Three 2013/2014 Amgen Scholars win Dean’s Prizes

Three UCLA Amgen Scholars were awarded the Dean’s Prize Medal of Excellence at the 2015 UCLA Science Poster Day on May 12, 2015. Each student continued their Amgen Scholar project and presented it to faculty judges. Please congratulate Timothy Chai (2014), James Haggerty-Skeans (2014), and Rebecca McGillivary (2013)!

Harding Luan (2012) was selected for the Gruber Science Fellowship at Yale University

Harding Luan was selected for the Gruber Science Fellowship at Yale University in 2014. This fellowship is the most prestigous award offered by Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to incoming science students. It recognizes the most highly ranked applicants to Yale PhD programs in life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics.

Beena Biju (2013) featured by Hofstra University

Biochem Student Wins National Scholarship for Scientific Research – “Biju worked in the lab of Siavash Kurdistani, MD, associate professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Kurdistani studies the relationship between human genome compaction and diseases such as cancer.”

Hunter Bennett (2012) receives College of Engineering Dean’s Medal

Hunter Bennett, University of Washington Bioengineering senior and UCLA Amgen Scholars alumni (2012), was awarded the UW College of Engineering Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence for 2014. The Dean’s Medal is awarded to two College of Engineering graduating seniors students annually. He was also profiled by UW Today.

Erik Reinertsen (2011) is a founding organizer for Medicine 2.0 at Emory University

Erik played an instrumental role in establishing Medicine 2.0. The conference is Emory University’s first multidisciplinary conference on medical technology innovation. Engineering students from Georgia Tech brainstormed, networked, and envisioned the future of medicine with clinical faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students from Emory University. Over 100 attendees from two institutions and seven departments participated. Our team organized event logistics, invited speakers, and gathered participant feedback.

Jonathan Diep (2011) named Stanford Graduate Fellows in Science and Engineering

Jonathan was awarded the Stanford Graduate Fellows in Science and Engineering in 2013. He also earned the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and was awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship (2012). Jonathan is pursuing a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University.