavazd Arumov, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Clara I. Troccoli, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Kristen Sanders, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place- Graduate Student Research Day Outstanding Basic Science Poster Presentation

2021 | Linda E Robayo | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Linda Robayo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Cho Hee Shrader, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
2018 | Leah Nemzow, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place- Outstanding MD/PhD Trainee Presentation

2021 | Antonio M. Fontanella | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Kevin Davis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Daniel Rodriguez, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Second Place- Outstanding MD/PhD Trainee Presentation

2021 | Acacia Crouch | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Elizabeth Jacobs, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Kristin Boguslawski, New York University School of Medicine

Second Place- Graduate Student Research Day Outstanding Basic Science Oral Presentation

2018 | Nadja Andrade, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Second Place- Graduate Student Research Day Outstanding Basic Science Poster Presentation

2018 | James Grosso, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place- Department of Public Health Sciences Outstanding Poster Award

2020 | Sara Brenner, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Jennifer Chavez, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Xavier Scott, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

First Place- Department of Public Health Sciences Outstanding Oral Award

2020 | Isaac Chayo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2019 | Rajika Jindani, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Second Place- Department of Public Health Sciences Outstanding Poster Award
2020 | Dylan Petkus, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

2019 | Harry Levine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2018 | Siddharth Iyengar, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Honorable Mention – Basic Science Oral Presentation

2017 | Owen Tan, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2016 | Nidah Khakoo, Albany Medical College
2015 | Viola Lanier, Morehouse School of Medicine
2014 | Walter J. Joseph III, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
2013 | David Siefker, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2012 | Peter Liou, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Honorable Mention – Basic Science Poster Presentation

2016 | Gregor Rodriguez, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2015 | Viola Lanier, Morehouse School of Medicine
2014 | Andrew Lee, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2013 | Anna Sheridan, Albany Medical College
2012 | Katherine Fyall, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Honorable Mention – Clinical Science Oral Presentation

2020 | Jeffrey Brown, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 | Randy Casals, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
2017 | Aliyah Gauri, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2016 | Joshua Jue, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2016 | Dipan Desai, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2015 | Andrea Marcadis, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2014 | Johanna Kreafle, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2013 | Howard Park, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2012 | Sapna Iyer, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Honorable Mention – Clinical Science Poster Presentation

2016 | Erin Ong, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2015 | Michael Ragheb, University of Miami
2014 | Krishn Khanna, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2013 | Hanna Moisander-Joyce, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
2012 | Joseph Griffith, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Award Recipients – Best Overall Basic Science Presentation

2012 | Sujoy Phookan, Albany Medical College
2011 | Alexander Barash, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2010 | Ritesh Kotecha, Albany Medical College
2009 | Gia Hoosien, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Award Recipients – Best Overall Clinical Science Presentation

2012 | Edward Chu, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2011 | Susan Lim, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2010 | Mattew Truesdale, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
2009 | Ryan Cassilly, Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeons

Award Recipients – Best ESRF Presentation

2012 | Desiree G. Fiorentino, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2011 | Aron Nusbaum, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Award Recipients – Best University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Presentation

2010 | Brad Schmier, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 | Adena Rosenblatt, Sponsored by the American Medical Association Foundation

Honorable Mention – Neuroscience

2011 | Marc Lener, George Washington School of Medicine

Honorable Mention – Orthopedics

2011 | Oren Goltzer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Honorable Mention – Medicine

2011 | Ann Vu, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Honorable Mention – Surgery

2011 | Michael Gorin, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Awards Archive

Directors

Director
Tanyika Stephenson
Faculty Advisors
Tulay Koru-Sengul, PhD
Sandra Lemmon, PhD
Co-Directors
2020  Yaa Abu, Owen Tan, Samara Vilca
2019  Owen Tan 
2018 Sandy Jiang, Sophia Liu. Owen Tan
2017 Michelle Caunca, Sandy Jiang, Sophia Liu
2016 Michelle Caunca, Sandy Jiang, Sophia Liu
2015 Zachary Most, Nikesh Shah, Holly Stradecki
2014 Jeremy Dennis, Zachary Most, Holly Stradecki
2013 Jeremy Dennis, Siddharth Mahure, David Pechman
2012 Cynthia Donna, Siddharth Mahure, David Pechman
2011 Michael Gorin, Siddharth Mahure, Kelly Withum
2010 Michael Gorin, Pooja Gupta, Kelly Withum
2009 Michael Gorin, Seth Miller, Shalu Patel