2021 GDBBS Awards Celebration

The 11th Annual GDBBS Awards Celebration was held on October 21, 2021 at the Fernbank Museum.

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GDBBS Awards

Graduate Career Award

Rachel Turn, BCDB

Advisor: Richard Kahn, PhD

Student Leadership Award

Samantha Lanjewar, GMB

Advisor: Steven Sloan, MD, PhD

Outreach & Community Service Award

Juan Rodriguez, GMB

Advisor: David Katz, PhD

TATTO Teaching Award

Michael Mortillo, GMB

Advisor: Carmen Marsit, PhD

Student Career Teaching Award

Ognenka Avramovska, GMB

Advisor: Meleah Hickman, PhD

Student Mentor Award

Carey Jansen, CB-MD/PhD

Advisor: Haydn Kissick, PhD

Faculty Mentor Award

Sarah Shultz, PhD (NS)

Distinguished Alumni Award

Sharon Milgram, PhD (BCDB, 1991)

Program Scholar of the Year Awardees

Maria Sterrett, BCDB

Advisor: Anita Corbett, PhD

Austin Boese, CB

Advisor: Sumin Kang, PhD

Jasmine Moody, GMB

Advisor: Guy Benian, MD

Abigail Vanderheiden, IMP

Advisors: Mehul Suthar, PhD

Logan Kavanaugh, MMG

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD

Daniel Lustberg, MSP

Advisor: David Weinshenker, PhD

Stephanie Prince, NS

Advisor: Annabelle Singer, PhD

Michael Martin, PBEE

Advisor: Katia Koelle, PhD

LGS Endowed Awards

Graduate Program in Biology Academic and Professional Achievement Award

Sandra Mendiola, PBEE

Advisors: Nicole Gerardo, PhD & David Civitello, PhD

Ray Dingledine Award for Extraordinary Graduate Achievement

Kristen Cottrill, MSP

Advisor: Nael McCarty, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew Graduate Career Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Samantha Schwartz, BCDB

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew Publication Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Samantha Schwartz, BCDB

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD

Margaret and Thomas Lew 1st Year Award in Biomedical Sciences in Biochemistry

Will McFadden, BCDB

Advisor: Stefanos Sarafianos, PhD

William and Catherine Rice Endowed Research Award

Austin Boese, CB

Advisor: Sumin Kang, PhD

Keith Wilkinson Graduate Service Award

Luis Munoz, IMP

Advisor: Periasamy Selvaraj, PhD

John B. Lyon Memorial Scholarship

Logan Kavanaugh, MMG

Advisor: Graeme Conn, PhD