Students, Residents Showcase Research at Annual Symposium
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) graduate students, postdoctoral students, and residents showcased their scientific achievements through poster presentations and platform and flash talks on Jan. 17 as part of the annual CVM Trainee Research Symposium.
This year, the symposium boasted 92 unique trainee research presentations for the professional development opportunity, which allows the students and residents to hone their skills in effective communication of their research findings in a variety of presentation modalities.
Afterward, students were able to receive constructive feedback from faculty judges, and winning submissions were awarded with a certificate and, in some cases, a monetary award.
CVM Trainee Research Symposium winners included:
Poster Presentation:
- 1st Place Graduate Student: Jeannine Ott (Dr. Mike Criscitiello, VTPB)
- 2nd Place Graduate Student: Sarah Burnett (Dr. Ivan Rusyn, VIBS)
- 2nd Place Graduate Student: Alison Manchester (Dr. Jan Suchodolski, VSCS)
- 2nd Place Graduate Student: Nicole Mehta (Dr. Doris Taylor, VTPP, and Fred Clubb, VTPB)
- 2nd Place Graduate Student: Aileen Rowland (Dr. Ashlee Watts, VLCS)
- People’s Choice Graduate Student: Fatima Sarwar (Dr. H. Morgan Scott, VTPB)
- 1st Place Postdoc: Robert Fuentes (Dr. Robert Chapkin, VIBS)
- 2nd Place Postdoc: Martha Hensel (Dr. Angela Arenas, VTPB)
- People’s Choice Postdoc: Jillian Wormington (Dr. Sarah Hamer, VIBS)
Platform Presentation:
- 1st Place: Karis Tang-Quan (Dr. Doris Taylor, VTPP)
- 2nd Place: Candice Chu (Dr. Mary Nabity, VTPB)
- 2nd Place: Lauren Lewis (Dr. Ivan Rusyn, VIBS)
- 2nd Place: Ethan Taylor (Dr. H. Morgan Scott, VTPB)
- People’s Choice: Karis Tang-Quan (Dr. Doris Taylor, VTPP)
Flash Talk Presentation:
- 1st Place: Robert Fuentes (Dr. Robert Chapkin)
- 1st Place: Alison Manchester (Dr. Jan Suchodolski, VSCS)
- 2nd Place: Lee-Jae (Jack) Guo (Dr. Jor Kornegay, VIBS)
- People’s Choice: Robert Fuentes (Dr. Robert Chapkin, VIBS)
CVM Trainee Research Symposium High Impact Achievement Awards
Large External Research Grant:
- Caitlyn Older (Dr. Aline Rodrigues-Hoffmann, VTPB)
- Alyssa Meyers (Dr. Sarah Hamer, VIBS)
Small External Research Grant:
- Jamie Benn (Dr. Walt Cook, VTPB)
- Lauren Lewis (Dr. Ivan Rusyn, VIBS)
- 1st Place: Wesley Brashear (Dr. William Murphy, VIBS)
- 2nd Place: Connor Dolan (Dr. Ken Muneoka, VTPP)
- 2nd Place: Jeannine Ott (Dr. Mike Criscitiello, VTPB)
- 2nd Place: Scott Pearson (Dr. Weston Porter, VIBS)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Alexander Blanchette (Dr. Weihsueh Chiu, VIBS)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Jingshu Chen (Dr. James Cai, VIBS)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Paula Giaretta (Drs. Raquel Rech, VTPB, and Jan Suchodolski, VSCS)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Keshav Karki (Dr. Stephen Safe, VTPP)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Alyssa Meyers (Dr. Sarah Hamer, VIBS)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Marcus Orzabal (Dr. Jay Ramadoss, VTPP)
- Achievement Recognition for First Author Publication: Italo Zecca (Dr. Sarah Hamer, VIBS)
Faculty who served as award and symposium judges at the CVM Trainee Research Symposium included: Drs. Alice Blue-McLendon, Angela Bordin, Regina Brunauer, Laura Bryan, Christine Budke, Keith Chaffin, Sankar Chaki, Tracy Clement, Noah Cohen, Mike Criscitiello, Michael Deveau, Scott Dindot, Dana Gaddy, Drew Hillhouse, Carolyn Hodo, Ivan Ivanov, Unity Jeffery, Sun Kim, Chuck Long, Mary Nabity, Annie Newell-Fugate, Keri Norman, Weston Porter, Jay Ramadoss, Gonzalo Rivera, Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann, Artem Rogovskyy, H. Morgan Scott, Vinod Srivastava, Sarguru Subash, Guilherme Verocai, Emma Warry, and Mahsa Zarei.
