International and National Awards
Graduate Students
Alumni
- Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship
Gwyn Harburg, Immunology Graduate Program
Research focus: regulation of adult neural stem cells; fundamental biology of adult stem cells and their possible interrelationship with cancer.
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UT Southwestern Annual Awards
Graduate Students
- Nominata Award
Annually, the Committee on Graduate Student Awards selects a graduate student who has demonstrated academic excellence and research achievement at UT Southwestern. The awarded receives the Nominata Award, $2000, which in addition to the significant recognition, presents the Nominata Lecture to faculty and students at the University Lecture Series venue.
- Ida M. Green Award
The Ida M. Green Award was established in 1987 with a bequest from Mrs. Green to Southwestern Medical Foundation. With encouragement from her husband, Cecil Green, the award was established to acknowledge a female student in the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the well-being of other students, to research excellence, and to exceptional community service activities. The honor comes with a $2000 award.
The purpose of the poster session is to encourage each the graduate students to learn the very important skill of poster display and presentation. Prizes awarded include $250.00 each for the top 4 posters, 5 Honorable Mention Prizes of $100 each and for the Best in Show - a $250.00 cash prize and $500.00 travel award scholarship. The Sigma Xi competition, offers the opportunity to compose an abstract to explain the research project. The top 6 student entries will be awarded a cash prize of $250.00 and a student membership to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
2008 BEST OF SHOW
Timothy Craig- Molecular Biophysics, Mentor - Jose Rizo-Rey
TOP FIVE
Timothy Craig- also received "Best of Show"
Cristel Camacho of Cancer Biology Track (G&D), Mentor- Sandeep Burma
Sandhya Mitnala of Biomedical Engineering, Mentor- Harold Garner
Yi-Hung Ou of Cancer Biology Track (G&D), Mentor- Michael White
Tre Welch of Biomedical Engineering, Mentor- Charles Chuong
HONORABLE MENTION
Jessica Ables of Integrative Biology, Mentor- Amelia Eisch
Alethia Villasenor of Genetics & Development, Mentor- Ondine Cleaver
40th Annual SX Winners
John Butler of Biological Chemistry, Mentor- Joe Ready
Andrew Williams of Genetics & Development, Mentor- Eric Olson
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Students Presenting at Scientific Meetings
March Omar Nelson (Neuroscience) - 2007 64th Joint Annual Meeting of Beta Kappa Chi/National
Institute of Science
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Student Fellowships
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