UR Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) 2021 Mentoring-Up Resolution Challenge CONTEST RESULTS

Contest Details:

Full-time UR grad students (gender-inclusive) in biomedical, biological, or chemical sciences took charge of their futures by setting and, through mentoring-up, achieving professional and personal goals for Spring 2021. Participants submitted their goals in a January write-up and progress reports on their professional goals in May. The anonymous faculty evaluation committee selected finalists to present on May 20^th. All four presenters were selected to win $1500 ea. in technology-related (hardware, software and/or peripherals) prizes. Of note, submissions for this contest were received from graduate students of 12 different programs!

Congratulations, Mentoring-Up Resolution Challenge Winners:

Taylor Uccello
Immunology, Microbiology & Virology Grad Student

4^th year | Gerber Lab

Ashlin Poruthoor
Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Grad Student

3^rd year | Grossfield Lab

Lily Cisco
Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology Grad Student

3^rd year | Lueck Lab

Shraddha Shah
Neuroscience Grad Student

5^th year | Briggs Lab

Honorable Mentions:

Medina Afandiyeva, Chemistry Grad Student, 1^st year, Kennedy Lab

Sara Ali, BSCB Grad Student, 2^nd year, Mathews Lab

Debamitra Chakraborty, Materials Science Grad Student, 3^rd year, Sobolewski Lab

Brandon Davis, BMB Grad Student, 4^th year, O'Connell Lab

Lananh Ho, Biomedical Engineering Grad Student, 1^st year, rotating

Mary Moran, IMV Grad Student, 4^th year MBI/1^st year MPH, Beck & Gill Labs

Kuan-Lin (Zona) Yeh, Nursing Grad Student, 3^rd year, Groth Lab

Frances Tolibzoda Zakusilo, Neuroscience Grad Student, 3^rd year, Gorbunova & O'Banion Labs

Sponsored by GWIS, an initiative of the NIH T32 Predoctoral Training Grant in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular Sciences.