Conference Achievements
Congratulations to all the BMED students that were recognized at the 2023 Engaged Scholar Symposium (ES2).
| Student Name | Award Name | Category |
| Juan Amieva | Distinguished Scholars Award | Life & Health Science |
| Megan Zamora | Distinguished Scholars Award | Life & Health Science |
| Shainah Daile Vidal | Distinguished Scholars Award | Life & Health Sciences |
| Manuel Lee Avila | Distinguished Sustainability Scholar | Health Sciences |
| Rama Shaath | Distinguished Sustainability Scholar | Health Sciences |
| Rama Shaath | Rising Scholars Award | Life & Health Science |
| Mariela Garcia | Rising Scholars Award | Humanities & Social Science |
| Victoria Garza | Rising Scholars Award | Physical, Earth & Space Science |
BMED student Juan Amieva has been recognized with an Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) 2021 Presentation Award ($300) for his poster presentation titled “The Application of Electrosprayed Minocycline-Loaded PLGA Microparticles for the Treatment of Glioblastoma”
Emily Jordan and Hannah Obregon won second place at the TSAHP Student Poster Competition for their poster entitled “The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer”
School of Medicine LMHS Research Symposium February 2020
Congratulations to Carlos Arroyo got first place (current Junior) & Alyssa Canales got second place (current sophomore).
Congratulations Eloy Lozoya on being recognized as a Presentation Awardee at the 2019 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Anaheim, California for his presentation titled “Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transfected with Osteogenic Inducing MicroRNAs for Bone Tissue Engineering”.
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Alondra Medina Abstract was in the top 4% of submitted abstracts. She was therefore chosen for a platform presentation. Presentation was titled: “Residual Ruins: The effect of spinal cord injury edema on potential functional recovery” |
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Aaron Carrillo Poster presentation titled: “Through Thick and Thin: How Sparing of the Spinal Cord after Injury Influences Motor Recovery” |
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Gisselle Montemayor Poster presentation titled: “Losing Your Mind: Understanding Demyelination in the Brain After SCI” |
UTRGV School of Medicine Research Symposium 2019
September 13-14, 2019, our own Aaron Carrillo won Best Undergraduate Poster and delivered a Flash talk at the event. In addition, Maria Martin and Ileana Mendoza won the “People’s Choice Award” for their poster as well!
BMED swept the undergrad awards!
Congratulations to all the BMED students who presented and was recognized at the Engaged Scholar Symposium 2019.
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Name |
Award Type |
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Health Science |
The Evaluation of Osteogenic Inducing MiRNAs for Bone Tissue Engineering |
Astrid S. Gutierrez |
Distinguished Scholar |
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Health Science |
Development of a Biomarker for Parkinson's Disease |
Daphne AlcalaZuniga |
Honorable Mention |
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Life Science |
Melatonin Increases 3T3-L1 Adipogenesis and Brown Adipocyte Characteristics |
Roman Sanchez-Martinez |
Honorable Mention |
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Service Learning Poster Presentation |
Starting STEM: a Child's Introduction to the Human Body's Vital Organs |
Rozena Shirvani-Arani, Jacob Maciel, Veronica Levrier, Gabriella Lopez |
Honorable Mention |
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Social Science |
Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI): A Study of the Benefits of a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience |
Sachin George |
Distinguished Scholar |
Congratulations Roman!
Out of the almost 60 poster attendees at the Capital of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference held on Nov 3rd, 2018 at The University of Texas at Austin, Roman Sanchez Martinez was recognized as one of the top 6 students (the only UTRGV student) for an Outstanding Presentation of a Research Poster Award. He was also interviewed by The Daily Texan - Nov. 5, 2018 - "Capital of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference highlights interdisciplinary undergraduate research"
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Congratulations to BMED student May-Hui Ding for being awarded the 2018 Texas Society Allied Health Professions (TSAHP) Undergraduate Student Award as well as First Place in the Student Poster Presentation Competition at the 41st Annual TSAHP Conference "Preparing the 21st Century Workforce" for her poster titled “The Study of Osteogenic Inducing MicroRNA’s for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications”. |
Congratulation to Lakshman Vigneswaran on being recognized as “Outstanding Presenter” at the 2017 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS) for his presentation titled “High-Resolution Microendoscopy Training Models for Health Care Providers in Low Resource Settings”
Congratulations to Natasha Vora on being presented the “1st Place Poster Award” at the 2018 Shine Academy of Health Science Education Innovations in Health Science Education Meeting for her presentation titled “Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI) at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – An Opportunity to Expose A Larger Number of Underrepresented Students to Research”
Congratulations 2017 ABRCMS and SACNAS Winners!
Bottom (left to right): Daniela Barbosa and Aylin Flores
Bottom: Left to Right; Daniela Barbosa and Astrid Gutierrez