The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences paused to mark the end of another academic year and recognize outstanding students at the Celebration of Student Achievement on Thursday, May 29. Students were honored for academic achievement, mentoring, service and scholarship.
Chancellor’s Award
Shawna Guillemette
Curriculum Achievement Award
Benjamin Landry, Basic and Biomedical Sciences
Janelle Hayes, Basic and Biomedical Sciences
Gillian Griffith, Clinical and Population Health Research
Ashley Matthew, MD/PhD Program
Outstanding Mentor Award
Mentoring in a Research Setting: Shawna Guillemette
The Bootstrappers, Mentoring in a Classroom Setting: Derrick DeConti, Alexandra Hajduk, Jill Moore, Alfred Simkin, Eric Swanson, Adam Wespiser
Recognition of Student Community Service
Kelly Hallstrom
Glen Gallagher
Lauren Powell
Brian Quattrochi
Dean’s Award for the Most Insightful Mid-thesis Research
Sara Lewandowski
“Role of Class I Histone Deacetylases in Early Cardiac Development”
Chinmay Trivedi, MD, PhD, Mentor
David Mofford
“Synthetic Luciferins: Expanding the Range of Bioluminescence”
Stephen Miller, PhD, Mentor
The Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
Emma Watson
Colin Conine
Dean’s Award for the Most Insightful Doctoral Thesis Research
Amanda Hughes
“Mechanisms of Nucleosome Positioning”
Oliver Rando, MD, PhD, Mentor
Leanne Ahronian
“Identification and characterization of factors Regulating Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression and Metastasis"
Brian Lewis, PhD, Mentor
Recognition of Class Speaker
Shawna Guillemette