Awards and Grants
2013
Dr.Rohini Mehta: Best Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Award
Thuy Tran: Outstanding Graduate Student Scholar Award
Ali Moosvi: Biology Writing Award
Ricky Tran: Graduate Scholar Award
Katie Doyle: CSCMRD PhD Student of the Year
Leah Byars: CSCMRD Masters Student of the Year
Caitlin Koob: CSCMRD Undergraduate Student of the Year
Mariam Heshami: OSCAR Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Grant
2012
Dr.Sandra Page: Outstanding PhD in Biosciences Scholar Award
Haveesh Sharma: Outstanding Masters in Biology Student Scholar Award
Hannah Choi: Honors in Biology Undergraduate Student Award
Rohini Mehta: CSCMRD PhD Student of the Year
Maria Keaton: CSCMRD Masters Student of the Year
Anima Sharma: Best Poster at SSB Research Day, Fall 2012
Ricky Tran: Senior of the Year Award by GMU Alumni Association and CSCMRD Undergraduate Student of the Year
2012 Grant:“Modeling bacterial protein prenylation in eukaryotic cells
using bioinformatics and molecular approaches”
Sponsor: Mary Louise Andrews Award for Cancer Research program, Virginia Academy of Science
2012 Grant:“Physiological Meaning of RNA Editing in Plasma Dendritic Cells”
Sponsor: The Thomas F. Jeffress and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust
2010 COS Publication Award: Dr.Baranova
Mehta R, Birerdinc A, Hossain N, Afendy A, Chandhoke V, Younossi Z, Baranova A.Validation of endogenous
reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis of human visceral adipose samples. BMC Mol Biol. 2010 May 21;11:39. PMCID: PMC2886049
2007 Memorial A.V. Itkes Young Oncologist Award: Dr.Baranova
The study of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Awarded at 16th
International Conference “AIDS, Cancer and Public health”, StPeterbourgh, 2007
Grant 1R15CA113331-01:“KCNRG gene as candidate tumor suppressor for CLL and MM”
Sponsor:NCI, NIH
Grant:“Melanin biosynthesis in adipocytes: cross-talk
between energy balance and pigmentation control"
Sponsor: The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust