GDBBS Awards Banquet 2018
Kevin Morris was the recipient of the Graduate Program in Biology Academic & Professional Achievement Award. He was also one of three students who received the Margaret and Thomas Lew Graduate Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry.
Lauren Shapiro, recipient of the Raymond Dingledine Award for Extraordinary Graduate Achievement, founded by MSP Alumnus, Dr. Tom Macek (pictured left)
Valentina Gonzalez-Pecchi, recipient of the William and Catherine Rice Research Award
Khaled Machaca, PhD (second from left), recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award
M. Edward Quach, BCDB Program Scholar of the Year
Emily Summerbell, CB Program Scholar of the Year
Anna Knight, GMB Program Scholar of the Year
Kevin Sia, IMP Program Scholar of the Year
Kara Phipps, MMG Program Scholar of the Year
Erica Landis, NS Program Scholar of the Year
Brent Allman, PBEE Program Scholar of the Year
Suzanne Mays, MSP Program Scholar of the Year
Alynda Wood, recipient of the Career Teaching Award
Nicole Gerardo, PhD, recipient of the Faculty Mentor Award
The 8th Annual GDBBS Awards Banquet was held on April 18, 2018, at the Druid Hills Golf Club.
Program Scholar of the Year Awardees
M. Edward Quach, BCDB
Advisor: Renhao Li, PhD
Emily Summerbell, CB
Advisor: Adam Marcus, PhD
Anna Knight, GMB
Advisor: Alicia Smith, PhD
Kevin Sia, IMP
Advisor: Jyothi Rengarajan, PhD
Kara Phipps, MMG
Advisor: Anice Lowen, PhD
Suzanne Mays, MSP
Advisor: Eric Ortlund, PhD
Erica Landis, NS
Advisor: Machelle Pardue, PhD
Brent Allman, PBEE
Advisor: Katia Koelle, PhD
Award Recipients
Kendra Quicke, MMG
Advisor: Mehul Suthar, PhD
Nick Johnson, PBEE
Advisor: Karen Conneely, PhD
Alynda Wood, NS
Advisor: Sam Sober, PhD
Sarah Connolly, IMP
Advisor: Eric Hunter, PhD
Archana Venkataraman, NS
Advisor: Brian Dias, PhD
Anna Knight, GMB
Advisor: Alicia Smith, PhD
Nicole Gerardo, PhD
PBEE Program
Distinguished Alumni Award
Khaled Machaca, PhD
(CDB Grad, 1996)
Advisor: Steven L Hernault, PhD
Khaled Machaca is Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and has served as Associate Dean for Research for the Qatar campus. In that capacity, he oversees the academic, financial, operational, and compliance aspects of the research department, which encompasses 25 active labs and over 200 staff. He also serves as the institutional official overseeing the animal research program and as the director of the imaging core. He leads and serves on multiple institutional, national, and international committees.
The Machaca Lab is interested in intracellular signaling processes under physiological and pathological conditions with a focus on calcium signaling. The goal is to better define these signaling pathways at the cellular and molecular levels to better define the underlying biology and identify potential therapeutic targets in various disease states. Our interest is focused on cell cycle regulation in the context of cancer, hypertension, and immune cell activation. Work from the Machaca Lab has been published in leading biomedical journals and garnered extramural funding from NIH and the Qatar National Research Fund. Khaled serves on editorial boards, reviews widely for scientific journals, and has an extensive track record of training students and postdoctoral fellows.