2022 Winners
- Outstanding Oral Presentation by a PhD Student:
Kyan Thelen, mentored by Adam Moeser - Outstanding Oral Presentation by a PhD Student:
Janelle LeMon, mentored by Adam Moeser - Outstanding Oral Presentation by a PhD Student, Runner Up:
C. Javier Rendon, mentored by Andres Contreras - Outstanding Poster Presentation by a PhD Student:
Ivon Moya Uribe, mentored by Linda Mansfield - Outstanding Poster Presentation by a PhD Student, Runner Up:
Michelle Volk, mentored by Jean Tsao
- Outstanding Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern or MS Student:
Billie Beckwith-Cohen, mentored by Simon Petersen-Jones - Outstanding Poster Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student:
Kimberley Sebastian, mentored by Matti Kiupel - Outstanding Oral Presentation by a Postdoc:
Juan-Ting Liu, mentored by Bartolomeo Gorgoglione - Outstanding Oral Presentation by a Postdoc:
Natalia Duque-Wilckens, mentored by Adam Moeser - Outstanding Oral Presentation by a DVM Student:
Alexa Acevedo, mentored by Kirk Muñoz - Outstanding Oral Presentation by a DVM Student:
Amanda Norman, mentored by Jane Manfredi - Outstanding Poster Presentation by a DVM Student:
Kathryn Simmons, mentored by Harold Schott - Outstanding Poster Presentation by a DVM Student:
Robyn Hawley, mentored by Meghan Milbrath - Outstanding Poster Presentation by a DVM Student, Runner Up:
Jacqueline Nunnelley, mentored by Cheryl Swenson
- Outstanding Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate Student:
Taylor Rabanus, mentored by Adam Lauver - Outstanding Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate Student, Runner Up:
Giuseppe Cavaliere, mentored by Dalen Agnew
2021 Winners
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student: Siana Stanton Bollman and Ilissa Chasnick
Best Poster Presentation by a DVM Student: Madison Myers
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern, MS Student, or Postdoc: Dr. Natalia Duque-Wilckens and Dr. Caitlin Thorne
Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student: Ursula Abou-Rjeileh and Dawn Kusynski
2020 Award Winners
Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student: Devika Bahal
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student: Antonia Langfeldt, Kaitlyn Bailey
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student: Julie Pfeifer
Best Oral Presentation by an Undergraduate Student: Philip Calhoun
2019 Award Winners
Check out Phi Zeta Research Day 2019 in PhotosBest Oral Presentation by a PhD Student: Yao Lee, Azam Sher
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student: Kaitlyn Bailey
Best Poster Presentation by a PhD Student: Nidia Maradiaga
Best Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate Student: Joe Faryean
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student: Megan Porter
Best Poster Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student: Neco Wilson
Best Poster Presentation by a DVM Student: Olivia Child
2018 Award Winners
Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student: Kevin Baker
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student: Kennedy Aldrich
Best Poster Presentation by a DVM Student: Cailin Harro
Best Poster Presentation by an Undergraduate Student: Cassidy Harris
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student: Danielle Marturello
Best Poster Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student: Casandra Larrivee
Best Oral Presentation by an Undergraduate Student: Terry Everett
Best Poster Presentation by a PhD Student: Emily Mackey
2017 Award Winners
Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student; Calvin Pohl (CMIB, mentor: Adam Moeser) on the cholinergic response in bacterial enteritis
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student; Lauren Smyth (mentor: Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan) on a novel treatment for histolytic sarcoma
Best Poster Presentation by a PhD Student; Seungeun Han (CMIB, mentor: Jean Tsao) on transmission of tick born disease Borrelia Myamotoi
Best Poster Presentation by a Undergraduate Student; Elyse Eldredge (mentor: Jack Harkema) on ozone induced rhinitis
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student; Kyan Thelen (CMIB MS student, mentor: Andres Contreras) on adipogenic differentiation
Best Poster Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student; Jaimie Strickland (Resident/CMIB MS student, mentor: John Buchweitz) on hepatic copper and lipid oxidation
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student; Emma Stapley (mentor: Jane Manfredi) on insulin dysregulation in horses
Honorable Mention for Best Poster Presentation by a DVM Student: Nicole Insko (mentor: Ning Li) on atmospheric pollutants and the immune response
Honorable Mention for Best Poster Presentation by a PhD Student: Nidia Maradiaga (mentor: Adam Moeser) on mast cell hyperactivity in gastrointestinal disease
2016 Award Winners
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student: Zoe Williams (Mentored by Dr. Stephanie Valberg)
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident/Intern or Master's Student: Kurk Munoz (Mentored by Dr. Sheliah Ann Robertson)
Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student: Emily Mackey (Mentored by Dr. Adam Moeser)
Best poster presentation by a DVM student: Nicolas Vetter (Mentored by Dr Jack Harkema) and Elis Fisk (Mentored by Dr. Claire Hankenson)
Best poster presentation by a resident/intern/Master's student: Holden Hutchinson (Mentored by Dr. Lorraine Sordillo)
Best poster presentation by a PhD student: Jean Brudvig (Mentored by Dr. Linda Mansfield)
Best poster presentation by an undergraduate student: James Chen (Mentored by Dr. Linda Mansfield)
2015 Award Winners
Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student: Lauren Kustasz (Mentored by Dr. Simon Petersen-Jones)
Best Oral Presentation by a Resident/Intern or Master's Student: Megan Shavalier (Mentored by Dr. Mohamed Faisal)
Best Oral Presentation by a PhD Student: Nikita Joshi (Mentored by Dr. James Luyendyk)
Best poster presentation by a DVM student: Brooke Pallas (Mentored by Dr. Kevin Wells)
Best poster presentation by a resident/intern/Master's student: Megan Porter (Mentored by Dr. Jean Tsao)
Best poster presentation by a PhD student: Calvin Pohl (Mentored by Dr. Adam Moeser)
Best poster presentation by an undergraduate student: Larissa Soares de Oliveira (Mentored by Dr. Kurt Hankenson)