2022 Young Investigator Award Recipients

SfRBM’s Junior Awards Committee wishes to congratulate the winners of the Society’s annual Young Investigator Awards. These awards were made available to students and postdoctoral fellows based on a submitted abstract and the presentation of the work at the annual conference, either in oral or poster symposia. 15 awards (6 postdocs and 9 students) at $500 each were presented at the conclusion of SfRBM’s 2022 Annual Conference.  SfRBM also presented 1 Undergraduate Young Investigator Award for $250.  Winners will receive free registration to the 2023 or 2024 conference.

Michael Petronek
University of Iowa
Irwin Fridovich YIA Award
one of the top two scored abstracts/presentations at SfRBM 2022

Emily Marques
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Larry Oberley YIA Award
one of the top two scored abstracts/presentations at SfRBM 2022

Molly Myers
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Larry Oberley YIA Award in Cancer
recognizing the highest-scored abstract/presentation in the area of Cancer

Amanda Allender
Villanova University

Tilottama Chatterjee
Oregon State University

Xiaojia He
Emory University

Samantha Jones
University of Liverpool

Avinash Londhe
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Syed Masood
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nathalia Rocco Machado
National Institutes of Health

Vlad Serbulea
University of Virginia

Ibukunoluwa Sodiya
Villanova University

Priscilla Tang
University of Pittsburgh

Dianna Xing
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Hongyang Xu
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Robbie Cross
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2022 Undergraduate YIA Award