63rd Annual Senior Scientific Awards
On May 7, 2009, fourty-nine fourth-year medical students participated in the 63rd annual Senior Scientific Session. The event was founded in 1946 by Dr. Leon Jacobson to provide senior medical students with a forum to present their research. The event was chaired by Neil Shubin, PhD, Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy and Provost of The Field Museum of Natural History. The following students were honored for their exceptional scholarly work.
The Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Prize for the Best
Overall Presentation
Erwin Bennett
Erwin Bennett
Research topic: Osteogenic BMPs Promote Tumor Growth of Human Osteosarcomas that Harbor Differentiation Defects
Mentor: T. C. He, MD, PhD
The Franklin McLean Medical Student Research Award given to the non-PhD student who has performed the most meritorious research in the medical field
Adam Schmitt
Adam Schmitt
Research Topic: Nfkb1/p50, a Novel Tumor Suppressor in the Methylator-Induced DNA
Damage Response Pathway
Mentor: Bakhtiar Yamini, MD and Ralph Weichselbaum, MD
and
Erwin Bennett
Erwin Bennett
Research Topic : Osteogenic BMPs Promote Tumor Growth of Human Osteosarcomas that Harbor Differentiation Defects
Mentor: T. C. He, MD, PhD
The Catherine Dobson Prize, for Best Oral Presentation given by a
non-PhD student in the area of Clinical Investigation
Faraz Ahmad
Faraz Ahmad
Research topic: African American Men Significantly Underestimate Their Risk of Having Prostate Cancer at the Time of Biopsy
Mentor: William Dale, MD, PhD
The Leon O. Jacobson Prize, for the Best Oral Presentation given
by a non-PhD student in the area of Basic Science Investigation
Adam Schmitt
Adam Schmitt
Research topic: Nfkb1/p50, a Novel Tumor Suppressor in the Methylator-Induced DNA Damage Response Pathway
Mentor: Bakhtiar Yamini, MD and Ralph Weichselbaum, MD
The Leon O. Jacobson Basic Science Prize for the Most Meritorious
Basic Science Research Performed by an MD/PhD Student
Robert Hsieh, PhD
Robert Hsieh, PhD
Research topic: Novel Ligands with Unique Structures Shed Light on Mechanisms of Estrogen Receptor Subtype Selectivity
Mentor: Geoffrey Greene, PhD
The Award for the Best Clinical Research Poster
Alexandra Briggs
Alexandra Briggs
Research topic: Molecular Profiling of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
Mentor: Kevin Roggin, MD
The Award for the Best Basic Science Research Poster
Deborah Guris, PhD
Deborah Guris, PhD
Research topic: The Genetic and Developmental Basis of 22Q11 Deletion Syndrome:
Insight from Novel Mouse Models
Mentor: Elizabeth McNally, MD, PhD
