College of Medicine 2009 Research Forum
Winners and Honorable Mentions

 This year's College of Medicine Research Forum was a great success! Thank you to the faculty members that participated either as judges, mentors,co-authors, or simply observers.

The winners are listed below by submission category. As there were so many great posters this year we added an honorable mention award to acknowledge this caliber of work.

Winners by Category

Graduate Student

1st Place - Jaime Lee, Department of Physiology & Biophysics

2nd Place - Janai Car, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

2nd Place - Francis Alonzo, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Honorable Mention - Jackson Hoffman, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Laura Periera, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Thomas Wubben, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics and the College of Pharmacy's Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Senta Furman, Department of Psychiatry Brendan Quinn, Department of Pharmacology Yalda Afshar, Department of Physiology & Biophysics and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Post-doctoral fellow/resident

1st Place - Christopher Gans, Department of Medicine

1st Place - Johnson Thomas, Department of Medicine

3rd Place - Tara Teppen, Department of Psychiatry

Honorable Mention - Sangeeta Yendrembam, Department of Physiology & Biophysics Mohammad Tauseef, Department of Pharmacology Tania Pilli, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Medical Student

1st Place - Tejas Patel, Department of Surgery

2nd Place - Sara Prieto, Department of Medicine

Honorable Mention - Jonathan Huang, Department of Pathology Imo Akpan, Department of Medicine Justin Boike, Department of Medicine

Staff

1st Place - Maria Givogri, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Honorable Mention:
Leah Rubin, Department of Psychology
Devanand Kowlessur, Department of Medicine InSug O'Sullivan, Department of Medicine