Newsletter
Student Spotlight
The People Powering Progress in Spinal Cord Injury Research
Celebrating Our Students’ Awards and Achievements
Congratulations to all our students who have earned awards this year! Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have truly paid off. We are proud of your achievements and inspired by your commitment to excellence.
2025-2026 KGCRF Career Catalyst Awardees
Antonia Kowalewski (BBS, Getz lab)
Amy Yu (BBS, Kanarek lab)
2026 Landry Cancer Biology Research Fellows
Shadwa Bayoumi (BBS, Stegmaier lab)
Lewis Hendrianto (BBS, Mancias lab)
Hanjun Lee (BBS, Elledge lab)
Caroline Pitton (BBS, Johnstone lab)
Honorary Fellow: Madelaine Theardy (BBS, Sankaran lab)
2026 KGCRF Professional Development Awardees
KGCRF Rising Young Scientist Awards (up to G3s)
Shadwa Bayoumi (BBS, Stegmaier lab)
Caroline Pitton (BBS, Johnstone lab)
KGCRF Early Career Scientist Awards (G4s and up)
Margaret Dreishpoon (BBS, Toker lab)
Amy Yu (BBS, Kanarek lab)
Happy Birthday from BBS!
Wishing you a year of exciting discoveries, productive experiments, and meaningful progress in your research and training. Your hard work and curiosity are vital to our scientific community. Enjoy your day, take pride in how far you’ve come, and we look forward to all you will accomplish in the year ahead.
Student | Day |
Gabrielle Hernandez | 2 |
Shulin Mao | 2 |
Elise DeArment | 3 |
Peter Lotfy | 3 |
Yepeng Huang | 5 |
Esme Sun | 5 |
Mahesh Natarajan | 6 |
Leonardo "Leo" Todeschini | 7 |
Laura Hofman | 8 |
Tania Novosolova | 8 |
Kate Carver | 10 |
Naya Amoh | 11 |
Hannah Davis | 14 |
Gabriel Alejandro Romero-Agosto | 15 |
Jing Sun | 15 |
Sarah Zaghouani | 15 |
Justin Brueggeman | 17 |
Heather Chang | 18 |
Liam Healy | 21 |
Jose Maldonado | 21 |
Nereida Ramirez | 22 |
Madison Adamthwaite | 23 |
Wendy Sun | 23 |
Emma Lecky | 27 |
Austin Fergusson | 28 |
Ben Kittleson | 28 |
Talia Smith | 28 |
Jasmine Garcia | 29 |
Angelina O'Brien | 29 |
