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2022 Successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled: "Cu Transporter ATP7A and Extracellular SOD Function in Adaptive Angiogenesis and Regeneration
of Skeletal Muscles in Response to Exercise or Injury: Role of Exosomes" on April 13.
2019 MCG Graduate Research Day Excellence in Research Award
2019 Graduate School Travel Award, Experimental Biology Meeting
2018 Translational Research Program Award, Department of Medicine, MCG
2023 NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship. April 2023 (accepted)
2023 Virendra B. Mahesh Award of Excellence, Graduate Research Day. March 2023
2023 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship. Jan 2023 (declined)
2022 Augusta University students reflect on military service for Veterans Day
2022 Fisher Scientific & Phi Kappa Phi Award for Excellence in Research Biomedical
Research, Graduate Research Day
2021 Ji Cheng Memorial & Phi Kappa Phi Award for Excellence in Research by a Biomedical
Sciences student in the early years of training, Graduate Research Day
2021 Best Session Presentation Graduate Research Day
2021 American Physiological Society New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine APS Flash
Talk Award
2021 New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine Diversity Conference Scholarship
2021 Experimental Biology 2021 Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award
2022 The Anthony Shuker Scientific Poster Award at the Center for Global Health Innovation (CGHI) Bio Innovation Summit held in Atlanta, GA
2019 Ji Cheng Memorial Award for Excellence in Research, Graduate Research Day, Augusta
University, Augusta, GA
2019 Best Student Presentation Award in Vascular Biology Journal Club, Augusta University,
Augusta, GA
2018-2020 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship
2023 Successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled: "The role of histone deacetylase 9 (HDAC9) in adipose tissue dysfunction in obesity
and aging" on May 31. Dr. Goo will continue pursuing her MD at the Medical
College of Georgia.
2022 Basic Cardiovascular Sciences New Investigator Travel Award - July 2022
2022 NIH National Institute on Aging F30 Predoctoral Fellowship - Aug 2022 to May
2025
2022 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship - Jan 2022 to Aug2022
2021 Travel award to attend the Fredrickson Lipid Research Conference - September
2021
2019-2022 Predoctoral fellowship NIH F-31
2021 American Heart Assoc. Predoctoral Award, Graduate Research Day
2021 The Graduate School Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student
2021 Society for Redox Biology and Medicine: Trainee Award
2021 Medical College of Georgia: Award of Excellence in Research
2021 Medical College of Georgia: Best Session Presentation
2021 American Physiological Society: CV Section Outstanding Trainee Competition
Finalist
2020 American Heart Association Hypertension New Investigator Travel Award
2022 Successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled: "The Roles of Circadian Disruption and Reactive Oxygen Species Overproduction in the
Development of
Obesity-Associated Cardiovascular Disease" on June 16. Dr. Padgett will continue pursuing his MD at the Medical College of
Georgia.
2022 APS Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award
2021-2022 President, Biomedical Student Association
2021 Best Session Presentation Award, Graduate Research Day
2021 Program & Discipline Award for Excellence in Research – Vascular Biology, Graduate
Research Day
2020 Award of Excellence, Graduate Student Government Association
2020 Article written on him here: PhD Student Brings Joy to Patients in the Georgia Cancer Center
2020 Junior Reviewer, American Journal of Physiology
2020 Figure Reviewer, heart and Circulatory Physiology
2019-2020 Treasurer, Biomedical Sciences Student Association Officer
2018-2023 Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
2018-2019 Social Chair, Biomedical Sciences Student Association Officer
