Best Oral Presentation for
Community/Public Health Lauren Tien, School of Public Health The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (G-015)
Best Oral Presentation for
Patient Care Eduardo Lindsay, Dept. of Research, Children’s Health System of Texas (FSO-006) Jason Burton, School of Medicine, UTRGV (MS-022)
Best Oral Presentation for
Translational Science John VandeBerg, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute and Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, UTRGV (FSO-022)
Best Oral Presentation for
Biomedical Science Cristian Mercado, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, UTRGV (UG-019)
Best Oral Presentation for
Clinical Science Juan Lopez-Alvarenga, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (FSO-017) Fatimah Bello, Dept. of Internal Medicine, UTRGV and DHR Hospital (FSO-026)
Best Oral Presentation for Biomedical Engineering / Technology / Computation Marzieh Ayati, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University (G-002)
Best Poster for High School Student Category Sergio Acosta, La Joya High School Alejandro Ibarra, La Joya High School Denisse Gonzalez, Vanguard Academy-Alamo) Christian Reyes, Texas High School for Health Professions Anthony Bailey, College of Education-UTRGV(HS-003)
Best Poster for
Undergraduate Student Category Priscilla Acevedo, Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Affairs, UTRGV (UG-018)
Best Poster for
Graduate Student Category Angela Mar, Dept. of Psychological Science, UTRGV (G-016)
Best Poster for Medical Student Category Alexandra Bulga, School of Medicine, UTRGV (MS-013)
Best Poster for
Resident Category Lisette Portes, School of Medicine, UTRGV, Residency Program at McAllen (R-029)
Best Poster for
Postdoctoral Researcher Category Nicholas B. Blackburn, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine UTRGV (P-002)
Best Poster People’s Choice Award Natasha Quailes, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine (G-022)
Thank You 2018 !! Volunteer Judges Volunteers Staff & Faculty Event Planning & Scientific Committee Members All Participants