{"id":198,"date":"2019-10-07T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2019-10-07T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T15:47:43","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/about-old\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/mdphd\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_0010-636x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"210\" class=\"wp-image-201 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_0010-636x426.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_0010-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_0010-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Students enjoyed attending the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/mdphd\/current-students\/student-life-and-directory\/2019-retreat\/\">The 2019 Program Retreat<\/a>, particularly they keynote address from alumnus Dr. Hao Ngyuen, MD PhD<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Aditya Mithal (G3)<\/strong> was awarded a travel award and abstract trainee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isscr.org\/meetings-events\/annual-meetings\/merit-awards\">merit award<\/a> for his poster at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Omar Mohtar&#8217;s (M3)<\/strong> recent JCB publication has been highlighted as an editor&#8217;s choice in\u00a0<em>Science Signalin<\/em><em>g<\/em>. Check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/stke.sciencemag.org\/content\/12\/578\/eaax7601?utm_campaign=toc_signaling_2019-04-23&amp;et_rid=33793786&amp;et_cid=2782224\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Shen Ning (G3)<\/strong> has been featured in a Journal of NeuroPhysiology Podcast discussing her work investigating how sleep-wake cycles affect tau accumulation. This podcast can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/jneurophysiol.podbean.com\/e\/beyond-the-sleep-amyloid-interactions-in-alzheimers-disease-pathogenesis\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Congratulations to our six graduates in the Class of 2019!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Nisma Mujahid (Class of 2019)<\/strong> was featured in a PBS Nova Article discussing sun protection, something that she investigated in her graduate studies. This article can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/article\/people-terrible-applying-sunscreen\/?fbclid=IwAR1_m3fyFJHWGd7j0EOiSlU5Vz9TnOUkiofN-2jFAIRTuw3CB9GDXrU9kxw\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Marc Vittoria, G4,<\/strong> NIH F30<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Nisma Mujahid, &#8217;19,<\/strong>\u00a0<i>Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Foreign Study Award, Gold Humanism Honor Society<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jacob Kantrowitz, &#8217;19,\u00a0<\/strong>Gold Humanism Honor Society<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Leon Sun,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>G4,\u00a0<\/strong>NIH F30<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Alissa Frame, M3<\/b>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><i>NIH F31, Best Poster Award at American Heart Meeting on Hypertension<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Terry Hsieh, &#8217;18<\/b>,<span>\u00a0Alpha Omega Alpha,\u00a0<\/span><i>Travel Award from the Shock Society,Gold Humanism Honor Society<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Anjali Jacob, &#8217;19<\/b>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><i>NIH F31, Jo Rae Wright Young Investigator of the Year, FASEB meeting \u2013 best trainee oral presentation, First Author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-stem-cell\/fulltext\/S1934-5909(17)30332-6\">Paper<\/a> in Cell Stem Cell, Alpha Omega Alpha<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>YoonJoo Lee, G4<\/b>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><i>NIH F30, Travel Award from American Society for Cell Biology<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Will Li, G4<\/b>,\u00a0<i>Autism Science Foundation \u2013 Predoctoral Fellowship<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Sanghee Lim, M3<\/b>,\u00a0<i>Medical Student Grants Targeting Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research,Melanoma Research Foundation Medical Student Research Grant<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Melody Lun, &#8217;18<\/b>,\u00a0\u00a0<i>Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Ryan Quinton, G4<\/b>,\u00a0<i>Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Foreign Study Award, Jean McPhail Award<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<strong>Stephanie Pavlovich&#8217;s M4<\/strong>\u00a0new <em>Cell<\/em> Paper can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell\/fulltext\/S0092-8674(18)30402-1\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students enjoyed attending the The 2019 Program Retreat, particularly they keynote address from alumnus Dr. Hao Ngyuen, MD PhD Aditya Mithal (G3) was awarded a travel award and abstract trainee merit award for his poster at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. 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