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

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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, 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

Phi Zeta 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)