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2025 OSSD Award Recipients

OSSD NIH and FDA-sponsored Travel Awards

Tiffany Aguirre, The University of Texas at Arlington
Oladimeji Aladelokun, Yale University
Mary Carmody, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hannah Geoffroy, University of Kansas Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Carina Heller, University of Minnesota / University of California Santa Barbara
Rachael Hokenson, UC Irvine
Francesca Marino, UCSF
Juliana Shin, University of California Los Angeles
Arax Tanelian, New York Medical College
Zhilun Zhou, Marquette University

OSSD Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards

Ashton Jorgensen, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Tatyanna Montgomery, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Nancy E. Ortega, University of California San Diego
Gabriel Ramirez, University of Indiana

OSSD Undergrad Attendee Awards

Korey Crawford, University of Texas at Arlington
John Fan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Charwan Hamilton, Mayo Clinic Florida
Debby Oladimeji, University of Alberta
Daniella Ludmir, University of Michigan
Emma Sanz Texas, A&M College of Medicine

ORWH Policy Travel Award

Nefia Chacko, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Amanda Koire, Brigham and Women's Hospital

CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) Travel Awards

Steven Dang, Women's College Hospital
Vasvi Dhir, McGill University
Liv Engel, University of Toronto
Nataly Espinoza Suarez, Universite Laval
Jiyoung Han, University of British Columbia
Jana Radosavljevic, McMaster University
Alison Randell, Brock University
Victoria Riehl-Tonn, University of Calgary
Jessica Wager, University of Calgary
Sacha Williams, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Network

SWHR Travel Awards

2024 OSSD Award Recipients

OSSD NIH and FDA-sponsored Travel Awards

Charly Abi Ghanem, Albany Medical College 
Rose Mei Liu Albert, University of Pennsylvania
Pallavi Chandrasekhar, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Lucia Grandison, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Esmeralda Hidalgo-Lopez, University of Michigan
Alyssa A Hohorst, University of Colorado, Denver
Christopher Leonardo Jimenez Chavez, University of California, Santa Barbara
M. Erin Moir, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Giselle Rojas, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
Kristen Marion Schuh, University of Michigan
Lia Juliet Zallar, Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences

OSSD Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards

Cassandra Hatzipantelis, University of California, Davis
Ashley Jennie Scott Patterson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Siara Rouzer, Texas A&M School of Medicine

OSSD Undergrad Attendee Awards

Charwan Hamilton, Mayo Clinic Florida
Elaha Niazi, University of Calgary
Monica Alejandra Ybarra, American Medical Women's Association

ORWH Policy Travel Award

Mayte Restrepo, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn Health

CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) Travel Awards

Michelle Bauer, University of British Columbia 
Puja Biswas, University of British Columbia
Jasdeep Brar, McMaster University 
Marimée Godbout-Parent, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Mina Guérin, Université de Montréal 
Katherine Heger, University of Calgary 
Amanpreet Kaur, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Jahin Khan, Western University
Nicole Larsen, University of Calgary 
Tatiana Pakhomova, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Mateja Perovic, University of Toronto
Victoria Riehl-Tonn, University of Calgary
Stephanie Salia, Memorial University of Newfoundland  
Keila Turino Miranda, McGill University
Jessica Youwakim, Université de Montréal

SWHR Travel Awards

Jessica Lynne Bradshaw, UNT Health Science Center
Rachel Amanda Gilfarb, The Ohio State University
Mabel Seto, Brigham and Women's Hospital

ZonMw Travel Awards

Aranka Ballering, University of Groningen/University Medical Center Groningen
Michiel de Graaff, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL)
Iris M.H. Hamers, University Medical Center Groningen
Margaretha W.L. Morssinkhof, Amsterdam UMC
Ezra Oosthoek, Centre of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, Amsterdam UMC, VUmc
Elias Gwen Thomas, VU University Medical Centre
Taryn Grace Vosters, Amsterdam UMC

Best Poster Award at OSSD Meeting from Biology of Sex Differences

Jennifer E Richard, CAMH & University of Gothenburg
Ibrahim Khodabocus, University of Alberta

CIHR Institute of Gender and Health Poster Awards

Olivia Shelby Sadilek-Thring, University of Alberta
Meagan Elizabeth Hinks, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Badal Singh Brandon Pattar, University of Calgary

Florence B. Haseltine Poster Awards

Candee Barris, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Pamela Waked, Medical University of Graz
Kerri Marie Sparkes, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Marta Mila Aloma, University of California San Francisco
Margaretha W.L. Morssinkhof, Amsterdam UMC
Adam Pavlinek, King's College London
Hannah Oppenheimer, Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Christabel Mclain, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Elizabeth Jean DeConinck, University of Toronto
Samantha Sage Martin-Ferris, The University of British Columbia

2023 OSSD Award Recipients

OSSD 2023 NIH and FDA-sponsored Travel Awards

Nnenna Anosike, University of Calgary
Lillian Brady, Vanderbilt University
Bodyl Brand, UMC Groningen
Vanessa Carter, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Susan Cronn, Medical College of Wisconsin Comprehensive Injury Center
Courtney Dye, The Ohio State University
Morgan Johnston, University of Texas at San Antonio
Sara Kebede, Emory University
Faizan Khan, University of Calgary
Romeesa Khan, UT Health - BRAINS Laboratory
Jillian Lee, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Chloe Lopez-Lee, Weill Cornell Medicine
Kristen Montgomery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mateja Perovic, University of Toronto

2023 OSSD Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards

Claire Houchen, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Rebecca Ursin, Ragon Institute for Immunology at Harvard, MIT, and MGH
Nora Wolcott, UC Santa Barbara
Jing Zheng, University of Calgary

2023 ORWH Policy Travel Awards

Alice Abernathy, University of Pennsylvania
Tanya C. Saraiya, Rutgers University

CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) Travel Awards

Ella AKA, Laval University
Noah Bass, University of Guelph
Karine Bouchard, Laval University
Katie Comeau, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Kathryn Corbett, The University of Calgary
Lisa-Marie Davignon, Université du Québec à Montréal
Sergi Clotet-Freixas, University Health Network Toronto
Nilanjana Ganguli York University
Gauthier Ganouna-Cohen, Laval University
Romina Garcia de leon Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH)
Marimee Godbout-Parent, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Amede Gogovor, Laval University
Nabilah Gulamhusein, University of Calgary
Meagan Hinks, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Julia Kearley, McGill University
Sakshi Kharbanda, University of Calgary
Tina Kim, University of Calgary
Jesse Lacasse, Brock University & CAMH
Bonnie Lee, University of British Columbia
Rikki Lissaman, Douglas Research Centre, McGill University
Danuzia Ambrozio, Marques, Laval University
Courtney Marshall, The University of Manitoba
Leanne Monteiro, McMaster University
Amanda Namchuk, University of British Columbia
Esther Puiras, Dalhousie University
Tanvi Puri, University of British Columbia
Jennifer Richard, University of British Columbia (UBC)
Victoria Riehl-Tonn, University of Calgary
Chantal Rytz, University of Calgary
Stephanie Salia, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Keila Turino Miranda, University of Calgary
Muhammad Umair, Chu De Quebec Research Center, Laval University
Madeline Wood, University of Toronto
Jessica Youwakim, University of Montreal
Qinwei Zhuang, McGill University

2023 Undergraduate Attendee Award

Elaha Niazi, University of Calgary

Best Poster Award at OSSD Meeting from Biology of Sex Differences

Madeline Wood, Mayo Clinic

CIHR Institute of Gender and Health Poster Awards

Marimée Godbout-Parent, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Amy Inkster, University of British Columbia
Jesse Lacasse, Brock University & CAMH
Leanne Monteiro, McMaster University
Stephanie Salia, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Florence B. Haseltine Poster Awards

Jessica Bradshaw, UNT Health Science Center
Bianca Bobotis, University of Victoria
Johnathan Borland, University of Minnesota
Eirini Chrysanthou, University of Turin
Becky Hardie, University of California, San Diego
Nikki Le, Western University of Healthy Sciences
Nicole Lee Yang, University of California, Los Angeles
Lorida Llaci, Washington University in St. Louis
Amanda Namchuk, University of British Columbia
Margaret Tanner, University of Colorado Denver

2022 OSSD Award Recipients

OSSD 2022 NIH and FDA-sponsored Travel Awards

Ashley Amukamara, Washington University School of Medicine 
Rozeta Avetisyan, University of California, Los Angeles
Briana Chen, Columbia University
Alex DeCasien, National Institute of Mental Health
Damian Di Florio, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Yumna El-Hakim, Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Carson Finger, McGovern Medical School
Natasha Fowler, Oregon Health & Science University
Romina Garcia de leon, University of British Columbia
Vanessa Moser, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tanvi Puri, University of British Columbia
Abigail Salinero, Albany Medical College
Cayce Shaw, University of California, San Francisco 
Jasmin Sponagel, Washington University in St. Louis
Caitlin Turner, Trans Research Unit for Equity

2022 OSSD Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards

Samira Abdulai-Saiku, University of California, San Francisco
Kristen Consalvo,  Texas A&M University
Nicole Rigney, Georgia State University
Bernadine Waller, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute

2022 ORWH Policy Travel Awards

Laura Pritschet, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jillian Scheer, Syracuse University

BSD Poster Award

Damian Di Florio, Mayo Clinic
V. Alexandra Moser, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

IGH Canadian Trainee Poster Awards

Francine Burke, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Cadia Chan, University of Toronto
Sol Vidal Almela, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Florence Haseltine Poster Awards

Zoey Agle, University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah Sayer, Western University of Health Sciences
Rene Coig, University of Washington
Jade Blackwell, University of Arizona, Tucson
Gianna Raimondi, University of Connecticut
Alyssa Kniffin, Temple University
Mary Beth Bielicki, University of Delaware
Rachel Sarnoff, University of California, Los Angeles
Carrie Wiese, University of California, Los Angeles
Charly Abi Ghanem, Albany Medical College

2022 Undergraduate URM Attendee Award

Adren Blanco, California State University Long Beach
Alejandra Baron, University of California, Los Angeles
Jackie Gallardo Beltran, University of California, Los Angeles
Gizelle Verduzco, California State University, Long Beach
Frankie Villalobos, University of California, Los Angeles
Ana Garcia, California State University, Long Beach
Estefany Gomez, PEERS

2021 OSSD Award Recipients 

OSSD 2021 NIH and FDA-sponsored Travel Awards

Samira Abdulai-Saiku, University of California San Francisco
Zahra Azizi, McGill University Health Centre
Maarouf Baghdadi, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Cindy Barha, University of British Columbia
Maria Bent, Virginia Commonwealth University
Mary Beth Bielicki, University of Delaware
Kate Bourne, University of Calgary
Rene Coig, University of Washington
Laura Cortes, Neuroscience Institute Georgia State University
Christine Cunningham, University of California Los Angeles
Aline de Souza, Georgetown University
Camila Demaestri, Columbia University
Rubee Dev, University of Alberta
Laurence Dion-Albert, CERVO Brain Research Center
Melise Edwards, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Seneca Ellis, Bowdoin College
Sergi Freixas, University Health Network Toronto
Olivia Gannon, Albany Medical College
Yesenia Garcia, Emory University
Kelsea Gildawie, Northeastern University
Rachel Gilfarb, The Ohio State University
Amédé Gogovor, VITAM Centre de recherche en santé durable, Laval University
Rachael Hokenson, University of California, Irvine
Molly Hyer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jessica Jones, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Cabahug Kenji, Georgia State University
Sarah Kheloui, Université de Montréal
Melissa Knouse, Temple University
Ashima Kundu, University of California, Irvine
Bonnie Lee, University of British Columbia
Elise Lemanski, University of Delaware
Timothy Lipuma, Virginia Tech
Pablo Monterosso, Macalester College
Di Nguyen, University of Washington
Brittany Osborne, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Thanh Phung, University of Toronto
Wansu Qiu, University of British Columbia
Soumya Ravichandran, University of California, Los Angeles
Nicole Rigney, Georgia State University
Patricia Rubio Arzola, Northeastern University
Elli Sellinger, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Wei Shi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Terri Stephen, University of Southern California
Keila Turino Miranda, University of Calgary
Charanya Uppalapati, Virginia Commonwealth University
Alexia Williams, Temple University
Dorothy You, North Carolina State University
Zhi Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles

First Time Attendee Travel Awards

Charly Abi-Ghanem, Albany Medical College
Onder Albayram, Medical University of South Carolina
Sydney Ashton, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Rozeta Avetisyan, University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah Beamish, University of Wisonsin Milwaukee
Elizabeth Braithwaite, Manchester Metropolitan University
Michaela Breach, The Ohio State University
Monica De Paoli, McMaster University
Diana Di Iorio, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center
Laura Giacometti, Drexel University College of Medicine
Matthew Herbst, Marquette University
Julia Kearley, Stony Brook University
Megan Massa, University of California, Los Angeles
Bryan McElroy, Temple University School of Medicine
Bria Mele, University of Calgary
Neelam Punjani, University of Alberta
Chantal Rytz, University of Calgary
Cayce Shaw, University of California, San Francisco
Annabel Short, University of California, Irvine
Kathrin Steinbeisser, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich
Katie Troike, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

OSSD 2021 Elizabeth Young New Investigator Award

Defne Bayik, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Aline de Souza, Georgetown University
Devin Rocks, Fordham University
Lianna Wat, University of British Columbia

OSSD 2021 Florence P. Haseltine Awards

Rozeta Avetisyan, University of California, Los Angeles
Olivia Gannon, Albany Medical College
Yesenia Garcia, Emory University
Molly Hyer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Megan Massa, University of California, Los Angeles
Brittany Osborne, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Abigail Salinero,  Albany Medical College
Rajeeka Singh Tak, New Vision University
Zhi Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles

CIHR Best Poster Awards

Azizi Zahra
Bahra Cindy
Punjani Neelam

2020 OSSD Award Recipients

OSSD 2020 NIH and FDA-sponsored Travel Awards
Ann-Marie de Lange, PhD, University of Oxford
Maarouf Baghdadi, PhD, Max Planck
Sarah Jackson, PhD, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Ajinkya Sase, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Claudia Barth, PhD, University of Oslo
Gogovor Amede, PhD, University of Laval
Nicole Rigney, Georgia State
Christina Tadiri, PhD, McGill University
Caitlin Taylor, PhD, UC Santa Barbara
Laura Giacometti, PhD, Drexel University
Yumna El-Hakim, Texas A&M University
Jose Catala-Senant, Principe Felipe Research Center
Sandra Dumanski, PhD, University of Calgary
Rebecca Ursin, Johns Hopkins University
Kevin Smith, University of Ottawa
Catherine Cheng, PhD, UTHSC San Antonio
Alexandra Turano, University of Delaware

OSSD 2020 Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Rebecca Sosa, PhD, UCLA
Emily Flynn, Stanford University
Lisa Robison, PhD, University of Albany
Lauren Broestl, Washington University St. Louis

CIHR / IGH Travel Awards OSSD 2020
Jessica Ann Breznik, McMaster University
Andrea Carson, PhD, Dalhousie University
Vivanne Cruz de Jesus, University of Manitoba
Laurence Daoust, Université Laval
Hanie Edalati, PhD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
Manraj Kaur, McMaster University
Lydia Labrie, McGill University
Danuzia Marques, Université Laval
Kozeta Miliku, PhD, University of Manitoba
Tanvi Puri, University of British Columbia
Joanna Raman-Nair, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Sivaniya Subramanipapillai, McGill University
Shanna Trenaman, Dalhousie University
Chen Xiong, University of Toronto
Kate Bourne, University of Calgary
Michael Murack, University of Ottawa
Gareth McEwen Rurak, Carleton University
Malvina Skorska, PhD, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Samantha Salmon, University of Manitoba

ORWH Science Policy Scholar Travel Award to OSSD 2020
Laura Pritschet, UC Santa Barbara
Kelsey Pinckard, University of Ohio

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2019 Meeting, Washington DC

Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Brittany Osborne, PhD Student, University of Delaware
Aarti Mishra, PhD Student, University of Southern California
Nithyananda Thorenoor, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Ryan Arathimos, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol

NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
Sandra Aguilar Gomez, PhD Student, Columbia University
Aline de Souza, Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown University
Allison Nunez, PhD Student, University of Albany, SUNY
Jenil Patel, Resident, Mayo Clinic
Emily Rothwell, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
John Sousou, MD Student, Mayo Clinic
Lisa Taxier, PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

NIH ORWH and OSSD Science Policy Scholar Travel Award
Anna Levinsson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Montreal Heart Institute & Universite de Montreal

Florence P. Haseltine Awards
Tyler Demarest, National Institute on Aging
Lauren Granata, Northeastern University
Molly Hyer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Anna Mease, Mayo Clinic
Emma Murray, Ottawa University

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2018 Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Florence P. Haseltine Awards
Molly Hyer, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Caitlin Taylor, PhD, University of California Santa Barbara
Kelsea Gildawie, Northeastern University
Madelyn Mauterer, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards 
Soumya Turaga, Cleveland State University
Jonathan VanRyzin, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Hilda Ahnstedt, PhD, University of Texas
Valeria Raparelli, PhD, Sapienza University of Rome 

NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
Jennifer Honeycutt, PhD, Northeastern University
Jordan Marrocco, PhD, The Rockefeller University
Jaekyoon Kim, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Emily Mackey, North Carolina State University
Philipp Pottmeier, Uppsala University
Jasmin Sponagel, Washington University in St. Louis
Morgan Sherer, University of Delaware
Nathalie Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Ashley Marquardt, University of Maryland School of Medicine

2017 Meeting, Montréal, QC, Canada

NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
Cameron Wasson, University of Guelph
Jonathan VanRyzin, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lionel Tastet, Universite Laval
Sara Stockman, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Andrea Hanson, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine
Maen Obidat, University of British Columbia
Nadia Maarouf, University of Calgary
Erika Bongen, Stanford University

2016 Meeting, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Florence P. Haseltine Awards 
Dionne Robinson, PhD, NIAID
Rachael Werner, Temple University

NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
Nicole Gervais, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amrita Pai, Georgetown University
Amy Kohtz, PhD, Rutgers University
Amanda Krentzel, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amanda Mahnke, PhD, Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Claudia Barth, Max Planck Institute
Jamie Mayo, Idaho State University
Yasir Alsiraj, MS, University of Kentucky
Yael Deri, PhD, Tel-Aviv University
Tanja Spanic, PhD, University of Maribor

2015 Meeting, Stanford University, CA

2014 Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

Florence P. Haseltine Postdoctoral Award 
Ezequiel Marron Fernandez de Velasco, PhD, University of Minnesota