Baylor College of Medicine Awards
Entering students
Baylor College of Medicine Presidential Scholars
Stacy Johnson, Eric Hyun
BRASS Scholars
Lynnette Burks, Stacy Johnson, Eric Hyun, Chris Bland
DeBakey Scholars (established 2002)
Leah Elizondo, Alan Guerrero
Academic Awards
MSTP Program Award for Outstanding Performance in Medical School Basic Sciences (2002 and 2003)
Eric Hyun
Claude W. Smith Awards for Cell and Molecular Biology
Joel Otero, Chris Lopez, Ph.D., Juan Crespo-Barreto, Fernando Camargo, Ph.D.
John Trenton Award for Academic Excellence
Lynnette Burks, Joel Otero, Juan Crespo-Barreto
Outstanding Students
Outstanding BCM Graduate Student- Deborah K Martin Award
Yarimar Carrasquillo, Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
Alejandro Contreras, Ph.D. (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Outstanding BCM Graduate Student and/or
Deborah K Martin Award Nominee for Department
Ronald Rodriguez (Cell Biology)
Susan Magdaleno, Ph.D. (Cell Biology)
Cynthia DeLeon Galvan, Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
Kelvin Moses, Ph.D. (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Wanda Vila-Carriles, Ph.D. (Molecular Physiology & Biophysics)
Donald Glass, Ph.D. (Molecular and Human Genetics)
Outstanding Urology Student
Wilmer Roberts, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard Dickason Award for Outstanding M.D./Ph.D. Student
Richard King, M.D., Ph.D. (1st awardee)
Research Awards
BCM Graduate Student Symposium
Outstanding Platform Presentation
Cynthia DeLeon Galvan, Ph.D.
Fernando Camargo, Ph.D.*
Commendation for Platform Presentation
Yarimar Carrasquillo, Ph.D.
1st Place Poster
Susan Magdaleno, Ph.D., Cristina Materon, Ph.D.
2nd Place Poster
Wanda Vila-Carriles, Ph.D., Alejandro Contreras, Ph.D., Ryan Udan, William Buitrago
3rd Place Poster
Chris Lopez, Lynnette Burks, Pascal Lafontant, Ph.D., Yarimar Carrasquillo, Ph.D.
Anjelica Gonzalez, Ph.D., Oyinkan Sofola*
Biochemistry Retreat
Victor Venegas(Runner-up Poster Award)
Maria Rodriguez (3rd Place)
Cell and Molecular Biology Retreat Awards
Fernando Camargo, Ph.D.* (Best Oral Presentation; Best Poster)
Joel Otero (Best Poster); Leah Elizondo(Best Talk)
Immunology Retreat
Hector Sandoval (1st pl)
Aaron Orozco (3rd pl)
MD/Ph.D Program Retreat
William Buitrago(Best Talk; Best Poster)
Molecular Virology and Microbiology Retreat Awards
Chris Lopez (1st Place Poster; 2nd Place Oral Presentation)
Structural Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics Retreat Awards
Anjelica Gonzalez, Ph.D. (Best Presentation)
*International Student