Chancellor's Award Winners

In recognition of a graduating student who embodies the ideals of the biomedical research scientist through outstanding doctoral research, leadership and service to the UMass Chan Community.

2024

Eric Romo
The Influence of Spatial Proximity to Syringe Services Programs and Secondary Syringe Exchange on HCV Risk among Rural People Who Inject Drugs
Mentor: Peter Friedman, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FACP

2023

Christine Carbone
Time-resolved and Ensemble cryo-EM studies of translation elongation and ribosome rescue
Mentor:  Andrei Korostelev, PhD

2022

Daniel Hidalgo
Novel Functions of the Erythropoietin Receptor
Mentor: Merav Socolovsky, MD, PhD

2021

Heather Loring
Insights into the Role of SARM1 in Pathological Neuron Death
Mentor: Paul Thompson, PhD

2020

Ashley Matthew
Targeting Drug Resistance in HCV NS3/4A Protease:  Mechanisms and Inhibitor Design Strategies
Mentor: Celia Schiffer, PhD

2019

Julia Alterman
A CNS-Active siRNA Chemical Scaffold for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mentor:  Anastasia Khvorova, PhD

2018

Nomeda Girnius
The cJUN NH2-terminal Kinase Pathway in Mammary Gland Biology and Carcinogenesis
Mentor: Roger Davis, PhD

2017

Kasmir Ramo
Jun Kinases in Hematopoiesis, and Vascular Development and Function
Mentor: Roger Davis, PhD 

2016

Emma Watson
Diet-Responsive Gene Networks Rewire Metabolism in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to Provide Robustness Against Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Mentor: Marian Walhout, PhD

2015                                                                                                   

Bo Han
Using Experimental and Computational Strategies to Understand the Biogenesis of microRNAs and piRNAs
Mentor: Phillip Zamore, PhD