Graduate School Recognizes Faculty and Students at Annual Holiday Awards Ceremony
| The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized students and faculty for their achievements during the
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school’s Holiday Reception and Award Ceremony on Dec. 9.
Graduate School Dean Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., presented the awards, telling attendees that it would be his final winter ceremony as dean. He plans to retire May 20, 2023, which is UAMS commencement day — his favorite day of the year.
“I think whoever comes in behind me is going to inherit a really strong Graduate School,” McGehee told the roughly 100 students, faculty and staff in the Helen G. Adams Atrium of Biomedical Building One. “I’ll be excited to see the next dean keep the wheels rolling on the progress we’ve made.”
Ten students received awards, with the Outstanding Achievement Award going to Dedrick Ingram. He received the Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Program and will receive $20,000 annual stipends for a
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minimum of three years.
Other Achievement Awards:
- Lucy Fry, for receiving the 2022 CC Wang Prize in Molecular Parasitology from Marine Biological Labs, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Christopher Godwin, for receiving the First Year Graduate Fellowship from the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
- Aaron Kemp, selected as a Venture Fellow with Symbiosis Capital Management in Bentonville, Arkansas
- Juchan Lim, selected as a Venture Fellow with Symbiosis Capital Management
- Ashley Herdman, selected as a Venture Fellow with Symbiosis Capital Management
- Ambrish Pandit, selected as 2022 Summer Intern at Xcenda-AmerisourceBergen in Tampa, Florida
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- Ruston Koonce, selected as 2022 Food and Drug Administration Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowship Research Participation Program
- Mriga Shrikhande, selected as 2022 Summer Intern at Novo Nordisk
- Kalee Holloway, for receiving a Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society of Neuroscience
The Winter 2022 Mentor Awards went to (mentors and graduates): Mick Tilford, Ph.D. (Jon Wilkerson, Ph.D.); Craig Forrest, Ph.D.
(Wesley Bland, Ph.D.); Karl Boehme, Ph.D. (Marcelle Dina Zita, Ph.D.); Kevin Raney, Ph.D. (Binyam Belachew, Ph.D.); Mohammed Orloff, Ph.D. (Jing Jin, Ph.D.) Jason Stumhofer, Ph.D. (Kara O’Neal, Ph.D.); and Bill Fantegrossi, Ph.D. (Lauren Russell, Ph.D.)
Other student achievements recognized, included:
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Christopher Godwin receives his achievement award.Allyson Douglass
Lucy Fry, for her Howard Hughes Medical Institute Travel Award to attend the Biology of Parasitism Course held at the Marine Biological Labs in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
- Lance Benson, for receiving the 2022 Young Investigator Bronze Award at the International Society of Hypertension, Kyoto, Japan.
- Travel Award International Society of Hypertension, Kyoto, Japan
- American Heart Association Early Career Oral Award Finalist
- Ruchira Mahashabde, for Best Podium Presentation at the Southern Pharmacy Administration Conference.
- Allen Smith, for earning Research Presentation Finalist at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.
Recognized for participation in the Graduate School Panel Discussion for 2022 Summer Students were Lance Benson, Mara Campbell, Christa Corley and Miguel Mercado.
Recognized for Research presentations for the first Annual UAMS SONOcamp were Haven Griffin, Carol Morris, Kalee Holloway, Ruchira
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Mahashabde, Mara Campbell, Madeleine Scott, Aric Anloague, Lance Benson, Jacob Edmondson, Bikram Gautam and Alexa Escapita.