2020 Southern Regional Meeting
AWARD RECIPIENTS
AFMR Henry Christian Award
Huixian Hong, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Priyadarshini Loganathan, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Majd Michael, Texas Tech University of El Paso
Cardiovascular Case Report Award
Drew Daniels, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ahmad Hallak, Texas Tech University
Christen H. Harris, LSU Health Sciences Center
James N. Kiage, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Haneen Mallah, Texas Tech University Health sciences Center
Michael B. Omar, University of Florida College of Medicine
Parikshat Sharma, Golden State Hospitalists
Richard D. Silva-Cantillo, VA Caribbean Healthcare
Nathan Solomon & Irene Oransky-Solomon Award
Caleb Max, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Ashkan Shahbandi, Tulane University School of Medicine
SAFMR/SSCI Junior Faculty Research Travel Award
Harsha Karanchi, Medical University of South Carolina
Tadashi Yoshida, Tulane University
SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Award
Ashwin Ajith, Georgia Cancer Center
Annie L. Bell, Tulane University School of Medicine
Abraham B. Chabot, Tulane University School of Medicine
Caroline G. Coleman, Emory University School of Medicine
Clayton L. Davis, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Heather Davis, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Travis Dobbin, University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School
Melissa R. Downey, Medical College of Georgia
Emily E. Evans, Emory University
Anam Haque, McGovern Medical School
Kristin Harrington, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine
Carl Haupt, Ochsner Health System
Candace M. Howard, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jeanne Ishimwe, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Lauren A .Jeffers, Emory University
Rebecca Joseph, University of Central Florida
Chin Fung Kelvin Kan, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland, Laboratory of Translational Cancer Research
Mary Kelly, Emory University
Darya Khani, Emory University
Jae Gyun Maeng, Quillen College of Medicine - East Tennessee State University
Ganesh B. Maniam, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Will McDonough, University of South Alabama
Sarah Miller, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Emily N. Nguyen, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Kailash N. Pandey, Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Jay R. Patel, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Pranav Prabu, Medical College of Georgia
Owen Richfield, Tulane University
Faaiz Saad, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Darius Stephens, Morehouse School of Medicine
Seth Swinney, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Thomas S. Truong, Ochsner Health System
Sidney Tucker, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Vipin Varghese, University of Queensland - Ochsner Clinical School
Elliot Varney, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Hannah Wilkerson, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Kenyada Williams, Meharry Medical College
Di Xia, Augusta University
George S. Yeung, Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland
Katherine Yu, McGovern Medical School
SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award
Max Adelman, Emory University
Hiba Ali, Ochsner Medical Center
Genanew D. Bedanie, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Anil Chimakurthy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Craig Cook, Emory University
Patrick Dauphin, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Omar Elfeky, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Vincent Gacad, Tulane University
Akshay Goel, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Robert A. Greer, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ibrahim Haddad, East Tennessee State University
Kirstin G. Hesterberg, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Ilya Ivyanskiy, Texas Tech University HSC Amarillo
Isaac Jaben, Medical University of South Carolina
Sanjida Jahan, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Sarah M. Jeong, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Daniel Kelly, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Varun Kohli, East Tennessee State University
Katherine Mascia, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dexter Matrana, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Lara McKean Baste, Ochsner Medical Center
Ryley McPeters, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Neal Mehta, White River Health System
Taylor Morris, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Yara Mouawad, Tulane University
Amelia Muniz Hernandez, Emory University School of Medicine
Jose E. Najul, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Angela Nakahara, Ochsner Medical Center
Zohra Prasla, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta VAHCS
Nikita L. Rabelo-Pagan, University of Puerto Rico
Joel Raja, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Kevin Rechcigl, University of Florida College of Medicine
Keerthi Reddy, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sumana Reddy, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Arya Mariam Roy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Nicoleta Rus, Texas Tech University HSC Amarillo
Firas Safa, Tulane University
Ayesha Sajjad, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Michael Y. Soliman, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Stephen J. Soufleris, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Frederique St-Pierre, Mayo Clinic
Aditi V. Varma, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Cameron B. Wilhoit, Medical University of South Carolina
Jesse Juncong Xie, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
John Xie, Tulane Medical Center
SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Scholar Award
Fabian Bock, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hannah Gardner, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cesar F. Hernandez-Arroyo, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Arun Rajasekaran, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Matthew Sinclair, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Justin Sprick, Emory University, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Rohit Upadhyay, Tulane University School of Medicine
SSCI Poster Award Finalists
Edward Florez, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Lauren Jeffers, Emory University
Elliot Varney, University of Mississippi Medical Center
SSCI Young Investigator Award
Jennifer Hong, Tulane University School of Medicine
Alexander C. Razavi, Tulane University School of Medicine and Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Maria Soledad Rivera, University of Queensland, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
SSCI Young Investigator for General Medicine
Bryant Shuey, University of South Florida
SSPR Basic Science Young Investigator Award Finalists
David Box, University of Oklahoma
John I. Coon, University of Texas Medical Branch
Amy Freeman, University of Alabama at Birmingham
SSPR Clinical Science Young Investigator Award Finalists
Leslie-Anne Dietrich, UT Health Science San Antonio
Rebekah C. Gardea, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Tavleen Sandhu, University of Oklahoma
SSPR David Oelberg Honorary Trainee Travel Award
Nilesh Dankhara, University of Mississippi
Ahmed L. Elsaie, Baylor College of Medicine
SSPR Trainee Travel Award
Murad Almasri, University of Texas Medical Branch
Maria E. Barbian, Emory University
Taylor M. Boles, Rice University
Charlie Boyle, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Gabriel Castano, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Janhavi Govande, Texas Children’s Hospital
Melissa D. Gruver, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Morghan Jameson, ETSU Quillen College of Medicine
Maggie L. Jerome, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mounica Konjeti, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Marco Loayza, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Mishika Malik, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut Children’s
Radhika Mohan, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ann E. Murphy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Anshu A. Paul, Baylor College of Medicine
Morgan J. Sims, Medical University of South Carolina
Ellen P. Soufleris, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mark Stephens, University of Kentucky
Bianca M. Vamesu, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sean Woods, Emory University
SSPR Young Faculty Travel Award
Nicholas Carr, Brooke Army Medical Center
Eric B. Ortigoza, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mitali Pakvasa, Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta