CSA – Awardees at Department Retreat!
A big THANK YOU to the CSA Retreat Organizing Committee:
Lily Dong
Kris Vogel
Lucy Fell
Nick Lucio
Ben Miller
Dave Cavazos
Xi Yu
Cole Evans
Desirae Morales
Also, a thank you to our audiovisual support at the retreat, Cory Lopes, and photographers Dave Cavazos and Alan Sakaguchi.
Congratulations to all award winners!
Poster Awards went to:
Lulu Shulz – Best poster, Master of Science Program (Bess Frost mentor)
Elizabeth Ochoa – 1st place poster, Predoctoral Program (Bess Frost mentor)
Liesl Lawrence – 2nd place poster, Predoctoral Program (Alex Bishop mentor)
Jason Hadley – 3rd place poster, Predoctoral Program (Lily Dong mentor)
Postdoc Elevator talks:
Farzaneh Atrian, PhD, 1st place (Bess Frost mentor)
Pre-Professional Program Outstanding Achievement Award:
Christopher File
Carillo Memorial Fellowship Award:
Daisy Medina (Manjeet Rao mentor)
Rennels Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies:
MS Program – Gilberto Gonzalez (Lizhen Chen mentor)
PhD Program – Saif Nirzhor (Manjeet Rao mentor)
Bowman Graduate Student of the Year:
Shiva Kaempour (Habil Zare mentor)
Susan L Naylor Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Studies:
Isha Mehta, PhD (Habil Zare mentor)
Faculty Awards:
CSA Excellence in Health Profession Education: Rama Sharma, PhD
CSA Excellence in Graduate Student Education: Bess Frost, PhD
CSA Junior Research Award 2021: Habil Zare, PhD
CSA Junior Research Award 2022: Peng Zhang, PhD
CSA Senior Research Award 2021: Lily Dong, PhD
CSA Senior Research Award 2022: Bess Frost, PhD
50 Year Faculty Award: Russ Reiter, PhD
Inaugural Deputy Chair for Education and Training: Kay Oyajobi, MBBS, PhD, MBA
Inaugural Deputy Chair for Faculty Development: Ellen Kraig, PhD