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C O N VO C AT I O N

May 2015

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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Graduate School of

Biomedical ScienceS

2015

convocation

rutGerS livinGSton Student center

livinGSton hall

Sunday, may 17, 20158:30 am – 11 am

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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The Dean, Faculty and Staff of the Graduate School of Biomedical

Sciences congratulate you on your graduation. We wish you success in

your future endeavors!

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Dean’s OfficeKathleen W. Scotto, Ph.D., Dean

Debabrata Banerjee, Ph.D., Assistant DeanBarbara Coleman-Lee

Donna JacksonSusan Lomanto

Kimberly Pemberton

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, RBHS Newark CampusDaniel H. Fine, D.M.D, Senior Associate Dean

Andrew P. Thomas, Ph.D., Senior Associate DeanB.J. Wagner, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs-Retired

Stephen Garrett, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Student AffairsCarol Lutz, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Curriculum

Vincent Tsiagbe, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Pre-Dental ProgramsLeslie Lucy

Mayra MarallanoNadine StevensBeatrice Suffrant

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, RBHS Piscataway/NB Campus James H. Millonig, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean

Janet Alder, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs – Ph.D. ProgramsSmita Thakker-Varia, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs – Master’s Programs

Tina CicolellaPraxedes “Perry” Dominguez

Johanna Sierra

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order of eventS

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Check-in and breakfast

9:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Recognition of Award Recipientsand Graduates

Dean’s Welcome .................................................................Kathleen W. Scotto, Ph.D.Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and

Vice Chancellor for Research

Welcoming Address .......................................................Brian L. Strom, M.D., M.P.H.Chancellor, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Alumni Association Welcome ..........................................Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D.GSBS Alumni President

Student Remarks........................................................ GSBS-Newark Amit ChaudhariGSBS-Piscataway Patricia Berkanish

Dean's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award ................. Jony Sheynin, Ph.D.

Dean's Outstanding Educator Award .......................................Steven Levison, Ph.D.

Dean Morris Schaffer Endowed Scholarship Award ....................Archana Proddutur

Outstanding Student of the Year, ..................................................... Doreen BadhekaNJMS Faculty Organization Award

Dr. S.C. Joseph Fu Endowed Scholarship Award ........................................... Ran Wei

GSBS-Piscataway Dissertation Excellence Award ...........................Jason M. Schifano

GSBS-Piscataway Outstanding Teaching and Service Award ... Matthew L. Kraushar

Teaching and Service AwardM. S. Academic Achievement Awards.........................GSBS-Newark Eric Himelman

GSBS-Piscataway Ambroise H. Gilles

2015 Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., M.D., Medal of Excellence ................. Jonathan W. Cruz

2015 New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc. .........................Nancy A. Woychik, Ph.D.Excellence in Research Award

2015 New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc. ..................... Emine Ercikan Abali, Ph.D.Excellence in Teaching Award

Presentation of Degree Candidates ....................................... Andrew Thomas, Ph.D.Senior Associate Dean for GSBS-Newark

James Millonig, Ph.D.Senior Associate Dean for GSBS-Piscataway

Closing Remarks

To view pictures from the 2015 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Convocation, please visit gsbs2015convocation.shutterfly.com/

Music provided by the Mason Gross Brass Quintet

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Graduate School of Biomedical ScienceS-newark

doctor of PhiloSoPhy

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYThomas Walter Comollo Control of L-Type Calcium Channels by Gamma 6

SubunitMentor: Roman Shirokov, Ph.D.

Tanya Seth Novel Mechanism of Negative Regulation of CYP24A1 involving crosstalk between Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 and the SWI/SNF Complex

Mentor: Sylvia Christakos, Ph.D.

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCESSarah Bliss Facilitation of breast cancer dormancy by

exosomes from bone marrow microenvironmental mesenchymal stem and stromal cells

Mentor: Pranela Rameshwar, Ph.D.

Olga D. Gonzalez-Lopez Novel, alternatively spliced isoforms of the cellular Notch signaling effector, RBP-Jk/CSL, regulate KSHV reactivation.

Mentor: David Lukac, Ph.D.

Kokila Kota Structure-function studies and signaling mechanisms of the dopamine D3 receptor

Mentor: Eldo V. Kuzhikandathil, Ph.D.

Lisamarie Moore Effects of Platelet Derived Growth Factor on Neural Progenitor Proliferation, Differentiation and Transformation

Mentor: Steven Levison, Ph.D.

Suhagi Shah IL-12 regulated checkpoints in the CD8+ T cell response to Toxoplasma gondii

Mentor: George S. Yap, Ph.D.

MD/PH.D. PROGRAMAmit Chaudhari Role of the colliculo-cortical networks in spatial

neglectMentor: Anna M. Barrett, Ph.D.

Jill Konowich Novel Insights into Host Immunity Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Mentor: Padmini Salgame, Ph.D.

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Jessica Rachel Magid- Toward a Better Understanding of Human CD4+ Bernstein T reg Subsets: A Study of Diverse Surface Markers, Functions, and Mechanisms

Mentor: Christine Rohowsky-Kochan, Ph.D.

Andrew Harris Marple Mechanisms of inhibition of CD8+ T cell immunity during helminth infection

Mentor: George Yap, Ph.D.

Sindhuri Prakash GALNT14 causes IgA NephropathyMentor: Ali Gharavi, M.D.

Virian Davy Serei Trail expression by human plasmacytoid dendritic cells during HIV infection

Mentor: Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Ph.D.

MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGYDante Descalzi Dendritic cell activation: i) Plasmacytoid and

Myeloid DC:HIV-infected cell interactions and ii) Effects of HDAC inhibitors on Plasmacytoid Dendritic cells


Mahwish Natalia An alternative, IRF7-independent pathway of type I and type III interferon induction in primary human plasmacytoid dendritic cells


NEUROSCIENCEMatthew Todd Goodus Neurodegeneration and Regeneration in Rodent

Models of Pediatric Traumatic Brain InjuryMentor: Steven Levison, Ph.D.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGNancy Lisa Sehgel Increased Stiffness of Vascular Smooth Muscle

Cells: A Novel Mechanism for Aortic Stiffness in Hypertension

Mentor: Stephen F. Vatner, M.D.

Jony Evgeny Sheynin Avoidance behavior in humans: Empirical and computational approaches

Mentor: Catherine Myers, Ph.D.

Maciej Sprycha Autonomic Modulation of Sensorimotor Reactivity in Anxiety and mTBI

Mentor: Richard Servatius, Ph.D.

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PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGYDoreen Badheka Regulation of the Transient Receptor Potential

Melastatin 3 ion channels by phosphoinositidesMentor: Tibor Rohacs, M.D., Ph.D.

Paula Denise Green Telomerase and its role in modulating the cellular response to oxidative stress

Mentor: Janine Santos, Ph.D.

Lihong Hao The Role of NPY/AgRP-GI Neurons in Inflammation-Related Anorexia

Mentor: Vanessa Routh, Ph.D.

Jingzhen Li Role of GLUT5 and Fructokinase in Fructose-induced Neuron Activation of the Ventromedial Hypothalamus N A

Mentor: Andrew P. Thomas, Ph.D.

Patricio E. Mujica Regulation of endothelial hyperpermeability deactivation by Epac-ERM protein interactions

Mentor: Walter N. Durán, Ph.D.

Chirag R. Patel The role of transport, metabolism and trafficking in the regulation of GLUT5 by its substrate fructose in mouse small intestine

Mentor: Ronaldo Ferraris, Ph.D.

Weiwei Wang The LIM Kinase-cofilin pathway and the synaptic plasticity of rod photoreceptors after injury

Mentor: Ellen Townes-Anderson, Ph.D.

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maSter of Science

Applonia Cornolius Identifying and Isolating Anti-Microbial and Anti-Biofilm Compounds from Surface Attached Microbial Communities

Mentor: Daniel Kadouri, Ph.D.

Sonal Dharani Response of Interferon lambda on Murine Immune Cells.

Mentor: Joan Durbin, Ph.D.

Carrie Anne Flynn Differential phagocytosis and altered cytokine expression induced by laboratory derived and clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro.

Mentor: Padmini Salgame,Ph.D.

Asad Kazi MS/MBA

Jung Hwan Kim Analysis of Blood and Cardiac Defects in Id Deficient Mice

Mentor: Diego Fraidenraich, Ph.D.

Christina Michalski Genetics of the the sexual dimorphism in inflammation

Mentor: Zoltan Spolarics, Ph.D.

Neha Marvadi MS/MBA

Ariel Millman MS/MBA

Vipul Nagula Substance P mediated regulation of HMGB1: Implication for hematopoiesis

Mentor: Pranela Rameshwar, Ph.D.

Chaitra Parthiban Mapping of the active site residues in deacetylase PgaB of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Mentor: Narayanan Ramasubbu, Ph.D.

Nadia Nasir Shaikh Characterization of Three New Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-2 Alleles

Mentor: Melissa Rogers, Ph.D.

Neginder Singh Saini Comparing methods for early surgical decompression in acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Mentor: Robert Heary, M.D.

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Gregory Ramirez The effect of intranasal and intravenous inoculation of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in a mouse model

Mentor: Daniel Kadouri, Ph.D.

Rose Anne Rendon Crosstalk between β and γ6 subunits during the assembly and trafficking of Cav1.2 channels

Mentor: Roman Shirakov, Ph.D.

Joseph Scott Identification of sarcolipin interacting proteins in dystrophic muscle.

Mentor: Gopal Babu, Ph.D.

Regina Gloria Thaddeus The role of fructose metabolism in hepatic de novo lipogenesis and the development of fatty liver disease

Mentor: Ronaldo Ferraris, Ph.D.

Thomas Christopher Tritt Modeling of Cellular Response to Exponentially Varying Dose Rates for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Applications

Mentor: Roger Howell, Ph.D.

Catherine Irene Uhle Investigating the potential mechanism by which mib1x16 mutation causes loss of Notch signaling in Zebrafish.

Mentor: Miho Matsuda, Ph.D.

Rita Elizabeth Uhle Identifying effects of Mind bomb1 mutation (mib1x16) in loss of Notch signaling

Mentor: Miho Matsuda, Ph.D.

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maSter of Biomedical ScienceS

Kerolos AbadeerFrishta AbawiMrinal AgrawalPhillip AkdemirAlexander AleynikMansour Altayyar 5

Birjukumar V. AminDanielle Angelo 3, 4

Monica AnisettiMishal AvichalEric BainesKathrine Marie Baldwin MBS/MPHChristina Belousov 3

Ronak Bharucha 5

Dhelni T. Bhatt 3

Mahamaya BhattacharyyaPeter Magdi BibawiVictoria BlackhurstAdam Garrison Blewett 3

Stephanie Bonilla 3

Frederick Jonathan BrownKevin Scott Butler 4

David BuziashviliAriel Macey CasnerEmily ChanDarryl Melissa Charles 3, 4

Lwoodsky Rawn CharlesSahil ChauhanJohn Chillari 3

Abir Kari ChistiIlon Choai 3

Jun ChoiKyung Sun ChoiShivaditya ChoudhurySonia ChughChristopher ChungElizabeth L. Cohen 3 Justin Paul CollinsSagine Coriolan

Christina Clark Crossin 3

Shilp Umesh Dalal 3

Alex DangVidhi Ketan DesaiJose DeschampsElif Ecem Devrim 3

Dominique Amanda Bianca DomporJoseph John DoranMatthew Ryan Dudek 3

Chinwendu Jonathan Emelumba Kadeen ForrestClara Barakat GabraRachel Estelle GardnerMarina GerguesKevin Gernavage 5

Madhumitha Gobinath 1

Yigit GolBobby GoyalEllina GoykhmanAriga GregorianNameeta GuptaAmy HanAndrew HanKaitlyn Tara HardingMichael HeckenbergerRobyn Paige Hemmings 3

Shannan HillBeatrice Jane HoOlivia Nneka IkeRie InabaJuan Diego Irizarry-ColeJustina JacobKimpreet Jammu 3

Minhyung JiJustin Joseph 3

Eun Soo JungIsaac Jaewoo Kang 3

Kushkaran Kaur 4, 5

Manpreet Kaur

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Navdeep Kaur 3

Kevin Thearith Kem 3

Rabia KhalidAndrew Yongho KimBrian KimJin Seok KimVictor KimEthan Solomon KrellRavali Kundeti 2

Vincent Lau 5

Danielle Yeonsun LeeDonny LeeNathan Kyung Hyun Lee 3

Victoria Grace LeeYei-Won LeeYoung Jin Lee 3

Carly LevineGabrielle LiebermanAlbert LimPhillip LimSteven Lin 3

Ellyse Michelle Look 3

Justin Roland Lucas 5

Carlo MagawayPrecious Martin-OguikeNicole Arielle MassettiAnita MathewEric MatsunoShanel Divyesh MehtaCaitlyn Addie Menicucci 3

Erika L. Merola 3

Megan Lee MetzgerUmar MirzaSara Yousuf Moghul 3

Joseph MontalbanoFernanda Scandelari Morais 3

Matthew NardiMiriam NatovichAn NguyenMitchell Nisenson 3

Kalin Kimiko NishimoriOluwatosin OyenugaAnisha Pandya 3, 4

Chung Whiy ParkSang Jun Park 3

Jared PasterGopi Patel 3, 4

Hiral Patel 3

Mansi J. Patel Neal PatelPooja Naresh Patel 3

Vickie PatelSandy PerezSahir PervaizRaymond John PesentiRishi PhakeySofia Pikalova 2

Marina Veronica Pitcher 3

Vanessa Kristina Pizutelli 5

Chintan D. RajputRajath RamakrishnaSwati Rana 3, 4

Atit RavalLucas RiabowolJacqueline RodriguezSebastian S. RoqueSimone RozentalVictoria Ly RunnellsTricia Ryan 3

Justina Saad 3

Parth SahaiHamed Mahmoud Salhab 3

Matthew SamKim Ashley SapanaroAmanjot SaraoShaina H. Shah 3

Shivani Vijay ShahYasaman ShakibiMohamed ShariffChiranjeev Sharma 3

Namrata B. ShethZuren ShethwalaLeonard ShouDaren Shiu 4

Alan SinghTarundeep Singh

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CONCENTRATIONS1 BioDefense2 Neuroscience3 Oral Biology4 Pharmacological Sciences5 Stem Cell Biology

Eric Jerome Singleton 1

Jasmine A. Singson 3

Yonson So 3

Kevin Sunghoon SonSuranga Chinthaka SurweeraSydney Morgan Susino 3

Taylor Jared Sutton 3

Owen Sweeney 5

Chi Kim Tang 3

Reiheng Tang 4

Jhonny TalaveraVenous TavalaianLaurie Jayne Toledo Sneha Kirti ToliaJessica Tseng 3

Varda UlhaqNishant VatsaVenkata Sai VemulaAsita Jenani Vinayagalingam 3

Richard Alix VincentAlexander Hideo Spiridon VlahosJyotsna WadhawanJesse Wagner Paul WolujewiczMargaret YangThomas Yoon

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Graduate School of Biomedical ScienceS-PiScataway

doctor of PhiloSoPhy

BIOCHEMISTRYSriram Shreedhar Aiyer Understanding Integration Targeting Mechanisms

of Murine Leukemia Virus (MLV) on a Local and Global Scale

Mentor: Monica J. Roth, Ph.D.

Stephanie Crosson Restoring Laminin Polymerization Via a Chimeric Linker Protein Rescues Muscle Pathology of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A

Mentor: Peter D. Yurchenko, M.D., Ph.D.

Aishwarya Deshpande Mechanistic studies of Transcription Initiation by S. Cerevisiae Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase

Mentor: Smita Patel, Ph.D.

Divya Nandakumar Mechanism of Leading Strand DNA Replication by Cooperative Activity of T7 Bacteriophage Helicase and DNA Polymerase

Mentor: Smita Patel, Ph.D..

CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGYJudith J. Canabal Alvear Analysis of two distinct functions of the

Roundabout 2 Receptor During Drosophila cardiac assembly

Mentor: Sunita G. Kramer, Ph.D.

Tiffany Rania King The Cytoskeletal Regulator Enabled Mediates Proper Cardiac Fusion during the Final Stages of Drosophila Dorsal Vessel Formation


Frank Macabenta Investigating the Coordinated Expression and Function of the Netrin-Frazzled Signaling Pathway During Drosophila Dorsal Vessel Formation


Xia Tang SAX-3 (Robo) and UNC-40 (DCC) Regulate a Directional Bias for Axon Guidance in Response to Multiple Extracellular Cues

Mentor: William Wadsworth, Ph.D.

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Connan Vaca Fibronectin Matrix Mediated Inhibition of Tumor Cell Dispersal

Mentor: Ramsey Foty, Ph.D.

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGYTzung-Ju Wu The Study Of Drug Resistance To mTOR

InhibitionMentor: X.F. Steven Zheng, Ph.D.

Allen Alcivar BRCA2 and PALB2 in Cellular Stress ResponseMentor: Bing Xia, Ph.D.

Han-Wen Chang Mechanisms of transcription & replication through chromatin

Mentor: Vasily M. Studitsky, Ph.D.

Yu-Fan Chen Sirtuins Mediate Cohesion of Silenced Domains in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Mentor: Marc Gartenberg, Ph.D.

Roberto M. Droz-Rosario Modulation of Mammary Tumorigenesis by BCCIP Dysfunction

Mentor: Zhiyuan Shen, Ph.D.

Chun-Yi Lin Molecular Analysis of Escherichia Coli Toxin-Antitoxin Systems

Mentor: Masayori Inouye, Ph.D.

Inna Nikonorova Translational Regulation of TRPM7 Expression by Mg2+

Mentor: Alexey Ryazanov, Ph.D.

Jeffrey David Overton, Jr. Regulation of TRPM7 by 80K-H and its Role in Development

Mentor: Loren Runnels, Ph.D.

Philip Michael Tedeschi NAD+ Kinase as a Therapeutic Target in CancerMentor: Joseph Bertino, M.D.

Dai-Tze Wu Studies of Retroviral-Like-Particles Base Protein Transduction and Antibody-Directed Gene

Mentor: Monica J. Roth, Ph.D.

MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICSJonathan William Cruz Uncovering the Mechanism of Action of Bacterial

Vap, Doc, and Rel ToxinsMentor: Nancy A. Woychik, Ph.D.

Andrew L'Huillier IDO Metabolites and Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Immunosuppression

Mentor: Yufang Shi, Ph.D.

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Jason M. Schifano MAZF Toxins From Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Target The Translation Machinery

Mentor: Nancy A. Woychik, Ph.D.

NEUROSCIENCEMatthew L. Kraushar Timed specificity of the neocortical translation

machinery is regulated by an ELAV RNA-binding protein and Wnt3 secreted from thalamic axons

Mentor: Mladen-Roko Rasin, M.D., Ph.D.

Maryann Ahenfowah Obiorah Developmental Vulnerability of the Rat Hippocampus to Methylmercury (MEHG)

Mentor: Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, M.D.

Qian Wu The Role of the Polarity Protein Par-1 in Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis and Plasticity

Mentor: Huaye Zhang, Ph.D.

TOXICOLOGYAshley L. Green Epigenetic Regulation of Dopamine Transporter

ExpressionMentor: Jason Richardson, Ph.D.

Ashley Pettit The Acute Effects of Traffic Pollution on Type II diabetics: Oxidative stress, nitric oxide

metabolism and endothelial functionMentor: Howard Kipen, M.D., MPH

maSter of Science

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGYLaura Morris Mechanism of Resistance to mTOR Targeted

Cancer TherapeuticsMentor: X.F. Steven Zheng, Ph.D.

maSter of Science, clinical and tranSlational Science

Yasmin Fathi Abdelsalam Vamsi Krishna KurraSandra Gensini Tazeem ShaikMohamed Ahmed Shawky Sibo Tian Moustafa Hussein Srikanth VemulapalliAtif Khan

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maSter of Biomedical ScienceS

Salman AlamNikitha AshokLeonard BelottiBrian BenenatiPatricia BerkanishSara Lyn BrownNicole CaltabianoChristian CarcioneAugustus ChangSobaata ChaudhryAnnette ChenHansol Danielle Agape ChoiRonald McDonald ClearieBrian ClossSampreet DhaliwalChristina Georgette FakesColleen Patricia FranconiJacquelyn Christine GesumariaAmbroise GillesGeorge Hansel Godwin, IVAlexander GonzalezMeleigh Elizabeth GroffJanice HejirikaRoger HenryMark HugickKartik D. Joshi Daniel Joseph KerriganAisha KhanThomas KirschenGayathri Kollipara

maSter of Science in Biomedical ScienceS

Peter Kim Thesis: Glucose-dependent association of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2) with translating ribosomes.

Mentor: Estela Jacinto, PhD

Amalan KrishnamoorthyJoo KwonEmily LivingstonMitali MaliRichard MarcheseSamantha Arlene McDonaldHarshal MehtaAshley Marie MilletteKwaku Opare-SemDeshanki PandyaShyam PatelLokesh PendyalaDavina PereraHuong PhanRahul RaiMegan RubenShaan SadhwaniColin ScottYekaterina ShermanSara Lynn ShilcratManpreet SidhuIan SuacoDeeksha TanejaDhaval Bharat TrivediMax TudelaMartine Van VoorthuysenRyan VetterChristian Von GizyckiScott WeismillerEmily Willson

PoSt-Graduate certificate

CLINICAL and TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCEVamsee Mupparaju

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Graduate School of Biomedical ScienceS awardS

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Society of Research Scholars, New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc.

Allen Alvicar

Young Investigator Award, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pharmacology

Han-Wen Chang


Yu-Fan Chen

Best Oral Presentation, Joint Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Symposium

Jonathan W. Cruz

Poster prize, Joint Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student SymposiumJonathan W. Cruz

Jonathan W. Cruz, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Alfred P. Sloan Scholarship

Jonathan W. Cruz

2nd place Poster Presentation, Joint Molecular Biosciences Annual Graduate Student Symposium

Aishwarya P. Deshpande

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Alfred P. Sloan Scholarship

Olga D. Gonzalez-Lopez

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority National Education Fund – Laura J. Hawkins Award

Ashley L. Green

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Northeast Regional Alumni Scholarship AwardAshley L. Green


Paula Denise Green

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First place, 2013 World Stem Cell Summit poster competitionAndrew L’Huillier

Aaron J. Shatkin Graduate ScholarshipMatthew L. Kraushar

Best Oral Presentation, Joint Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student SymposiumFrank David Macabenta

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Society of Research Scholars,New Jersey Health Foundation, Inc.

Frank David Macabenta

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Stroke and Disorders, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows (F31).

Lisamarie Moore

The Biotechnology Institute, Atlanta, GA, Minority Fellows ProgramLisamarie Moore

Rutgers School of Nursing, African American Heritage AwardLisamarie Moore

Women of New Jersey, New Jersey Executive Women’s President’s Scholarship Award

Lisamarie Moore


Lisamarie Moore

The American Physiological Society, The Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award

Patricio Mujica

The Microcirculatory Society, Inc., The Benjamin Zweifach Graduate Student Travel Award

Patricio Mujica

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, NIHJason M. Schifano

Best Oral Presentation, Joint Molecular Biosciences Annual Graduate Student Symposium

Jason M. Schifano

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Philip M. Tedeschi

Aaron J. Shatkin Graduate Scholarship, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Philip M. Tedeschi

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The S.C. Joseph Fu Scholarship Award, 2013

Tanya Seth

Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2013 GSA Research Symposium

Weiwei Wang

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutic Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology, Graduate Student Travel Award to the 2013 Meeting

Weiwei Wang

Aaron J. Shatkin Graduate Scholarship, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Qian Wu


Tzung-Ju Wu

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