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2025 SRF Award Winners

Oral Presentations

Platform

Place Awardee Mentor School Program
A First Ming Huang Dr. Ning Wang Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
B First Kaitlyn Venneman Dr. Udayan Apte Medicine Toxicology
C First Lana Heslop Dr. Doug Wright Medicine Neurosciences 
D First Bria Bartsch Dr. Sandra Billinger Health Professions Rehabilitation Science
E First Carter Tews Dr. Jennifer Villwock Medicine Medical Student
F First Miranda Chavez Dr. Hubert Tse Medicine Microbiology
G First Kennedy Morey Dr. Lyndsey Kilgore Medicine Medical Student
H First Kaitlin DeHart Dr. Bret Freudenthal Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

Poster Presentations

Award Place Awardee Mentor School Program
Top 20 First Garrett Black Dr. Jordan Borrell

Health Professions

Occupational Therapy
Top 20 First Cameron Duello Dr. Brian Milligan Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Luis Fierro-Cortes Dr. Brian Milligan Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Jacob Hiss Dr. Aditi Gupta Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Sydney Kubica, Jack Campbell Dr. Edward Ellerbeck Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Michael Kuehn Dr. Irfan Saadi Medicine Cell Biology & Anatomy
Top 20 First Julie McKinsey Dr. Chelsea Gorsline Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First William Muehlebach Dr. Kristy Brown Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 First Catherine Nelms Dr. Chad Hunter Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Top 20 First Jacob Zevitz Dr. Jill Hamilton-Reeves Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Derrick Asante Dr. Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam Medicine Biostatistics
Top 20 Second Bethany Bengs Dr. Mihaela Sardiu Medicine Biostatistics
Top 20 Second Anthony DiGirolamo Dr. Erin Plaza Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Morgan Ewald Dr. Olivia Veatch Medicine Neurosciences
Top 20 Second David Fritz Dr. Arun George Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Kaitlyn Hinz Dr. Wen-Xing Ding Medicine Toxicology
Top 20 Second Elijah Klein Dr. Ajay Bansal Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Lachlan Moore Dr. Neena Sharma Medicine Medical Student
Top 20 Second Hayden Nevills Dr. Jordan Borrell Health Professions Occupational Therapy
Top 20 Second Julia Opara Dr. Shrikant Anant Medicine Cancer Biology

Additional Awards

Award Place Awardee Mentor School Program
Best Overall Platform First Ainsley VanderGiesen Dr. Laura Martin Medicine Population Health
Best Overall Platform Second Sarah Crowards Dr. Doug Wright Medicine Neurosciences
Best Overall Poster First Sydney Kubica, Jack Campbell Dr. Edward Ellerbeck Medicine Medical Student
Best Overall Poster Second Luis Fierro-Cortes Dr. Brian Milligan Medicine Medical Student
3MT Finals First Sheridan Scott Dr. Brent Wise Medicine Medical Student
3MT Finals People's Choice Miranda Chavez Dr. Hubert Tse Medicine Microbiology
Art First Elizabeth Jones Dr. Bruno Hagenbuch Medicine Pharmacology
Art Second Sofie Hass Dr. Dhaval Bhavsar Medicine Medical Student
Art People's Choice Aditi Barnwal Dr. Michael Wolfe Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Art People's Runner-Up Sarah Crowards Dr. Doug Wright Medicine Neurosciences

Departmental Awards

Department/School Award Awardee Mentor School Program
School of Health Professions SHP Research Award Bria Bartsch Dr. Sandra Billinger Health Professions Rehabilitation Science
School of Medicine Paul R. Schloerb, MD Clinical Award Sarah Crowards Dr. Doug Wright Medicine MD/PhD
School of Medicine Russell L. Haden Award Kennedy Morey Dr. Lyndsey Kilgore Medicine Medical Student
School of Nursing Geri Neuberger BSN Honors Poster Award Madison Johnson Dr. Jennifer Williams Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing
School of Nursing Taunton Medal Award Greta Chaar Dr. Colleen Paramesh Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Joe R. Kimmel Award Peyton Oden Dr. Bret Freudenthal Medicine Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cell Biology & Physiology Paul D. Cheney, PhD Award Lana Heslop Dr. Doug Wright Medicine Neurosciences
Cell Biology & Physiology Crescence E. Meek - Oral Winner Rajan Burt Dr. Kausik Si Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Cell Biology & Physiology Crescence E. Meek - Oral Runner-Up Ming Huang Dr. Ning Wang Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Cell Biology & Physiology Crescence E. Meek - Poster Winner Catherine Nelms Dr. Chad Hunter Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Cell Biology & Physiology Crescence E. Meek - Poster Runner-Up Mumtarin Oishee Dr. Gustavo Blanco Medicine Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Studies PhD Research Award Lana Heslop Dr. Doug Wright Medicine Neurosciences
Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Studies PhD Research Award Bria Bartsch Dr. Sandra Billinger Health Professions Rehabilitation Science
Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science, & Athletic Training PTRSAT Award for Outstanding Research Presentation Bria Bartsch Dr. Sandra Billinger Health Professions Rehabilitation Science
Student Research Forum

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