Congratulations to our 2024 Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars Conference award recipients and to all of our graduate and professional student presenters!

Also, a special thanks for our volunteer faculty, professional staff, postdoc and alumni judges!

All awardees are invited to the Graduate Student Day awards ceremony and reception on Thursday, May 30 at 4 p.m. ET in the Mitchell Auditorium on the First Floor of the Bossone Research Enterprise Center. We also invite you to join us then to honor the conference award winners, as well as all of the winners of the Graduate Student Excellence Awards.

President's Award for Best Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)

Zarrar Nashman
MD Program
College of Medicine
Brain Repair from Organoids Generated from iPSCs

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) People's Choice Award

Kyle Matthews
PhD Program in Materials Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
MXene Inc. - Quality MXenes at Scale

Provost's Award for Best In-Person Oral Research Presentation

Kavita Patel
Master’s Program in Interior Architecture
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Discovering the Therapeutic Potential of Space for "Emotionally Unrecognized" Children

Second Place In-Person Oral Research Presentation

Katelyn Reeb
PhD Program in Pharmacology and Physiology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine
EAATs for stroke: to modulate or not to modulate

Provost's Award for Best Virtual Oral Research Presentation

Caroline Hayes
Master’s Program in Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
Untangling the Connection: A Literature Review Examining PMDD as Risk Factor for PPD

Second Place Virtual Oral Research Presentation

Ali Murad
MD Program
College of Medicine
Utilization of CT Perfusion to Optimize Selection of Elderly Patients for Thrombectomy: A Retrospective Analysis

Dean's Award for Best Research Poster Presentation (TIE)

Margot Bellon
MD Program
College of Medicine
Evaluating a community health worker training program in rural Guatemala: School of PowHER

Kenneth Kim
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine
Bioconjugated Injectable Granular Hydrogels for Regulatory T cell Induction

Akari Seiner
PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
Expanding Possibilities: Design of a Responsive Cardiovascular Shunt for Pediatric Heart Repair

Shreya Soni
PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
Drug-Loaded Cyclodextrin Nanoparticles Target Macrophages to Promote Tissue Repair in Cardiac Injury

Yigit Topoglu
PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
Using fNIRS and oxytocin to explore face-to-face naturalistic human-robot conversations: A multimodal neuroergonomic approach

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