PISA 2025 Young Investigator Outstanding Research Award Recipients

PISA 2025 Young Investigator Outstanding Research Award Recipients

Gold Award Recipients

 

Makenna Grozis

Undergraduate Student (SROPP)
Elon University

 

Alyssa Gutierrez, BS

Pre-Doctoral Student
Medical University of South Carolina

 

Brooke Hutchison

Undergraduate Student
University of Pittsburgh

 

Anthony Sheets, MD, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Silver Award Recipients

 

Ridgeway Case, IV

Undergraduate Student (SROPP)
University of Pittsburgh

 

Prerna Chakkingal

Undergraduate Student
University of Pittsburgh

 

Muhammad Azhar Nisar, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Stony Brook

 

Tyler Yasaka, BS

Pre-Doctoral Student
University of Pittsburgh
 

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Bronze Award Recipients

 

Rithwik Aggarwal

Undergraduate Student
University of Pittsburgh

 

Matthew Carson, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Pittsburgh

 

Subhomitra Ghoshal, MS 

Pre-Doctoral Student
Medical University of South Carolina

 

Akshita Piedy

Undergraduate Student (SROPP)
University of Pittsburgh

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Honorable Mention Award Recipients

 

Erin Chard, MS

Pre-Doctoral Student
Medical University of South Carolina

 

Tony (Chun-Cheng) Chiang

Pre-Doctoral Student
University of Pittsburgh

 

Harsh Dongre, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Boston Children's Hospital

 

Janiece Glover, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Vanderbilt University

 

Taylor Petrucci, BS

Pre-Doctoral Student
Medical University of South Carolina

 

Ramsay Rohner, BA

Pre-Doctoral Student
Tulane School of Medicine

 

Swathi Suresh, MS

Pre-Doctoral Student
University of Pittsburgh

 

Michelle Thayer, MA

Pre-Doctoral Student
Iowa State University

 

Hsuan Yeh

Pre-Doctoral Student
University of Pittsburgh