2025 Annual Research Day Awards
What fantastic posters and oral talks that highlighted the talents and successes of our trainees! There were 182 presentations by trainees, postdocs, and residents across all of Downstate.
Thank you very much to all those involved with presenting, discussing, and judging the presentations. The experience is invaluable for the presenters, as it not only provides an opportunity to hone their presentation skills, but also an opportunity to receive constructive feedback for their projects' next steps. Hopefully, some presenters even made a connection or two that could lead to new collaborations.
As you know, SGS student presenters were eligible for prizes. Faculty were praising both the high quality of the oral and poster presentations. Well done, students! The scores were close, which made it clear that the judges had a tough job. Nevertheless, the scoring resulted in the following awards, which come with the listed monetary prizes. Also, as noted, some of the awards include funding that can be used for travel to an SGS-approved conference. Congratulations to the winners!
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Annual Research Day 2025 Results |
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Name |
Title |
Program |
Advisor |
Advisor's Department |
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Dr. Joe Maa and Dr. Sophie Su First Prize in the Platform Session - $2,000 plus $1,000 GS Travel Award |
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Shreya Desikan Shai |
The Potential Role of Insufficient X Chromosome Inactivation in Impairing SMS2-Regulated Germinal Center B Cell Tolerance in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Chongmin Huan |
Department of Cell Biology |
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Dr. Joe Maa and Dr. Sophie Su Second Prize in the Platform Session - $1,500 plus $750 GS Travel Award |
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Ana Mejia-Bautista |
Effect of brivaracetam on changes in synaptic transmission after TBI |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Douglas Ling |
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Dr. Joe Maa and Dr. Sophie Su Third Prize in the Platform Session - $1,000 plus $500 GS Travel Award |
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Fathema Uddin |
DNA Damage Repair Pathways Enable a Drug-Tolerant Persister State in RET-Fusion NSCLC and Precedes TKI Resistance |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Charles Rudin |
Thoracic Oncology (MSKCC) |
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Honorable Mention May Kin Ho and Michael Dean Awards in the Platform Session - $500 to each awardee |
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Andrew Wang |
Protein Micelles for Enhanced Drug Delivery to Glioblastoma |
Biomedical Engineering |
Jin Montclare |
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (NYU) |
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João Moreira |
Deciphering Thalamocortical Circuitry through a Computational Model of Sensory Processing and Sleep |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Salvador Dura-Bernal |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Dr. Joe Maa and Dr. Sophie Su First Prize in the Poster Session - $1,000 plus $1,000 GS Travel Award |
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Xiang Li |
Sphingomyelin Synthase Related Protein (SMSr) is a Regulator of Serine Palmitoyltransferase (SPT) |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Xian-Cheng Jiang |
Cell Biology |
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Dr. Joe Maa and Dr. Sophie Su Second Prize in the Poster Session - $750 plus $750 GS Travel Award |
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Joseph Fajobi |
Boldine improves behavioral and histological outcomes following traumatic brain injury in mice |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Peter Bergold |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Dr. Joe Maa and Dr. Sophie Su Third Prize in the Poster Session - $500 plus $500 GS Travel Award |
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Scott McElroy |
Identifying cell-type-specific alterations underlying schizophrenia-related deficits in auditory steady-state response and aperiodic spectral activity: insights from a multiscale model of audit |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Salvador Dura-Bernal |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Honorable Mention Mildred Schucker Award in the Poster Session - $500 to each awardee |
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Anika Sanjana |
Pre-injury intervention with SV2A-ligand antiseizure drug prevents injury-induced changes in memory performance after traumatic brain injury in rats |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Douglas Ling |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Teddy Wroblewski |
Allostatic load and neuropsychiatric outcomes following TBI in the AoU Database |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Ernest Barthélemy |
Surgery |
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Riley Morrone |
Human 3R and 4R tau expression improves function and decreases axonal injury following traumatic brain injury in mice |
Neural & Behavioral Science |
Peter Bergold |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Benjamin Tessler |
Temporal Interference Stimulation for Precise Non-Invasive Motor Mapping: Simulation and In Vivo Validation |
Biomedical Engineering |
Steven Fox |
Physiology and Pharmacology |
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Michelle H Lam |
Investigating Mucosal Immunity with Dual-Immunogen VSV-based Vaccines |
Molecular & Cellular Biology |
Thomas Postler |
Cell Biology |