Highlights

Spotlight on Student Research

This section features current and former graduate students.

Awards and Honors

	Travel Award 2013 American Society of Virology 32nd Annual Meeting Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA July 20-24, 2013
Margaret Barlow	2012 Graduate Alumni Fellowship Award	Bio
Benjamin Cross	2012 Melville A. Hare Award for Excellence in Teaching	Bio
Steven Baker	Travel Award 2013 American Society of Virology 32nd Annual Meeting Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA July 20-24, 2013 Travel Award 6th Orthomyxovirus Research Conference Presentation Title: "Protection against lethal influenza challenge with a viral mimic" September 19-22, 2012 Travel Grant Award NIAIS - Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research & Surveillance Inter-collaborative Training January 1, 2012 First Place - Graduate Student Society Merit Award 2012 "This award is presented to a School of Medicine & Dentistry graduate student in recognition of an outstanding presentation of thesis work." April 20, 2012	Bio Research Published Articles
Emilio Ortiz Riano	Travel Award 2013 American Society of Virology 32nd Annual Meeting Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA July 20-24, 2013 Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship for Diversity & Academic Excellence from the Office for Faculty Development & Diversity at the University of Rochester October 1, 2012 - September 30, 2014 Travel Grant Award 10th American Society of Microbiology Biodefense & Emerging Disease Research Meeting, Washington DC February 26-29, 2012	Bio Research Published Articles
John Muchiri	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award Developmental Center for AIDS Research World AIDS Day Symposium 2011	Bio Research Published Articles
Yu-Hui Huang	Keystone Symposia Scholarship - Travel Award Immunoregulatory Networks Conference in Colorado April 1 - 6, 2011	Bio Research Published Articles
Jharon Silva	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award Developmental Center for AIDS Research World AIDS Day Symposium 2011	Bio Research Published Articles
Denise Skrombolas	Boris Albini Student Award for Research Excellence 2011	Bio Research Published Articles
Kendra Bussey	Melville A. Hare Award for Distinction in Research 2011	Bio Research Published Articles
John Puskas	Melville A. Hare Award for Distinction in Research 2011	Bio Research Published Articles
Anthony Gaca	Mellville A. Hare Award for Excellence in Teaching 2010	Bio Research Published Articles
Ana Goyos	Melville A. Hare Award for Distinction in Research 2010	Bio Research Published Articles
Vincent Isabella	Melville A. Hare Award for Distinction in Research 2010	Bio Research Published Articles
Donna Davidson	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award Developmental Center for AIDS Research - World AIDS Day Symposium 2010	Bio Research Published Articles
Edward M. Kennedy	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award Developmental Center for AIDS Research World AIDS Day Symposium 2010	Bio Research Published Articles
Nelissa Perez-Nazario	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award Developmental Center for AIDS Research World AIDS Day Symposium 2010	Bio Research Published Articles
Sheila Bello-Irizarry	Invited Alumni Speaker Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities (INRO) 2012 Program at NIH/ NIAID February 6–9, 2012 Erwin Neter Poster Award 2011 23rd Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis April 29, 2011 Travel Award 17th Annual Compact for Faculty Diversity’s Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Atlanta GA October 20-23, 2011 Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award 1st University of Rochester Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) World AIDS Day Symposium 2009	Bio Research Published Articles
Joanna Touger Olsen	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award 1st University of Rochester Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) World AIDS Day Symposium 2009
Sarah Van Cor-Hosmer	Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award 1st University of Rochester Developmental Center for AIDS Research (D-CFAR) World AIDS Day Symposium 2009	Bio Research Published Articles
Kofi Mensah	Co-winner of the Melville A. Hare Research Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in Microbiology and Immunology 2009	Bio Research Published Articles
Dorothy Sojka	Co-winner of the Melville A. Hare Research Award for the best Ph.D. thesis in Microbiology and Immunology 2009	Bio Research Published Articles