Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Symposium

The Graduate School hosted the Second Annual Graduate + Postdoctoral Research Symposium on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the Shalala Student Center on the Coral Gables Campus. 

Congratulations to all the winners: 

1. Oral Presentations
   • Winner: Cho Hee Schrader, Ph.D. student in Prevention Science and Community Health
   • Runner-up: Hilary Yip, Ph.D. student in Music Education
   • Runner-up: Mengxi Shen, Postdoctoral Associate in Retina Imaging
   • Runner-up: Stanislav Lazupolo, Postdoctoral Associate in Physics
2. Poster Presentations- Health & Life Sciences
   • Winner: Oded Oron, Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience
   • Winner: Juliano Tiburcio de Freitas, Postdoctoral Associate in Dermatology
   • Winner: Brianna Almeida, Ph.D. student in Biology
   • Runner-up: Sze Kiat Tan, Ph.D. student in Cancer Biology
3. Poster Presentations- Engineering & Physical Sciences
   • Winner: Nima Hosseinzadeh Nanehkaran, Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering
   • Runner-up: Kennan Mintz, Ph.D. student in Chemistry
4. Poster Presentations- Behavioral & Social Sciences
   • Winner: Ceewin Louder, Ph.D. student in Counseling Psychology
   • Runner-up: Lauren Kupis, Ph.D. student in Psychology

The symposium included poster and oral presentations, TED-like talks, and a keynote address by Dr. Hansel Tookes from the IDEA Exchange. Dr. Hansel Tookes, MD, MPH, is the Founder and Medical Director of the IDEA Exchange. As Medical Director, Dr. Tookes works to empower, educate, and serve the communities of South Florida, especially, Miami-Dade County, through harm reduction. With a passion for behavioral interventions and innovative approaches to HIV prevention, his goal is to continue to conduct translational research that will effect changes in health policy to improve the health of the community. He has extensive experience in working with low socioeconomic status patients and drug users. He has extensive training on inpatient HIV care and in outpatient continuity HIV care. His experience with his patients has enabled him to be an effective advocate in the State of Florida. (Sourced from ideaexchangeflorida.org/about.)

For the full symposium schedule and access to all presenters abstracts, visit the Research Symposium's digital agenda via Sched: graduateandpostdoctoralrese2020.sched.com

• 2019 Recap

  Poster Presentation Winners

  • Health & Life Sciences
    • Winner: Hallie Quiroz, Postdoctoral Fellow in Vascular Research
    • Winner: Morgan Gianola, Ph.D. Student in Psychology
    • Runner-up: Natalia de la Oliva Muñoz, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience 
  • Engineering & Physical Sciences
    • Winner: Nima Hosseinzadeh Nanehkaran, Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering 
    • Runner-up: Yusuf Secerdin, Ph.D. Student in Industrial Engineering
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
    • Winner: Vanesa Mora Ringle, Ph.D. Student in Psychology
    • Runner-up: Estefany Saez Flores, Ph.D. Student in Psychology
  • Arts & Humanities
    • Winner: Victor Rubio, Master's Student in Music Education
    • Runner-up: Lorena Knezevic, Master's Student in Architecture
  • People’s Choice: Babak Vafaei, Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering

  Oral Presentation Winners

  • Risk & Resilience Session: Judith Lobo, Ph.D. Student in Psychology 
  • Ecosystem Science Session: Maria Cartolano, Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Biology and Ecology 
  • Advancing Biomedical Research Session: Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir, Ph.D. Student in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology 

  TED-like Talks Winner

  • Alvaro Ruiz Emparanza, Ph.D. Student in Civil Engineering

  For event pictures, click here.

  For a full list of presenters and abstracts, click here.

  For the full video of the keynote address and Ted-like Talk Presentations, click here