Our students each have a passion to make a difference for themselves and those in the world around them. As a student at Augusta University, you will have the opportunity to make an impact as part of our biomedical community.
Read on to learn more about what our great graduate students have accomplished.
Oral Biology Student Receives Prestigious AwarD
Linah Shahoumi
Program: PhD with a major in Oral Biology & Maxillofacial Pathology
Mentor: William Yeudall, PhD
Conference: The American Academy of Oral Medicine
Title of Project Awarded: “Modulation of EPS8 functions by phosphorylation.”
Award of Excellence for Didactic/Instructional - Surgical/Clinical Procedures
Weston DeWolf
Program: MS in Medical Illustration
Mentor: William Andrews, MA, CMI, FAMI
Conference: 74th Annual Meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators
Title of Project Awarded: “Radical Nephrectomy Subcostal Approach”
MD/PhD Student Wins Big at National Conference
Lynn Tran
Program: MD/PhD in Genomic Medicine
Mentor: Jin-Xiong She, PhD
Conference: 34th Annual National MD-PhD Student Conference
Awarded: 1st Place in Poster Session
Lindsey Ramirez is a third year PhD Candidate in Dr. Jennifer Sullivan’s lab in the Department of Physiology at Augusta University. When asked, “Why a Biomed PhD?”, Lindsey responded, “We are only beginning to scratch the surface of how devastating diseases affect organ systems and the person as a whole. Since these diseases are rarely […]
2020 has been a whirlwind of a year so far and we’re only half way through. Back in January 2020, many entities at Augusta University (AU) began raising funds for the American Heart Association (AHA) through a local event called the “Heart Walk.” All of the individuals who were raising funds were excited to be […]
When Helen Kaiser was asked to give a presentation about her research to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, she jumped at the opportunity. This presentation experience would fit right in with Helen’s plans for her future career. The Board of Regents of the University System […]
Most of you may know her as the student who led the Graduate Oath at the fall 2019 Hooding, but here at The Graduate School, we know her as Jessica Pierce, the student who is a reliable volunteer and an awesome student. When Jessica was asked to recite the Graduate Oath at the fall 2019 […]
Skitzy Tobias, Doctor of Nursing Practice (Pediatric Nursing Practioner)
Award: Frances Crittenden Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Endowment Recipient
Mohamed Meghil, PhD with a major in Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology
Award: Balint Orban Memorial Competition Finalist fromThe American Academy of Periodontology
Lindsey Ramirez, PhD with a major in Physiology
Award: Research Distinction award from the Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section of the
American Physiological Society at the Experimental Biology Society and the Tum Suden
Award from the American Physiological Society
Mahmoud Abdelbary, PhD with a major in Physiology
Award: Tum Suden Award from the American Physiological Society
Patrica Martinez - Quinones, PhD with a major in Physiology
Award: First Place Winner for Basic Science Paper Competition at the American College of
Surgeons Committee on Trauma Annual Meeting
Mackenzie Hagan, PhD with a major in Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Award: 2019 The American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Young Investigator
Award and the ASBMR Diversity Travel Grant
Aaron Hutton, Master of Public Administration
Publication: Hunter, L. Y., Robbins, J. W., Ginn, M. H., & Hutton, A. (2019). Meet in the Middle: Terrorism and Centrist Party Vote Shares in Legislative
Elections. Global Policy, 10(1), 60-74.
Emily Hardaway, Master of Public Administration
Fellowship: International City/County Management Association’s Local Government Management Fellowship
Shinjini Chowdhury, PhD with a major in Physiology
Award: First Prize in the graduate student poster competition during Veterans Affairs Research
Week.
Congratulations to the following medical illustration students who won awards at the 2019, 74th Annual Meeting of the Association of Medical Illustrators:
Katherine Thompson, Award of Merit in Didactic/Instructional - Surgical/Clinical Procedures for “Baerveldt Aqueous Shunt Insertion
Marci Lessman, MS in Medical Illustration
Award: Versalius Trust Research Grant Scholarship for “Circumcision Surgical Simulation Model.”
Christina Pecora, MS in Medical Illustration
Award: Versalius Trust Research Grant Scholarship for “An Interactive Platform to Enhance Knowledge and Understanding of Ovarian Neoplasm.”
Jessica Pierce, PhD with a major in Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Award: Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Bone & Mineral Research
