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Kareem Abdelsaid           

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

              


Candee Barris

         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

              


Maria Blahove

         2022      The Anthony Shuker Scientific Poster Award at the Center for Global Health Innovation (CGHI) Bio Innovation Summit held in Atlanta, GA  

 


Zsuzsanna Bordan 

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

              


Karl Diaz-Sanders
      2022      Featured on the Graduate School Facebook and Instagram during National Hispanic Heritage Month

 


Brandee Goo

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

 


Steve Haigh       

2019-2022           Predoctoral fellowship NIH F-31

               


Taylor Kress

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

 


Caleb Padgett   

       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