Midwest Student Biomedical Research awards

The following students received awards at the 2003 Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF) on Feb. 22.









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Yu Wang and Irving Zucker, Ph.D.

MSBRF 2003 Winners List

Medical Student Oral Presentation

  • First place — Wang, Warner, University of Louisville School of Medicine

  • Second place — Babbel, Daniel, Creighton University Medical Center

  • Third place — Macalena, Jeff, Creighton University Medical Center

  • Fourth place — Cluff, Paul, UNMC

Medical Student Posters

  • First place — Vishwanathan, Vidya, University of Illinois

  • Second place — Vyas, Dharmesh, University of Illinois

  • Third place — Dennison, Jessica, University of Louisville School of Medicine

  • Fourth place — Broman, Michael, University of Illinois; and Watts, Mary Beth, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Graduate Student Oral Presentations









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Matt Wiebe and Ira Fox, M.D.

  • First place — Wiebe, Matt, UNMC

  • Second place — Razidlo, Gina, UNMC

  • Third place — Wolter, Daniel, Creighton University Medical Center

  • Fourth place — Kortum, Robert, UNMC

Graduate Student Poster

  • First place — Bernadt, Cory, UNMC

  • Second place — Lie, Mihaela, Creighton University Medical Center

  • Third place — Pan, Zenggang, UNMC

  • Fourth place — Talbot, Jeff, UNMC








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William Berndt, Ph.D., and Jeff Talbot.

UNMC/MSBRF 2003 Winners list


  • Streck Laboratories Inc. Award for Excellence in Manuscript Writing –Gina Razidlo

  • Second Place Award for Excellence in Manuscript Writing — Mahefatiana Andrianifahanana

  • First Place Oral Presentation Award – Basic science category — Matthew Wiebe

  • Second Place Oral Presentation Award – Basic science category –Robert Kortum

  • First Place Poster Presentation Award – Basic science category — Cory Bernadt

  • Second Place Poster Presentation Award – Basic science category — Zenggang Pan

  • First Place Oral Presentation Award -Clinical science category –Pallavi Chaturvedi

  • College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Cash Award – Kavitha Koushik

  • Excellent Presentation by a undergraduate or predoctoral dental student — Brent Johnson

  • Graduate College cash award — Matthew Wiebe

  • Pfizer Inc. Research Award — Aruna Ambagala








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    Ira Fox, M.D., and Cory Bernadt.

  • MVP Laboratories – Research Most Beneficial to the Animal Health Industry — Jenna Achenbach

  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department Presentation Cash Award – Yunfei Wen

  • Eppley Cancer Center Award for Excellence in Cancer Research — Cory Bernadt

  • Professor Herbert L. Davis Scholarship in Pharmacology Award – Oral Presentation — Jeffrey Talbot

  • Department of Pathology and Microbiology Cash Award — Cory Bernadt

  • Department of Physiology & Biophysics Cash Award Predoctoral Fellow — Yu Wang