G&D Awardees

G&D Student Award Winners Since 2003

GSBS and MD Anderson Awards

Alfred G. Knudson, Jr., Outstanding Dissertation Award

• Ruoning Wang (Dr. Kuang – 2007)
• Deepa Murali (Dr. Furuta – 2006)
• Ke Zhang (Dr. Dent – 2005)
• Sandeep Dayal (Dr. Klein – 2004)
• Yibing Qyang (Dr. Marcus – 2002)

American Legion Auxiliary Fellowship

• Connie Larsson (Dr. Lozano – 2011, 2012)
• Teresa Yiu (Dr. Barton – 2010, 2011)
• Amanda Brock (Dr. Galko – 2009)
• Joe Taube (Dr. Barton – 2006, 2007, 2008)
• John Latham (Dr. Dent – 2005, 2006, 2007)
• Joanna Koch (Dr. Lozano – 2003, 2004)
• Jon Lyons (Dr. McCrea – 2003, 2004)
• Katie Roeder (Dr. J. Schumacher – 2003, 2004)

CPRIT* Scholar Award

• William Muñoz (Dr. McCrea – 2010, 2011)
• Le Huang (Dr. Huff – 2010, 2011)
• Qin Li (Dr. Lozano – 2010)

*Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

Gigli Family Scholarship

• Lagina Nosavanh (Dr. Huff – 2009)

Floyd Harr, M.D., Endowed Memorial Research Award

• Hussein Abbas, (Dr. Lozano – 2008)

MD Anderson Trainee Recognition Day

• Lindsey Cauthen (Dr. Barton – 2012)
• Le Huang (Dr. Huff – 2012)
• Avinash Venkatanarayan (Dr. Flores – 2012)
• Amanda Brock (Dr. Galko – 2010)
• Minsoon Cho (Dr. Flores – 2010)
• Chris Gully (Dr. Lee – 2010)
• Svitlana Kurinna (Dr. Barton – 2008, 2009)
• Wen-Wei Tsai (Dr. Barton – 2007)
• Hye-Won Song (Dr. Etkin – 2006)
• Wenchu Lin (Dr. Dent – 2006)
• Ke Zhang (Dr. Dent – 2005)
• Shuling Zheng (Dr. Lozano – 2005)
• Deepti Wilkinson (Dr. Barton – 2004)

Minority Faculty Association Student Scholarship

• Amber Johnson (Dr. Barton – 2005)

Presidents’ Research Scholarship

• Svitlana Kurinna (Dr. Barton – 2009)
• Ruoning Wang (Dr. Kuang – 2006)
• Jae-Il Park (Dr. McCrea – 2005)

Rosalie B. Hite Fellowship

• Hannah Cheung (Dr. Cote – 2006)
• Jae-Il Park (Dr. McCrea – 2005)
• Ke Zhang (Dr. Dent – 2003, 2004)

R. W. Butcher Achievement Award

• Amber Johnson (Dr. Barton – 2006)

Sam Taub and Beatrice Burton Endowed Scholarship in Vision Disease

• Xueyao Fu (Dr. Klein – 2005)

Schissler Foundation Fellowship

• Avinash Venkatanarayan (Dr. Flores – 2012)
• Andria Schibler (Dr. Dent – 2010)
• Eunah Kim (Dr. Dent – 2010)
• Dong Joo (Ellen) Cheon (Dr. Behringer – 2007)
• Xueyao Fu (Dr. Klein – 2006)
• Yasmine Valentin (Dr. Lozano – 2005)
• Joanna Koch (Dr. Lozano – 2004)
• Josh Vincentz (Dr. Furuta – 2003)

Sowell-Huggins Professorship and Graduate Fellowship in Cancer Research

• Yvonne Evrard and Dr. Sharon Dent (2004)

Sowell-Huggins Scholarship in Cancer Research

• Andria Schibler (Dr. Dent – 2012)
• Wen-Wei Tsai (Dr. Barton – 2008)
• Yasmine Valentin-Vega (Dr. Lozano – 2006)

Sylvan Rodriguez/Cancer Answers Scholarship

• Svitlana Kurinna (Dr. Barton – 2009)

Sylvan Rodriguez Foundation Scholarship Honoring George M. Stancel, Ph.D.

• Marco Leung (Dr. Navin – 2013)

Tzu Chi Scholarship

• Mark Nolte (Dr. Behringer – 2010)

Welder Smith Foundation Scholarship

• Hussein Abbas (Dr. Lozano – 2009)

G&D Program Awards

G&D Hearst Foundation Student Research and Education Award

• Marco Leung (Dr. Navin – 2013)
• Lindsey Cauthen Minter (Dr. Barton – 2013)
• Sangita Pal (Dr. Tyler – 2013)
• Zeynep Coban (Dr. Barton – 2012)
• Qin Li (Dr. Lozano – 2012)
• Mark Nolte (Dr. Behringer – 2012)
• Ji Yeon Hong (Dr. McCrea – 2008)
• Svitlana Kurinna (Dr. Barton – 2008)
• Kyucheol Cho (Dr. McCrea – 2007)
• Dongbin Xu (Dr. Bergmann – 2007)

G&D Research Achievement Award – Pre-Candidacy

• Sangita Pal (Dr. Tyler – 2012)
• Zeynep Coban (Dr. Barton – 2011)
• Teresa Yiu (Dr. Barton – 2010)
• Li Lu (Dr. Johnson - 2009)
• Minsoon Cho (Dr. Flores – 2008, First Place)
• Mark Nolte (Dr. Behringer – 2008, Second Place)
• Yujane Wu (Dr. Galko – 2007, First Place)
• Ji Yeong Hong (Dr. McCrea – 2007, Second Place)
• Chiao-lin Chen (Dr. Halder – 2006)
• Dongmin Gu (Dr. McCrea – 2006)
• Dongbin Xu (Dr. Bergmann – 2005)
• Jae-Il Park (Dr. McCrea – 2004)
• Yu-Ye Wen (Dr. Lee – 2003)

G&D Research Achievement Award – Post-Candidacy

• Mark Nolte (Dr. Behringer – 2012, First Place)
• William Muñoz (Dr. McCrea – 2012, Second Place)
• Gabriel Gonzalez (Dr. Behringer – 2012)
• Chiao-lin Chen (Dr. Halder – 2010, First Place)
• Ji Yeon Hong (Dr. McCrea – 2010, Second Place)
• Gary Deyter (Dr. J. Schumacher – 2009)
• Hao Chang (Dr. Wilkinson – 2008, First Place)
• Wen-Wei Tsai (Dr. Barton – 2008, Second Place)
• Zhiying Hu (Dr. Wilkinson – 2007, First Place)
• Wilfredo Cosme-Blanco (Dr. Chang – 2007, Second Place)
• Ruoning Wang (Dr. Kuang – 2006, First Place)
• Xueyao Fu (Dr. Klein – 2006, Second Place)
• Jae-Il Park (Dr. McCrea – 2005)
• Deepa Murali (Dr. Furuta – 2004)
• Shujuan Pan (Dr. Kuang – 2003)
• Ke Zhang (Dr. Dent – 2003)

G&D Retreat Platform Award

• Patty Dimarco (Dr. Gladden – 2013)
• Andria Schibler (Dr. Dent – 2012, First Place)
• Amanda Brock (Dr. Galko – 2012, Second Place)
• Jason Ford (Dr. Schumacher – 2012, Third Place)

G&D Retreat Poster Award – All Students

• Connie Larsson (Dr. Lozano – 2013)
• Lindsey Cauthen Minter (Dr. Barton – 2013)

G&D Retreat Poster Award – Pre-Candidacy

• Zeynep Coban (Dr. Barton – 2012)
• Juyeon Jo (Dr. Galko – 2012)
• Avinash Venkatanarayan (Dr. Flores – 2011)
• Patty Dimarco (Dr. Halder – 2011)
• Andria Schibler (Dr. Dent – 2010)
• Patty Dimarco (Dr. Halder – 2010)
• Jason Ford (Dr. J. Schumacher – 2009)
• Shirley Hammond (Dr. Matin – 2009)
• Minsoon Cho (Dr. Flores – 2008)
• Wilfredo Cosme-Blanco (Dr. Chang – 2005)
• Dongbin Xu (Dr. Bergmann – 2005)
• Cathy Papasakelariou (Dr. McCrea – 2004)
• Jennifer Childress (Dr. Halder – 2003)

G&D Retreat Poster Award – Post-Candidacy

• Le Huang (Dr. Huff – 2012)
• Eunah Kim (Dr. Dent – 2011)
• Shanzhi Wang (Dr. Mattox – 2011)
• Minsoon Cho (Dr. Flores – 2010)
• Ying Li (Dr. Johnson – 2009)
• Jeo Taube (Dr. Barton – 2009)
• Tom Lee (Dr. Bergmann – 2008)
• Wen-Wei Tsai (Dr. Barton – 2008)
• Yuan Wang (Dr. Bergmann – 2007)
• Yasmine Valentin-Vega (Dr. Lozano – 2006)
• Deepti Wilkinson (Dr. Barton – 2005)
• Shuling Zheng (Dr. Lozano – 2005)
• Junlin Qi (Dr. Mattox – 2004)
• Josh Vincentz (Dr. Furuta – 2004)
• Gene Lang (Dr. Lozano – 2003)

G&D RIKEN CDB Symposium Travel Award to Kobe, Japan

• Jason Ford (Dr. Schumacher – 2011)
• Svitlana Kurinna (Dr. Barton – 2010)
• Ji Yeon Hong (Dr. McCrea – 2009)
• Wen-Wei Tsai (Dr. Barton – 2007)
• Josh Vincentz (Dr. Furuta – 2005)

G&D Student Service Award

• Aundrietta Duncan (Dr. Barton – 2012)
• Patty Dimarco (Dr. Halder – 2011)
• Le Huang (Dr. Huff –2011)
• Avinash Venkatanarayan (Dr. Flores – 2011)
• William Munoz (Dr. McCrea – 2010)
• Nam Tonthat (Dr. M. Schumacher – 2010)
• Amanda Brock (Dr. Galko – 2009)
• Mark Nolte (Dr. Behringer – 2009)
• Yujane Wu (Dr. Galko – 2008)
• Ellen Cheon (Dr. Behringer – 2007)
• Tom Lee (Dr. Bergmann – 2007)
• Grant Orvis (Dr. Behringer – 2007)
• Joe Taube (Dr. Barton – 2007)
• Hannah Cheung (Dr. Cote – 2006)
• John Latham (Dr. Dent – 2006)
• Jennifer Childress (Dr. Halder – 2004, 2006)
• Josh Vincentz (Dr. Furuta – 2005)
• Katie Roeder (Dr. J. Schumacher – 2003, 2005)
• Jon Lyons (Dr. McCrea – 2003)