Physiology Postdoc & Medical Resident Awards &Honors

Current Postdoctoral Fellow Achievements

John Henry Dasinger

  1. 2021 First place for the Excellence in Research Award for a poster presentation by a Postdoctoral Fellow, The Graduate School
  2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute F32 Fellowship

Ellen Gillis

  1. 2021 Second place for the Excellence in Research Award competition for an oral presentation by a Postdoctoral Fellow, The Graduate School
  2. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute K99 Award
  3. 2019 R. Clinton Webb Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Award
  4. 2019 Research Distinction Award from the Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section of American Physiological Society.
  5. 2018 APS Sex and Gender Conference Travel Award
  6. 2018 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
  7. 2017 Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award
  8. 2017 American Heart Association Council on Hypertension Onsite Trainee Poster Award and was the Best Poster Presentation for the Postdocs award at the 8th Annual Southern Translational Education and Research Conference.

 

Successes of former Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow and Medical Residents

Yasir Abdul

  1. Second place in the post-doctoral category for his poster entitled Ischemic stroke causes vascular regression in type II diabetic male rats:  Potential role of regulated cell death mechanisms at the 2017 STaR Conference.

Nicole Klee

  1. Travel award to attend the Diabetes and Diabetic Uropathy Symposium at the American Urological Association.

Amel Komic

  1. 2019 FASEB travel award to attend the SHOCK Society meeting
  2. 2018 American Physiological Society-Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award

Cameron McCarthy

  1. 2018 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
  2. 2018 American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award at Experimental Biology
  3. 2018 American Physiological Society-Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award
  4. 2017 Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award

Patricia Martinez-Quinones

  1. 2018 Diversity Enhancement Award at the 2018 Shock Conference
  2. Dr. Martinez-Quinones at award ceremony2018 Travel award and had her abstract selected to be part of the "Oral Presentation by Young Investigators" at the Shock Society 2018 Annual Meeting
  3. FASEB (Federation for American Societies for Experimental Biology) MARC DREAM Trainee Travel Award for APS Professional Skills Course (Scientific Writing Workshop).
  4. First place from the William H. Moretz Surgical Society, Douglas A. Rives, MD, Resident Research Awards
  5. National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Resident of the Year Award
  6. Third place for her abstract at the Association of Women Surgeons.
  7. First place in the Georgia Society American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting's Resident Paper Competition.

Riyaz Mohamed

  1. 2019 Department of Physiology Chair’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
  2. 2019 Research recognition award for the American Physiological Society (APS) Renal Section
  3. 2019 post-doctoral Suden Award

Camilla Wenceslau

  1. New Investigator Network Member April Spotlight for the International Society of Hypertension.