OSSD Award Recipients
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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
Florence P. Haseltine Awards
Deena Walker, PhD, Mt. Sinai
Mariela Faykoo-Martinez, University of Toronto
Robin Hartman, University Medical Center, Utrecht
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Mandakh Bekhbat, Emory University
Karina Gasbarrino, Research Institute of McGill University Health Centrecom
Emily Mackey, Michigan State University
Jordan Marrocco, The Rockefeller University
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
Florence P. Haseltine Postdoctoral Award
Kathryn Argue, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Florence P. Haseltine Postdoctoral Award, Honorable Mention
May Bakir, MD, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Florence P. Haseltine Predoctoral Award (tie) 
Lauren Anderson, Boston College
Anna Zychlinsky Scharff, Hannover Medical School
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Jessica Bolton, Duke University
Sahin Naqvi, PhD, MIT, Whitehead Institute
Sanne Peters, PhD, Oxford University
Kristen Pleil, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
Caitlin Howe, Columbia University
Martin Johansson, Uppsala University
Milka Koupenova-Zamor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Dimitry Kremenstov, University of Vermont
Amutha Selvamani, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Maral Tajerian, Stanford University
Amanuel Tesfay-Gebremedhin, Jimma University
Monan A. Zhang, University of Toronto
2014 Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
Florence P. Haseltine Postdoctoral Award 
Ezequiel Marron Fernandez de Velasco, PhD, University of Minnesota
Florence P. Haseltine Predoctoral Award Mention
Jenny Link, University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Joel Berletch, PhD, University of Washington
Stephanie Correa, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Ke Liu, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
George Chen, PhD, University of Hong Kong
Pelin Cengiz, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sarah Doran, University of Connecticut Health Center
Emily Jacobs, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Natalie Riediger, University of Manitoba
Shayna Williams-Burris, University of California, Los Angeles
Lauren Wright, McMaster University
2013 Meeting, Weehawken, NJ
Florence P. Haseltine Postdoctoral Award 
Laure Case, University of Vermont
Florence P. Haseltine Predoctoral Award Mention
Bharti Manwani, University of Connecticut Health Center
Florence P. Haseltine Postdoctoral Award Honorable Mention
Amutha Selvamani, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Florence P. Haseltine Predoctoral Award Honorable Mention
Sienmi Du, University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Sienmi Du, University of California, Los Angeles
Di Nguyen, University of Washington
Amutha Selvamani, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Marianne Seney, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Lombardo, University of Cambridge
NIH-Sponsored Travel Awards
Tuck Ngun, University of California, Los Angeles
Nicole Nowak-Saenz, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Tychele Turner, Johns Hopkins University
Jill Weathington, Georgia State University
Shayna Williams-Burris, University of California, Los Angeles
Lauren Wright, McMaster University
2012 Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Florence P. Haseltine Award
Laure Case, University of Vermont
Florence P. Haseltine Award Honorable Mention
Negar Ghahramani, University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Matia Solomon, University of Cincinnati
Kathryn Lenz, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Charlotte Iacobaeus, Karolinska Insitutet
Georgios Kararigas, Charite University Hospital, Berlin
Dionne Robinson, Johns Hopkins University
Matthew Paul, Georgia State University
New Investigator Travel Awards
Michael Coronado, Stanford University
Nafissa Ismail, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Deena Kahn, Virginia Tech
Bharti Manwani, University of Connecticut Health Center
Matia Solomon, University of Cincinnati
2011 Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK
Florence P. Haseltine Award
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
Chase Bourke, Emory University
Elizabeth Townsend, Mayo Clinic
Amutha Selvamani, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Alexis Jones, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
New Investigator Travel Awards
Kimberly Cox, University of Virginia
Amutha Selvamani, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Bharti Manwani, University of Connecticut Health Center
Elizabeth Townsend, Mayo Clinic
Laura Villasana, Oregon Health and Science University
2010 Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI
Florence P. Haseltine Award
Michael Coronado, Johns Hopkins University
Florence P. Haseltine Award Honorable Mention
Katherine Siciliano, University of Michigan
Sean McGee, University of South Carolina
Elizabeth Young New Investigator Awards
John Meitzen, University of Minnesota
Alexa Veenema, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dena Dubal, University of California San Francisco
Josh Kwekel, Food and Drug Administration, NCTR
New Investigator Travel Awards
Kimberlei Richardson, Medical University of South Carolina
Eunhee Chung, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dawn Meyer, University of California, San Diego
Aine Mary Dufy, NYU Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Samara Bozean, University of Texas, Arlington
Tina Thethi, Tulane University
2009 Meeting, Toronto, Canada
Florence P. Haseltine Award
Daria Grafodatskaya, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
New Investigator Travel Awards
Julia Pinsonneault, Ohio State University
Desiree Krebs-Kraft, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Hongyan Yang, University of Michigan
Alicia Walf, University of Albany
Laura Meszaros, University of Pittsburgh
New Investigator Poster Awards
Dionne Robinson, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Coronado, Johns Hopkins University
2008 Meeting, New Orleans LA
Florence P. Haseltine Award
Mary Holder, University of Maryland, Baltimore
New Investigator Poster Awards
Laura Meszaros, University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Wright, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Anita Phan, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Muriel Larauche, University of California, Los Angeles
Matia Solomon, University of Cincinnati
Jennifer Rettew, Univerisity of North Carolina, Charlotte
Michael Coronado, Johns Hopkins University
Rebecca Shansky, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2007 Meeting, Washington, DC
Florence P. Haseltine Award
Jaclyn Schwarz, University of Maryland, Baltimore
New Investigator Travel Awards
Chad Siegel, University of Connecticut
Melissa Slivka, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jianjie Wang, University of Missouri
Jun Xu, Tufts University
Ouliana Ziouzenkova, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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