Awards, Grants, and Patents

Our students have received multiple awards from a variety of organizations. Some were selected for their research and academic performance, while others were chosen for their leadership skills. Here is a sampling of the most recent awards, grants, and patents.

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Type	Class of	Title
Awards	2012	Virtual placement of C7 lateral mass screws: a comparative study and a novel technique.,CCLCM,,Global Spine Congress,San Francisco
Awards	2012	1st Place, Oral Presentation,Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Awards	2013	2009 AATS Summer Intern Scholarship ,American Association of Thoracic Surgery
Awards	2011	2009 Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award,The Cleveland Clinic
Awards	2013	2009 Lecture Series in Immunobiology,The Onassis Foundation
Awards	2013	2009 Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke,American Heart Association
Awards	2009	20th Annual Residents' and Fellows' Research Day,The Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Awards	2012	2nd Place, Poster Presentation,Oakwood University Science Symposium
Awards	2014	Abbey Howe Turner Award,Mount Holyoke College
Awards	2014	Abbey Howe Turner Award,Mount Holyoke College
Awards	2009	Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Award,Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio
Awards	2009	Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Award,Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio
Awards	2010	Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Scholarship,
Awards	2009	Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Scholarship,Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio
Awards	2014	ACS OChem Student Award ,American Chemical Society
Awards	2012	AGA Student Research Fellowship Awards,American Gastroenterological Association
Awards	2014	Alpha Delta Phi Award,Amherst College
Awards	2010	American Academy of Dermatology Mentorship Award,American Academy of Dermatology
Awards	2011	American Association for Thoracic Surgery Summer Intern Scholarship in Cardiothoracic Surgery,American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Awards	2011	American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship,American Heart Association
Awards	2010	American Legion Citizenship Award,
Awards	2009	American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Travel Award,American Society of Hematology
Awards	2011	Annual Abstract Poster Competition,American College of Physicians
Awards	2010	ASH Travel Award,American Society of Hematology
Awards	2009	ASPEN Outstanding Reseach,ASPEN
Awards	2011	Astra-Zeneca Scholarship,Dept. of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario
Awards	2012	Basic Science Essay Award,Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology
Awards	2012	Basic Science Poster Award,Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology
Awards	2011	Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award Scholarship Recipient,University of Rochester
Awards	2012	Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award,University of Rochester
Awards	2011	Best Clinical Research Poster Award,Cleveland Clinic Research Day 2009
Awards	2010	Best Medical Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology,Cleveland Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Awards	2010	Best Poster,International Congress of Dermatology
Awards	2013	Biochemistry Award,Chemistry Department of the University of Toledo
Awards	2010	Biology Medal ,Georgetown University
Awards	2012	Biomedical Engineering Scholarship Award,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2011	BME Faculty Prize,University of Rochester
Awards	2012	Board of Trustees Harrison Scholarship,Miami University
Awards	2014	Bonnie B. Emory Fellowship,Amherst College Department of Anthropology
Awards	2011	Canadian Merit Scholarship Finalist,Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation
Awards	2011	Canadian Millenium Scholarship - Local Award,Canadian Millenium Scholarship Foundation
Awards	2014	Carolina Scholar,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards	2014	Carter Research Award,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards	2012	Case Alumni Association Prize for Achievement,Case Alumni Association
Awards	2009	Case Western Reserve University Class of 2004 Senior Departmental Award: Biology,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2010	CCLCM Dean's Scholarship,Cleveland Clinic
Awards	2012	CCLCM Medical Student Award,Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute
Awards	2012	Citation for Outstanding Community Service,Office of the Mayor of New York City
Awards	2011	Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award,Cleveland Clinic

Type	Class of	Title
Awards	2011	Magna Cum Laude,University of Rochester
Awards	2012	Maroon Key Society,University of Chicago
Awards	2012	Martha Griffiths Award,American Association of University Women – Marquette Chapter
Awards	2011	Mathematics Acheivement Award,Asheville Buncombe Community College
Awards	2012	Medical Student Research Preceptorship,American College of Rheumatology Research Eductation Foundation
Awards	2010	Medical Student Scholarship to attend the Annual Meeting, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Awards	2010	Medical Student Travel Award,American Psychosomatic Society
Awards	2012	Member,Bioengineering Honor Society
Awards	2010	Member,Mortar Board Honor Society
Awards	2012	Member,Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Awards	2012	Merit Scholarship Recipient,Case Alumni Association
Awards	2011	Merit Scholarship,Benedictine University
Awards	2011	Michigamua Honors and Leadership Society,
Awards	2011	Midwest Trainee Travel Award,Central Society for Clinical Research
Awards	2011	Morehead-Cain Scholarship Finalist,The Morehead-Cain Foundation
Awards	2011	Mortar Board Honors Society,
Awards	2012	National Collegiate Award in Biological Sciences ,United States Achievement Academy
Awards	2012	National Deans List Honoree,
Awards	2013	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Research Grant,National Institute of Health
Awards	2010	National Institutes of Health Research Scholar,Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Awards	2014	National Merit Scholar,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards	2009	NIH Sponsored General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Mentored Medical Student Award,Cleveland Clinic
Awards	2011	Nishioka Foundation - JMSA Scholarship,Japanese Medical Society of America
Awards	2011	Notable Poster Designation,American College of Rheumatology
Awards	2010	OC Hubert Fellowship for International Health,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Awards	2011	Old Guard Oral Presentation Competition - First Place,American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Awards	2013	Organic Chemistry Award,Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo
Awards	2010	Oustanding Senior Woman,Drury University
Awards	2009	Outstanding Asian American Student Leader Award,Office of the Dean of Students University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards	2012	Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Biology,Biology Department, Northern Michigan University
Awards	2013	Outstanding Graduating Senior in the Department of Chemistry,The University of Toledo
Awards	2012	Outstanding Senior,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2012	Outstanding Sophomore of the Case School of Engineering Award,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2010	Outstanding Student Researcher,The Margaret L. Bauman, M.D. Award For Excellence Within The Autism Community
Awards	2014	Pauline and Irving Tanner Dean’s Scholar,Cornell University
Awards	2011	Percy Dutton Prize,University of Rochester
Awards	2014	Phi Beta Kappa ,Carleton College
Awards	2013	Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society,
Awards	2010	Phi Beta Kappa Inductee,
Awards	2013	Phi Beta Kappa Society,University of Missouri - Columbia Chapter
Awards	2010	Phi Beta Kappa,
Awards	2010	Phi Beta Kappa,Phi Beta Kappa Society, University of Michigan Chapter
Awards	2014	Phi Beta Kappa,The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Awards	2010	Phi Beta Kappa,University of Maryland
Awards	2014	Phi Beta Kappa,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards	2011	Phi Beta Kappa,University of Rochester, Iota Chapter
Awards	2011	Phi Sigma Iota, International Foreign Language Honor Society,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2009	Physician Investigator Grant,Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Awards	2011	Physician Investigator Grant,Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Awards	2012	Poster of Distinction,American Transplant Congress
Awards	2013	Posters on the Hill 2008,Council on Undergraduate Research
Awards	2010	Pratt Engineering Undergraduate Fellowship,Duke University
Awards	2012	Provost's Undergraduate Research Fund,Provost
Awards	2010	Ralph F. Burns Service Award,Alpha Sigma Phi
Awards	2010	Recognition Award,American Association for the Advancement of Science
Awards	2012	Regent's Scholarship,University of California, Berkeley
Awards	2012	Rensselear Polytechnic Institute Mathematics and Science Medal,Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
Awards	2012	Research Training Fellowship for Medical Students,Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Awards	2010	Richard J. Fasenmyer Medical Student Fellowship in HIV research,Fasenmayer Institute for Immunology
Awards	2012	Rita Schaffer Undergraduate Award,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Awards	2011	Rochester Engineering Society Award,Rochester Engineering Society
Awards	2013	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2014	Sarah Williston Award,Mount Holyoke College
Awards	2014	Sarah Williston Award,Mount Holyoke College
Awards	2014	Sarah Williston Scholar,Mount Holyoke College
Awards	2012	Sarnoff Cardiovascular Foundation Fellowship Competition (Finalist),
Awards	2011	Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship Finalist,Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Awards	2010	Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Fellowship,Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Awards	2011	Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation,
Awards	2014	Scheele Summer Fellowship ,Cornell Biomedical Engineering Dept. - In honor of Prof. George Scheele
Awards	2012	School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellowship,Arizona State University
Awards	2014	Second Place at CURB Spring Research Expo,Cornell Undergraduate Research Board
Awards	2009	Senior 100 Honorary,Student Alumni Ambassadors and the University of Illinois Alumni Association
Awards	2013	Senior Marshal,Columbia University
Awards	2013	Senior Scholar,College of Engineering, University of Toledo
Awards	2009	Sherman Johnson and Frances Battles Johnson Scholarship ,
Awards	2009	Sherman Johnson and Frances Battles Johnson Scholarship ,Cleveland Foundation
Awards	2010	Sigma Xi National Science Research Honors Society,
Awards	2009	Silber Fellowship,American Cancer Society
Awards	2012	Ski to School Scholarship,Cross Country Canada
Awards	2011	Smith-Treuhaft Full Tuition Scholarship for Engineers,Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2013	SOURCE Symposium and Poster Session - 1st Prize, Natural Sciences Category,Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors - Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2013	SOURCE Symposium and Poster Session - 2nd Prize, Natural Sciences Category,Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors - Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2012	Space Grant Award,National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Awards	2012	Student Interest Grant,Ohio Academy of Family Physicians
Awards	2010	Student Research Award,American Geriatrics Society
Awards	2011	Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke,American Heart Association
Awards	2012	Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke,American Heart Association
Awards	2013	Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke,American Heart Association
Awards	2013	Students Who Make a Difference Award,Office for Student Activities and Leadership, Case Western Reserve University
Awards	2013	Sullivan Honors Fellowship,University Honors Program, University of Toledo
Awards	2014	Summa Cum Laude,Carleton College
Awards	2014	Summa Cum Laude,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards	2012	Summer Intern Scholarship in Cardiothoracic Surgery,American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Awards	2013	Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF),Mayo Clinic
Awards	2012	Sun Award Scholarship,Arizona State University
Awards	2012	Synthes® Educational Grant,Synthes®
Awards	2012	T32AI007529-11 ,NIAID, NIH
Awards	2011	Take Five Scholar,University of Rochester
Awards	2011	Tau Beta Pi,University of Rochester
Awards	2012	Technical Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA),National Institutes of Health
Awards	2011	The Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Scholarship,The Academy of Medicine Education Foundation
Awards	2011	The Academy of Medicine Education Foundation Scholarship,The Academy of Medicine Education Foundation
Awards	2011	The Endocrine Society Summer Research Fellowship,The Endocrine Society
Awards	2010	The Washington DC Dermatological Society Grant,The Washington DC Dermatological Society
Awards	2011	Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Thesis Writing,Harvard College
Awards	2010	Top chemistry student (University of Washington),American Institute of Chemists Foundation
Awards	2010	Travel Award,First International Symposium on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Awards	2012	Travel Award,National Medical Association
Awards	2009	Travel Grant Award to ENDO 08,Endocrinology Society
Awards	2010	Trewartha Undergraduate Senior Honors Thesis Award,UW-Madison
Awards	2010	Trustee Scholar,Drury University
Awards	2010	Trustee Scholar,Ohio Wesleyan University
Awards	2013	Trustee Scholarship,University of Pennsylvania
Awards	2011	Tylenol Scholarship,Tylenol
Awards	2012	Undergraduate of the Year,Advanced Platform Technology Center, Cleveland VA Medical Center
Awards	2013	Undergraduate Research Grant,Northwestern University
Awards	2013	Undergraduate Research Grant,Northwestern University
Awards	2009	University Honors,University of Michigan
Awards	2009	University Honors,University of Michigan
Awards	2009	University Honors,University of MIchigan
Awards	2012	University of Rochester Student Employee of the Year,University of Rochester
Awards	2010	UW-Madison Music Clinic Scholarship,UW-Madison
Awards	2012	Walle J.H. Nauta Award for Outstanding Research,Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Awards	2013	Walter John Ryan Memorial Scholarship,Premed Comittee of the University of Toledo
Awards	2011	Warren Smith Memorial Sportsmanship Award,Harvard University Women's Golf Team
Awards	2012	Western Undergraduate Exchange Scholarship,University of Hawaii-Manoa
Awards	2013	Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities,
Awards	2014	William Carleton Scholar,Carleton College
Awards	2011	Women's Course Record: 69 (-4),Pinebrook Golf and Country Club
Awards	2011	Xerox Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Recipient,University of Rochester
Awards	2011	Young Investigator Award - Epidemiology,Congress of the European Society of Cardiology
Awards	2010	Young Investigator Student Fellowship Award for Female Scholars in Vision Research,Prevent Blindness Ohio
Awards	2009	Youth Cancer Survivor Award,American Cancer Society
Awards	2009	Youth Cancer Survivor Award,American Cancer Society
Awards	2009	Youth Cancer Survivor Award,American Cancer Society
Awards	2009	Youth Cancer Survivor Award,Ohio Scientific Education & Research Association
Awards	2010	Zeigler Pre-Medical Award,Bucknell University
Grant	2012	The Role of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Copper Homeostasis
Grant	2009	Analysis of Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia using High Resolution SNP Microarray
Grant	2013	Analysis of the products of the activation reaction of lipoxygenase-3 with its peroxide products
Grant	2011	Atrial fibrillation prophylaxis during thoracic aortic aneurysm repair
Grant	2010	Betaherpesviruses in Children who are Critically Ill
Grant	2010	Betaherpesviruses in Children who are Immune Suppressed
Grant	2011	Biochemical and Functional Analysis of Bacillus anthracis protein, InhA1.
Grant	2009	BLAST "Bustin' Loose About Sharing our Thoughts"
Grant	2012	Characrerisation of origins and clonality of the hematopoietic stem cell niche following radiation-induced injury.
Grant	2012	Cytokine induction by Chlamydia trachomatis infected cells
Grant	2012	Cytokine Induction of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO)
Grant	2011	Design Considerations for an Implantable, Muscle-powered Piezoelectric System for Generating Electrical Power
Grant	2010	Development of a New Shoulder Outcome Instrument
Grant	2010	Diagnosing Disorders of Mitochondrial Energy Production in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Grant	2013	Diagnostic Value of “Dysfunctional HDL” in Assessing Risk for Cardiac Events
Grant	2012	Educating Physicians on the Principles of Neurostimulation
Grant	2010	Effect of Over-expression of Homing Molecules at a Fracture Site on the Recruitment of Circulation-derived Osteoprogenitors in Parabiotic Mice
Grant	2012	Effects of Exogenous Supplementation and In-Vivo Blockade of BDNF in the Recovery of Pudendal Nerve Injury In a Rat Model of Simulated Childbirth Injury
Grant	2011	Endovascular therapy versus open surgery for treatment of chronic distal aortic dissection
Grant	2012	Feasibility of Fluid Volume Conductance to Assess Bladder Volume
Grant	2011	Hemodynamic Changes in Patients with Sepsis
Grant	2012	Identification of the susceptibility genes within chromosomal region
Grant	2010	Identification of Values Used by a Multidisciplinary Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Committee and its Members in the Decision Making Process
Grant	2011	Interventions for Ischemic Cardiomyopathy with Concomitant Functional Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Grant	2012	Laser Induced Auto-Fluorescence as a Method for Assessing Plantar Epidermal Intermolecular Cross-Linking and Skin Stiffness.
Grant	2012	Lipoprotein (a) and Cardiovascular Risk: A Prospective Cohort
Grant	2010	Long Duration Measurement of In-Shoe Plantar Pressures
Grant	2010	Mechanisms by which genetic variation in the connexin-40 gene GJA5 cause gap junction dysfunction
Grant	2013	Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship
Grant	2011	Microvascular Hemofiltration: Precursor to a MEMS-based renal replacement system
Grant	2010	NIH Training Grant T32 AR 050959-01
Grant	2012	Patient-Perceived Efficacy of the AdVance Sling in Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence
Grant	2010	PEMF as a Treatment for Fracture and Bone Loss in the Setting of Osteoporosis
Grant	2011	Plasma Free Fatty Acids in Risk Assessment of Sepsis in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Pilot Study
Grant	2011	Plasma Free Fatty Acids in Risk Assessment of Sepsis in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Pilot Study
Grant	2013	Predisposing Factors for Non-diagnostic Needle Core Biopsy Results in Patients with Large, Unresectable Renal Masses
Grant	2010	Progression to bacteremia in critical care patients admitted with nasal colonization of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Grant	2013	Ribosomal Mutations Affecting Antibiotic Resistance and Translation
Grant	2010	Targeted Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells: A Chemical Biology Approach
Grant	2012	Targeted Molecular Assessment of Neuroregenerative Response in the Pudendal Nerve
Grant	2010	The Risks and Benefits of Performance Enhancing Substances: Perceptions of Physicians and Competitors
Grant	2011	The Safety and Efficacy of High-Dose Deoxycorticosterone Given Prophylactically or Therapeutically in a Canine Model of Septic Shock
Grant	2012	Three-dimensional measurement of internal disc displacements.
Grant	2012	Translating Initial Success with Group Shared Appointments to Improve Patient-Perceived Outcomes after Neuromodulation
Grant	2012	Validation of musculoskeletal quality of life (msQOL) measurement tool and preliminary validation of joint-specific OrthoMiDaS questionnaires
Grant	2013	Wnt Signal Transduction in Craniofacial Dermal Development
Patents	2012	Patents and IDFs-Methods and apparatus for operating transceiver systems of a wireless platform
Patents	2012	Patents and IDFs-METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING IMPLANTS WITH SELECTIVELY EXPOSED MESH FOR FIXATION AND RELATED IMPLANTS

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