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The Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Undergraduate Research Awards are presented annually to undergraduate students who are presenting their research at the American Physiology Summit.

The APS is pleased to announce the following awardees on behalf of the Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee:


2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Research Awardees

Gerardo Beltran 
Texas A&M International University 

Keishla Colon Montanez 
University of Chicago 

Braydon Crum 
University of Minnesota  

Daniel Cucinotta 
University at Buffalo State University, New York  

Cecillia Doan 
San Francisco State University  

John Erickson 
University of Evansville 

Leila Griffon 
Virginia Common Wealth University  

Thomas Hart 
University of Iowa  

Tabitha Haun 
The University at Texas at Arlington  

Brian Hoang 
Georgetown University 

Anne Kamau 
Augusta University 

Ryan Lewis 
Grinnell College  

Benjamin Mackenzie 
Mount Royal University 

Marissa Montandon 
Union University 

Anna Murphy 
Wayne State University 

Alexandra Naman 
Texas A&M University 

Jenny Nguyen 
Augusta University

Ken Perry 
The University of Texas at Arlington 

Jonathan Pham 
The University of Texas at Arlington 

Aubrey Pipkins 
University of Missouri 

Sumegha Ponnaluri 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 

Samuel Ramirez 
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

Mya Sebek 
Michigan State University 

Julia Spafford 
Brock University 

Rachel Summerfield 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor  

Redeat Wattero 
University of Minnesota  

Kendra Wegerson 
University of Colorado Boulder  

Elizabeth Wetzel 
University of Iowa 

Benjamin Yang 
California Institute of Technology   

Amanda Zhong 
Stony Brook University 

2023 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Research Awardees

Emily Cleveland 
Montana State University, Bozeman 

Zackarias Coker
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

Lauren Cooke
Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania 

Mary Darrah 
University of Colorado, Boulder 

Siddarth Desari 
The Ohio State University, Columbus 

Cynthia Dominguez
University of Vermont, Burlington

Jack Drda 
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 

Hiba Durrani 
Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois 

Jackson Ernst
University of Iowa, Iowa City 

Priya Giddens 
Augusta University, Georgia 

Anna Gonsalves 
University of Missouri, Columbia 

Joshua Gopaul 
Hospital for Sick Children, Ajax, Ontario, Canada 

Dhruvan Gopinath 
University of Utah, Salt Lake City 

Chloe Johnson 
Augusta University, Georgia 

Sabrina Li
Emory University, Atlanta 

Lauren Ling 
Tufts University, Massachusetts

Maria Celeste Lopez Vasquez
Cooper Medical School at Rowan University, New Jersey 

Niya Kelley
Southern Methodist University, Dallas 

Astha Kulshrestha
University of Virginia, Charlottesville   

Kelia McMichael
Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio 

Pooja Menon 
Michigan State University, East Lansing

Kayla Miller 
University of Iowa, Iowa City 

Brianna Monroe 
University of Alabama, Birmingham

Favour Nnah
University of Utah, Salt Lake City 

Sophie Sanchez
University of Wisconsin, Madison 

Conan Shing 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver 

Leviette Sigala 
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

Dana Truini
Union College, Schenectady, New York  

Kaylee-Abril Vasquez Reyes
Oregon Health and Science University Hospital, Portland 

Lucas Wang
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 

2022 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Research Awardees

Anna Abraham
Arizona State University, Phoenix

Omar Algothani
The Ohio State University, Columbus

Jared Alvarez
Arizona State University, Phoenix

Cynthia Anyaoku
Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania

Bradley Bedell
University of Oregon, Eugene

Noelle Cataldo
University of Vermont, Burlington

Keishla Colon Montanez
University of Chicago

Abhi Deverakonda
New York University

Emily Ducaji
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Nafis Eghrari
University of Arizona, Tucson

Lili Galarza
Emory University, Atlanta

Jillian Gore
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

Nicole Hetrick
University of Dayton, Ohio

Randa Higazy
Hospital for Sick Children Ajax, Ontario, Canada

Rehan Iftikhar
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chloe Johnson
Augusta University, Georgia

Emma Kerkering
Montana State University, Bozeman

Paige Kompa
University of Dayton, Ohio

Maria Landherr
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Camille Landry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Eric Lis
University of Missouri, Columbia

Daniyal Mehmood
Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois

Serena Ortiz
San Jose State University, California

Byung Joon Pae
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Wyatt Pruter
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Nicholas Riveira
The University of Texas at Austin

Younes Rouabhi
University of Iowa, Iowa City

Brian Soto Miranda
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Huntsville

Alexis Taylor
University of Kentucky, Lexington

Carson Wright
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

Frank Xu
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

 
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