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

Best 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, Mentored by: Adam Moeser) on the cholinergic response in bacterial enteritis

Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student; Lauren Smyth (Mentored by: Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan) on a novel treatment for histolytic sarcoma

Best Poster Presentation by a PhD Student; Seungeun Han (CMIB, Mentored by: Jean Tsao) on transmission of tick born disease Borrelia Myamotoi

Best Poster Presentation by a Undergraduate Student; Elyse Eldredge (Mentored by: Jack Harkema) on ozone induced rhinitis

Best Oral Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student; Kyan Thelen (CMIB MS student, Mentored by: Andres Contreras) on adipogenic differentiation

Best Poster Presentation by a Resident, Intern, or MS Student; Jaimie Strickland (Resident/CMIB MS student, Mentored by: John Buchweitz) on hepatic copper and lipid oxidation

Best Oral Presentation by a DVM Student; Emma Stapley (Mentored by: Jane Manfredi) on insulin dysregulation in horses

Honorable Mention for Best Poster Presentation by a DVM Student: Nicole Insko (Mentored by: Ning Li) on atmospheric pollutants and the immune response

Honorable Mention for Best Poster Presentation by a PhD Student: Nidia Maradiaga (Mentored by: 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)