Present & Past Recipients of Fellowship Awards & Awards & Honors Received During The MSTP!

2008:
Fellowship Awards:
     Cheney, Laura. (2008-2010) - PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers
          of America) Fellowship.

     Yeku, Oladapo. (2008-2010)- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
          (NRSA) Predeoctoral Fellowship. National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney
          diseases (NIDDK). Bethesda, MD

Awards and Honors:
     Cheney, Laura. - American Medical Association. AMA Foundation Seed Grant.

2007:
Fellowship Awards:
     Teressa, Getu. (2007-2009) - NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service
          Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Fellowship. National Institute of General Medical
          Sciences (NIGMS), Bethesda, MD

    Zanazzi, George. (2007-2009) - NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service
          Award (NRSA) Predoctoral Fellowship. National Institute of Neurological Disorders
          and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, MD

Awards and Honors:
     Bien, Harold H. - President Award to Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Student

2006:
Fellowship Awards:
     Khalil, Danny N. (2006-2009) - U.S. Dept. of Defense for Prostate Cancer
          Research Fellowship

2005:
Fellowship Awards:
     Siolas, Despina C. - AACR-AstraZeneca Scholar-in-Training Award
     Siolas, Despina C. - Breast Cancer Research Program Idea Award
     Yeku, Oladapo O. - W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship

Awards and Honors:
     Bhatt, Dimple H. - MSS Research Poster Award. American Medical Association
     Rampal, Raajit - AAAS Excellence in Science Award
     Rampal, Raajit - J Biol Chem. 2005 Sep 16;280(37) :32133-40 was selected as paper of
          the week by JBC
     Roohi, Jasmin - American Society of Human Genetics MD/PhD Student Travel Grant
     Rosenberg, Avi Z. - DoD Breast Cancer Predoctoral Award. Department of Defense
         Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP), Washington, D.C.
     Siolas, Despina. - This paper was announced to be a "ISI fast breaking paper". Please
         see link for more details.
     Yeku, Oladapo O. - (2004-2005) - Belle Zeller Scholar
     Yeku, Oladapo O. - Department of Defense Scholar
     Yeku, Oladapo O. - Jonas E. Salk Fellow

2004:
Fellowship Awards:
    Bien, Harold H. (2004-2007) - NIH NRSA - NIEHS Predoctoral Fellowship
    Hsieh, Helen - Predoctoral National Research Service Fellowship
    Siolas, Despina C. - U.S. Dept. of Defense Predoctoral Breast Cancer Fellowship
    Weston, Christi A. (2004-2007) - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Fellowship,         Regulation of Neuromuscular Synaptogenesis. National Institute of Neurological
        Disorders and Stroke, Bethesada, MD

Awards and Honors:
    Bien, Harold H. - Travel Award for International Meeting on Oscillations and Waves
        in Cells and Cell Networks
    Gambhir, Alok - President's Award to Distinguished Doctoral Student
    Grace, Kristen S. - Society for Male Reproduction and Urology and the American
        Society of Reproductive Medicine Traveling Scholar Award
    McVoy, Lauren A. - Chrysalis Award to outstanding M.D./Ph.D. students interested
        in a career in Allergy and Applied Immunology
    Mittra, Erik S. - Sigma Xi Travel Award
    Mittra, Erik S. - Graduate Council Commendation to Distinguished Graduate
        Student
    Mittra, Erik S. - Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Reseach
    Roohi, Jasmin - Cody Center Fellowship
   Teressa, Getu - American Academy of Sciences, member
   Siolas, Despina C. - American Medical Association (AMA) Leadership Award

2003:
Fellowship Awards:
    Hsieh, Helen (2003-present) - NIH NRSA, National Institute of Neurological Disorders
        and Stroke "mechanisms of abeta synaptic depression" Fellowship
    LaLonde, Mary M. - NIH NINDS Predoctoral Fellowship
    Ocampo, Christopher J. (2003-2006) - Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA: Minority
        Predoctoral Fellowship. NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    Szema, Robert S. - NCIIA Advanced E-Team Grant
    Weston, Christi A. - Institute of Cellular & Developmental Biology Predoctoral
        Fellowship, Stony Brook University

Awards and Honors:
    Grace, Kristen S. - American Society of Andrology Testes Workshop Travel Award
    Kamenetz, Flavio R. - Thesis published as featured article, Neuron,
        March 13th, 2003
    Mittra, Erik S. - 1st Place Poster at 29th Annual IEEE Northeast Bioengineering
        Conference
    Mittra, Erik S. - Coulter Foundation Travel Award
    Mittra, Erik S. - Sigma Xi Travel Award
    Mittra, Erik S. - Paleoanthropology Society Travel Award
    Mittra, Erik S. - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Travel Award
    Weston, Christi A. - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Research
    Yeku, Oladapo O. - Minority Inc. National Role Model

2002:
Fellowship Awards:
    Archer, Herbert M. (2002-2004) - Department of Defense - Breast Cancer Research         Program, Predoctoral Training Grant Awardee
    Bien, Harold H. - Seed Grant; American Medical Association Foundation,
        Chicago, IL
    Kassem, Iris S. (2002-2005) - NINDS Predoctoral MD/PhD National Research Service     Award
    Kim, Edward J. - U.S. Army Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral
        Traineeship Award
    Mittra, Erik S. - National Osteoporosis Foundation Mazeness Summer Fellowship
    Ocampo, Christopher J. (2002-2003) - Molecular and Cell Biology in Infectious
        Diseases Fellowship, Stony Brook University: Department of Molecular Genetics &
        Microbiology

Awards and Honors:
    Bien, Harold H. - Travel Award; Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, NC
    Bien, Harold H. - Student Paper Competition; Engineering in Medicine and Biology
        Society (EMBS), Piscataway, NJ
    Grace, Kristen S. - Gordon Conference on Mammalian Gametogenesis &
        Embryogenesis Trainee Travel Award
    Manganas, Louis N. - Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award
    Mittra, Erik S. - Coulter Foundation Travel Award
    Ocampo, Christopher J. - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching in the
        Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology.

2001:
Fellowship Awards:
    Kassem, Iris S. (2001-2002) - NINDS Predoctoral Training Fellowship in
        Neuroscience

Awards and Honors:
    Archer, Herbert M. - Scholar in Training Award - 92nd Annual Meeting of
        the American Association for Cancer Research
    Manganas, Louis N. - Excellence in Graduate Research Award; Institute for Cellular
        and Developmental Biology, Stony Brook University
    Weston, Christi A. - American Society for Cell Biology Research Travel Award
    Weston, Christi A. - Second Place, Poster Session for the Van der Kloot
        Symposium on The Molecular Basis of Disease. Department of Physiology and         Biophysics.  Stony Brook University
    Weston, Christi A. - First Place, Snapshot Contest. Department of Pharmacological         Sciences. Stony Brook University

2000:
Fellowship Awards:
    LaLonde, Mary M. - M.D. with Recognition Program Scholarship, Stony Brook
        University

Awards and Honors:
    DeLucia-Deranja, Evan O. - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching
    Levine, Robert L. - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Research
    Manganas, Louis N. - Sigma Xi Travel Award recipient
    Ocampo, Christopher J. - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence
    Seandel, Marco - Travel Award. Society for In vitro Biology
    Seandel, Marco - Honor B. Fellow Award. Society for In vitro Biology

1999:
Fellowship Awards:
    Manganas, Louis N. - Predoctoral Fellowship from The Institute of Cell and
        Developmental Biology, Stony Brook University
    Vankatesan, Charu - Individual Predoctoral NRSA for M.D./Ph.D. Fellowship, NIMH

Awards and Honors:
    Bell III, James - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching
    Kim, Edward J. - National Dean's List
    Manganas, Louis N. - American Physiological Society Travel Award for the Biology
        of Potassium Channels: From Molecules to Disease Conference
    Manganas, Louis N. - First Place Graduate Student Presentation Award; American         Physiological Society Conference

1998:
Fellowship Awards:
    Levine, Robert L. (1998-2000) - Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturer's of
        America (PhRMA) Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology
    Indyk, Justin A. - NIH Minority Supplement Grant. National Institutes of Health,
        Bethesda, Maryland
    Vankatesan, Charu (1998-2002) - Individual NRSA for M.D./Ph.D. students. National         Institute of Mental Health
    Vankatesan, Charu - NIH Predoctoral Training Grant in Neurobiology & Behavior.
        Bethesda, Maryland

Awards and Honors:
    Kamenetz, Flavio R. - Inductee, Pathology Honor Society
    Levine, Robert L. - Van der Kloot Award for Excellence in Teaching

1997:
Fellowship Awards:
    Dougherty, Douglas A. - Student Fellowship Award, Education and Research
        Foundation of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. The Society of Nuclear Medicine,
        Chicago, Illinois

Awards and Honors:  
    Alexander, Daniela S. - President's Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation -         honorable mention
    Asch, William S. - Excellence in Graduate Research Award
    Dougherty, Douglas A. - Student Fellowship Award, Education and Research
        Foundation, Society of Nuclear Medicine
   
1996:
Fellowship Awards:
    Dranovsky, Alexander (1996-1997) - Research Fellowship. Long Island Alzheimer         Foundation, Garden City, NY

Awards and Honors:
    Alexander, Daniela S. - The Aaron Janoff Award for Excellence in Experimental
         Pathology
    Dranovsky, Alexander - Glenn Foundation Scholar. American Federation for Aging         Research, New York City, NY
    Dranovsky, Alexander - Travel Award. International Conference on Alzheimer
        Disease and Related Disorders, Osaka, Japan
    Mittra, Erik S. - McCowen Prize for most outstanding graduating senior in
        anthropology
    Rogove, Andrew D. - Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging. Glenn
        Foundation / American Federation for Aging Research

1995:
Fellowship Awards:
    Lieberfarb, Marshal E. (1995-1996) - Hoffman-LaRoche Predoctoral Fellowship

Awards and Honors:   
    Alexander, Daniela S. - Sigma Xi Travel Award and Sigma Xi Excellence in          Research Award
    Janardhan, Ajit H. (1995-1997) - Biomedical Engineering Honor Society (AEMB)
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Marvin Kuschner Award for Outstanding Graduating Medical
        School Senior, Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Merck Book Award for Excellence in Medical Training,
        Stony Brook University

1994:
Fellowship Awards:
    Lieberfarb, Marshal E. (1994-1995) - Hoffman-LaRoche Predoctoral Fellowship

Awards and Honors:
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society,
        Stony Brook University

1993:
Fellowship Awards:
    Lieberfarb, Marshal E. (1993-1994) - Hoffman-LaRoche Predoctoral Fellowship

1992:
Awards and Honors:
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Aaron Janoff Award for Excellence in Experimental Pathology,
        Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis Young
        Investigator Award

1991:
Awards and Honors:
    Heidelberger, Ruth - Sigma Xi Award for Excellence in Research

1990:
Awards and Honors:
    Parsons, Ramon E. - Irving Abrahams Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student

1989:
Awards and Honors:
    Sanacora, Gerard - Sigma XI, Scientific Research Society

1988:
Awards and Honors:
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Summa Cum Laude, Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Ward Melville Valedictorian Award, Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Sigma Xi Excellence in Research Award, Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Raymond F. Jones Award for Outstanding Academic
        Achievement in Biological Sciences, Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Academic Excellence Award in Biological Sciences,
        Stony Brook University
    Kutok, Jeffery L. - Daniel Cohen Memorial Research Scholarship,
        Stony Brook University

1986:
Fellowship Awards:
    Heidelberger, Ruth (1986-1991) - NIMH Predoctoral Training Grant Fellowship

Awards and Honors:
    Bunz, Fred - Phi Beta Kappa, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1984:
Awards and Honors:
    Heidelberger, Ruth - Summa Cum Laude with Departmental Honors in Chemistry


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