2022 Southern Regional Meeting
Award Recipients
AFMR Henry Christian Award
Ludy Carmola, Emory University School of Medicine
Hannah Costello, University of Florida, University of Florida
Ronak Patel, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans
Cardiovascular Case Report Award
Mostafa Abohelwa, Texas Tech University System
Aleem Ali, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Robert Derenbecker, UAB Hospital
Pooja Dhruva, University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville
Taylor Fradella-Doucet, LSU Health New Orleans
Jaime Holbert, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Katherine Holder, Texas Tech University System
Balaji Prasad Ellappan Mohanakrishnan, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Dinesh Voruganti, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Nathan Solomon & Irene Oransky-Solomon Award
Daniel Irelan, University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Kei Takigawa, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine
SAFMR/SSCI Junior Faculty Research Travel Award
Prerna Kumar, Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Maria Clarissa Tio, University of Mississippi Medical Center
SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award
Layth Al-Hindi, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Grace Ashbery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Zoe Blake, The University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School New Orleans
Seth Bollenbecker, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Josiah Brandt, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Courtney Brock, Tulane University School of Medicine
Carrie Crook, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Heather Davis, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans
Ansley DeVore, Medical University of South Carolina
Molly Easter, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Abbie Evans, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Justin Evans, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Joshua Gardner, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Katherine Hebert, Tulane University
Luke James, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Seyed Khalafi, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Dylan Landis, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Nikita Lobo, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Tyson Lumbreras, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine
Charles Marvil, Emory University School of Medicine
Reanne Mathai, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Erin McDevitt, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Nitish Mittal, Texas Tech University System
Kiana Moussavi, The University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School New Orleans
Victoria Nguyen, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Kishan Pithadia, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia
Harini Priya Rajasekaran, The University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School New Orleans
Tolulope Ramos, Tulane University School of Medicine
Affan Rizwan, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Romeeka Siddiqui, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine
Julia Silver, Tulane University School of Medicine
Lisa Smith, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Paul L Foster School of Medicine
Patricia Snarski, Tulane University School of Medicine
Colin Suplee, College of Charleston
Kasra Tayebi, Ochsner Health
Saakshi Thukral, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Samuel Weinstein, Emory University Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Maryl Wright, Tulane University School of Medicine
SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award
Ola Al-Jobory, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Mahmoud Aryan, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kavya Bharathidasan, Texas Tech University
Himmat Brar, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Nicholas Carbajal, Ochsner Health
Rayen Chakra, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia
Sundar Cherukuri, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
Vignesh Chidambaram, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Christina Donath, Florida State University
Ashraf Dwal, Ochsner Health
Lale Ertuglu, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Malak Faragallah, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Fares Ghanem, East Tennessee State University James H Quillen College of Medicine
William Gibson, LSU Health New Orleans
Moeez Haroon, Harlan ARH Hospital
Cameron Kahn, University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville
Shashank Kailash, Emory University School of Medicine
Jannat Kang, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sharif Kayali, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Ali Khalifa, Medical University of South Carolina
Cristina Morataya, Texas Tech University
Alana Nichols, The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences
Issa Pour-Ghaz, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Akanksh Ramanand, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans
Chandramohan Ramasamy, Tulane University School of Medicine
Azeem Rathore, University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville
Amanda Ritchie, LSU Health New Orleans
Surya Singh, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Saria Tasnim, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
David Van, LSU Health New Orleans
Elliot Varney, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Terrance Wickman, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans
Gregory Wigger, Emory University School of Medicine
SSCI Young Investigator Award
Vibhu Parcha, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vipin Varghese, Ochsner Health, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine
SSPR Basic Science Young Investigator Award Finalists
Kristen Dominguez, University of South Florida
Carolyn Glendye, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Thu Tran, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston John P and Katherine G McGovern Medical School
SSPR Clinical Science Young Investigator Award Finalists
Desalyn Johnson, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Karli McCoy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Vivek Shukla, University of Alabama at Birmingham
SSPR David Oelberg Honorary Trainee Travel Award
Sana Jaleel, Washington University in St Louis
Tuan Tran, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
SSPR Trainee Travel Award
Divya Agarwal, East Tennessee State University James H Quillen College of Medicine
Caroline Andrews, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Charli Cohen, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Madeleine Duarte, The University of Oklahoma
Leandra Durham, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Aayushka Gurung, University of South Alabama Health System
Anna Horner, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Jazeb Ifikhar, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine Pediatric Department
Monika Jain, East Tennessee State University James H Quillen College of Medicine
Christina Meenan, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ashley Morin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Erin Prester, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Caroline Roth, LSU Health New Orleans
Shelbye Schweinhart, University of Louisville, Norton Children’s Hospital
Jonathan Spagnoli, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Poonam Thakore, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Asha Thomas, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Thi Tran, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John Waddell, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Abby Ybarra, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
SSPR Young Faculty Travel Award
Katherine Chetta, Medical University of South Carolina
Nilesh Dankhara, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rachel Leon, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Heidi Steflik, Medical University of South Carolina
Colm Travers, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kent Willis, University of Alabama at Birmingham