Atlanta
Chapter
- Northside Hospital Award
- Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research Interest: how prenatal environmental and psychosocial exposures affect child health outcomes through genomic mechanisms.
- Doyle/Easterly Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research Interest: the total synthesis of natural products and the design of novel, non-addictive compounds to advance drug development for neuropathic pain.
- Roche Award
- Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research Interests: bacterial virulence processes
- Glenn Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Cancer Biology
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research Interest: novel T and B cell cooperation in cancer immunotherapy.
- McGowan Award
- Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: the impact of environmental and psychosocial exposures on neuropsychiatric outcomes.
- David, Helen and Marian Woodward Award
- Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: using mouse models to understand mitochondrial metabolism and cell death in cardiac disease.
- Herz Global Impact Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Immunology
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: tuberculosis pathogenesis and vaccine development.
- Klamon Impact Award
- Ph.D. Student, Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: novel antiretroviral compounds with the potential for treating HIV-1 infection.
- Herz Global Impact Award
- Ph.D. Student, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: to understand the antigenic evolution of influenza A virus in the context of pre-existing immunity.
- Petter Award
- Ph.D. Student, Cancer Biology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: how metabolic reprogramming confers chemo-immunotherapy resistance in lung cancer.
- Donnell Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: using spinal cord organoid models of ALS to study motor neuron degeneration.
- ARCS Atlanta Century Award
- Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: detecting biological metabolites that promote disease progression.
- Klamon/ARCS Award
- Ph.D. Student, Environmental Health Sciences
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research Interest: understanding the impact of water quality on health among children in low-resource settings.
- Gillin/Liss Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Epidemiology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: social determinants and racial disparities in sleep and subsequent health outcomes where sleep is implicated.
- Leslie Petter ARCS Light Award
- Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: tpolicy, substance use, and reproductive and perinatal health.
- Herz Global Impact Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Biology
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: to understand the processes that drive coral reef decline and recovery.
- Northside Hospital Award
- Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: leveraging and applying microfluidic techniques to develop low-cost diagnostic devices.
- David, Helen and Marian Woodward Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: planetary science, specifically the geology of Mars.
- Burke Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: how epigenetics shapes disease.
- Lim Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: the geologic history of the planet Mars, specifically how spectroscopy, field analogue studies, and in situ Martian data can be coupled to reconstruct ancient environments.
- Boice/Reid Award
- Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: The mechanics of the heart, specifically, simulating computationally the mechanical changes in the heart of patients with heart failure to help predict early stages of heart failure.
- Roche Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: developing drug delivery systems designed to better target tumors across different cancer types.
- Herz Global Impact Award
- Ph.D. Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: the neural mechanisms of impaired sensory processing in a human-relevant mouse model of autism spectrum disorder.
- HA (Gus) Peed Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Quantitative Biosciences
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: how anatomical structure and precisely-timed dynamics are interrelated in networks of biological neurons.
- Wahlen Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering, Robotics
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: applies deep learning to automate the quality control and measurement processes for staging liver fibrosis with magnetic resonance elastography.
- Mary Jo Peed/Joslin Award
- Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: multi-scale modeling of complex chemical systems to study reactions at solid/liquid interfaces.
- ARCS Atlanta Century Award
- Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: electrolysis for both oxygen generation for astronauts and hydrogen production on Earth.
- Chambers/Jones Award
- Ph.D. Student, Quantitative Biosciences in Biological Sciences
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: comparative biomechanics, specifically mammalian climbing mechanics, with an emphasis on conservation applications.
- Swensson/ARCS Atlanta Century Award
- Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering in Mechanical Engineering
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: developing innovative nano-scale technologies to enhance the manufacturing and monitoring of cell-based therapeutics.
- Dodson Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Robotics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: developing intelligent robots that can assist the elderly and disabled in home environments.
- Genuine Parts Award
- Applied Physics Major
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: enhancing efficiency through his interests in math and energy.
- Georgia-Pacific Award
- Biology Major
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: healthcare, medicine and studying the human body
- Graves Award
- Computer Science Major
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: computer coding, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
- Glenn Leadership Award
- Biology Major
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: to explore the relationship between behavior and the use of pharmaceuticals to understand the complexities of addiction.
- Hardin/Bankoff Award
- Applied Physics Major and Computer Engineering
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: robotics, STEM education, and applied physics
- Frazier/Whiting Award
- Mathematics/Physics Major
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: technology and aviation
- Davis Award
- Biology Major
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: regenerative engineering, 3-D printing, and prosthesis
- Taylor Award
- Chemistry Major
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interests: advancing cancer research through a multidisciplinary approach using next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics.
- Arrendale/Skinner Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: to understand key pathways by which parasitic plants drive diversity and how this may be translated to optimize crop production and conserve grassland ecosystems.
- ARCS Atlanta Century Award
- Ph.D. Student, Ecology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: using a combination of large-scale field experiments at research forests along with mathematical modeling to better understand tree species distribution shifts under ongoing climate change.
- David, Helen and Marian Woodward Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Neuroscience
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: regeneration, stem cell function, and neuropeptide signaling.
- Leake/Parsons/ARCS Atlanta Century Award
- Ph.D. Student, Genetics
- Second Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: understanding the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms behind reproductive isolation in closely related species of yellow monkeyflowers
- Herz Global Impact Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: discovering how a novel antimalarial works to kill the malaria parasite by elucidating the targets of this antimalarial.
- Burtchaell Award
- Ph.D. Student, Genetics
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: understanding how genes that control the crucial process of sex determination are regulated.
- McGonigle/Boyd Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Biomedical Sciences
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: exploring stem cell trafficking to sites of injury.
- Roche Award
- Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: to develop a new approach and treatment that overcomes antibiotic resistance.
- Northside Hospital Award
- Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: how specific complex carbohydrates are regulated in our bodies and how alterations in these sugars can potentially tune tumor growth and progression.
- Lundeen/Bazzel Award
- Ph.D. Student, Plant Biology
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: improving current therapy for fungal meningitis using a targeted drug delivery approach and to develop a novel vaccine to prevent severity of infection.
- Herz Global Impact Award
- Ph.D. Student, Bioinformatics
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: disease modeling, with a focus on forecasting using both statistical approaches as well as deep learning techniques.
- Olchowski/Potter Award
- Ph.D. Student, Bioinformatics
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: using deep learning models to uncover complex relationships between marine microbes’ role and the carbon flux.
- Dick Award
- Ph.D. Student, Infectious Diseases
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: host-pathogen interactions between infants and the bacteria responsible for whooping cough.
- Cooper/Mukharji Award
- Ph.D. Student, Regenerative Bioscience
- First Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery mechanisms in a porcine pre-clinical translational model. Specifically, delineating the neural network recovery mechanisms and influence of sexually dimorphic neuroanatomy and development on cognitive, behavioral, and motor function outcomes following TBI.
- Dick Award
- Ph.D. Student, Comparative Biomedical Sciences
- Third Year ARCS Scholar
- Research interest: the mechanisms of genetic sex determination using threespine stickleback fish.
ARCS® Foundation Atlanta Chapter is honored to present the 2024-25 Scholar Awards to these outstanding candidates
from Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, and the University of Georgia.
Sarina AbrishamcarMeet Sarina here.
Reem Al-AhmadMeet Reem here.
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Anna ColeMeet Anna here.
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Louis HopkinsMeet Louis here.
Will McFaddenMeet Will here.
Vedhika RaghunathanMeet Vedhika here.
Sydney ShuffMeet Sydney here.
Nuri SmithMeet Nuri here.
John TalbottMeet John here.
Courtney VictorMeet Courtney here.
Kaylin WhiteMeet Kaylin here.
Simone WienMeet Simone here.
Noam Altman-KurosakiMeet Noam here.
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Alivia EngMeet Alivia here.
Kierra FranklinMeet Kierra here.
Emmy HughesMeet Emmy here.
Tawfik HusseinMeet Tawfik here.
Marrissa IzykowiczMeet Marrissa here.
KC JacobsonMeet KC here.
Zachary MobilleMeet Zachary here.
Heriberto NievesMeet Heriberto here.
John PedersonMeet John here.
Theodore St. FrancisMeet Theodore here.
Cassandra ShriverMeet Cassandra here.
Gianna SlusherMeet Gianna here.
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Naoki YokoyamaMeet Naoki here.
Jimmy CapelaMeet Jimmy here.
Ayden Clark-VealMeet Ayden here.
Ramiah CurryMeet Ramiah here.
Myles GoshaMeet Myles here.
Jacob JackMeet Jacob here.
Chavier McDanielMeet Chavier here.
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Jordan ArgettMeet Jordan here.
Christian BrownMeet Christian here.
Christina Endara-ArnoldMeet Christina here.
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Reagan HaneyMeet Reagan here.
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Jordan ParkerMeet Jordan here.
Myddelton ParkerMeet Myddelton here.
Neil PatelMeet Neil here.
Tuyetnhu PhamMeet Tuyetnhu here.
Mariah SalcedoMeet Mariah here.
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Colleen SedneyMeet Colleen here.
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