Category: Awards

Stephanie Pavlovich receives Russek Award

Stephanie Pavlovich (née D’Souza) received first prize in the 2018 Russek Student Achievement Awards. Stephanie will give an oral presentation of her work on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at the 24th Annual Henry I. Russek Achievement Day.    

Kaitlin Sawatzki to receive the 2016 Corwin Award

Kate Sawatzki (PhD candidate, Microbiology) has been named the recipient of the 2016 Corwin Award. The Corwin Award recognizes a student who exemplifies the characteristics of an outstanding departmental “citizen.” Values of collegiality, scientific integrity, commitment to scientific endeavor, and active participation in departmental activities are all components taken into account when the selection of […]

Kaitlin Sawatzki Wins Russek Student Achievement Award

Kaitlin Sawatzki (PhD candidate) received the Microbiology department’s Russek Student Achievement second prize award. Kaitlin will give a poster presentation of her work. Sawatzki, K., Ataca, W., Watanable, K., Kuraoka, M., Walter, E., Kelsoe, G., Feng, F. and Kepler, T. Non-specific activation of autoreactive B cells after anthrax vaccination delays protection.

Sila Ataca receives GMSSO Community Service Award

Congratulations to Sila Ataca (PhD candidate, Microbiology), who received a Graduate Medical Sciences Student Organization (GMSSO) Community Service Award. Awardees are selected on the basis of an outstanding track record of volunteer service in the Greater Boston Area undertaken since matriculation and comes with a $500 prize to offset the cost of travel to or […]

Stephanie D’Souza wins poster award

Congratulations to Stephanie D’Souza (PhD/MD Program), won an award for her poster, entitled “A draft genome sequence for the Egyptian fruit bat, the reservoir host for Marburg virus”, at the Genome Science Institute Research Symposium on November 10th!