COSTAR Trainee Accomplishments
Sarah Gaiser
- Second place in a competitive oral presentation contest at the Vaccine Development Center of San Antonio Conference.
- NIH R13 travel award to attend and give an oral presentation at the 21st Annual South Central Medical Mycology Meeting.
Jaclyn Merlo
- Oral Presentation Award at 2025 the 2025 Dental Science Symposium
- Oral presentation at the 13th Annual Gulf Coast Consortium Translational Pain Research Conference
- Received two travel awards in 2024 and secured funding for her stipend through the NIH NIDCR Diversity Supplement and the Craniofacial Oral-biology Student Training in Academic Research (COSTAR)
- Published two first-author papers this academic year, bringing her total to nine publications as a third-year PhD student
- Submitted F31 and F30 April 2024
Josue Murillo
- 2025 Maria Yeung Award
Steven Hernandez
- Selected for the Oral Presentation Talk at the 2025 Dental Science Symposium
- Submitted F31 and F30 April 2024
Jessie Alfaro
- Selected for the Oral Presentation Talk at 2025 GCC/TPRC symposium
- Submitted her F30 December 2024