2014 BUSM Student Award Recipients Announced
The 2014 BU School of Medicine Student Awards were presented on Friday, March 21 by leaders and faculty who have been instrumental in students’ successful experiences at BUSM. “Please join me in congratulating these deserving students for their hard work and accomplishments,” said BUSM Associate Dean, Student Affairs Angela Jackson.
| Alumni Association Award | Alan Hoang Neil Datta |
| American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Award | Fay Gao |
| Henry J. Bakst Award in Community Medicine | Katrina Weed |
| Boston Medical Center Student Prize | Lindsey Storer |
| Geoffrey Boughton Award | Chad Farris |
| Joseph Cochin Award in Pharmacology and Medical Ethics | Rebecca Burke |
| Contribution to BUSM Community Award | Kristin Schwarz |
| Sidney Cooperband Award | Amelia Baker |
| Dr. John Dittmer and Dr. Linda Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching | Anthony Esposito |
| Kenneth C. Edelin Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology | Samantha Fernandes |
| Richard J. Elkort Memorial Award | Vincent Storie |
| Excellence in Pediatrics Award | Gayatri Boddupalli |
| Family Medicine Leadership Award | Jonathan Lichkus |
| Family Medicine Research Award | Kirsten Lyman |
| Excellence in Public Health Award* | Sandra Valenciano |
| Robert G. Feldman, MD Prize in Neurology | Kaylyn Duerfeldt |
| Christopher G. Gaposchkin Prize Fund | Rima Rindler |
| Thomas T. Gilbert, MD Award for Excellence in Family Medicine | Amelia Baker |
| Anthony L.F. Gorman Prize in Physiology | Pat Whitworth |
| Leonard and Julius Gottlieb Prize in Pathology Education | Edelva Williams |
| Internal Medicine Award | Evan Shalen Lauren Collins Lindsey Warner |
| The Masakichi and Mitsuko Itabashi Award (Oncology) | Amelia Baker |
| Dr. David R. Iverson Student Award | Katrina Weed |
| Ruth Hunter Johnson Prize | Kristen Guilford |
| Julie Prize Fund in Nutrition | Sandra Valenciano |
| William Kahn and Albert Kahn Award | David Robinson |
| Malamud Prize | Emily Holick |
| Massachusetts Medical Society Scholarship | Jamie Sparling Alec Peniche Kaylyn Duerfeldt Lauren Collins |
| William F. McNary, Jr. Award from the Class of 1991 | Jennifer Newcomb |
| Medical School Student Prize | Stephanie Feldman |
| Pauline Millstein Family Fund Award | Joshua August |
| Anne and David Mishel Cancer Research Award | Jacob Shin |
| Peter J. Mozden, MD Cancer Award | Danielle Salazar |
| John M. Murray Prize | Layna Glenn |
| New England Pediatric Society Award | Jonathan Gall |
| John F. O’Connor, M.D. Radiology Award | Lindsey Storer |
| Peter E. Pochi, MD Award for Excellence in Dermatology | Joyce Wang |
| Timothy Pollard Humanism Award in Family Medicine | Anna Jack Caroline Mullin |
| Dr. Samuel and Helen Poplack Student Award | Adil Yunis |
| Stephen R. Preblud, MD Memorial Award for Pediatrics | Kristina Brumme Melanie Gelfand Kristin Schwarz |
| Diana Radkowski Award | Marissa Schwartz |
| David Rothbaum, MD Award in Obstetrics and Gynecology | Esther Han |
| Dora Savenor Memorial Prize for Excellence in Surgery | Nicole Croteau |
| Eli Shapiro Award (Established by the Dept. of Medicine) | Jared Walsh |
| Robert Slater, MD Prize in Anesthesiology | Claudia Sotillo |
| Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award | Michael Hwang |
| Edward L. Spatz, MD Award for Excellence in Neurosurgery | Rima Rindler Raed Moustafa Brian Curry |
| Benjamin Tenney Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology | Erin Krizman Sarah Lambeth |
| The Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Student Award | Raagini Jawa |
| Dean Eleanor Tyler Memorial Award | Tejaswi Kompala Joyce Wang |
| The Wein Student Research Award | Praveen Sridhar |