College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences

Students honored for outstanding research at NBAAD Symposium

May 20, 2024 • CBTS, faculty, P&N, Research, students

College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences students were honored for outstanding research at the 2024 Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Symposium at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth on May 14.

The Symposium is funded by a T32 Training Grant in the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging. In addition to the annual symposium, the training grant funds fellowships for PhD students at HSC who are pursuing related research.

HSC’s T32 Fellows presented their research at the NBAAD Symposium. Three of the fellows were awarded the James W. Simpkins Awards for outstanding research presentations.

  • 1st place: Kumudu Subasinghe
  • Runner up: Savanna Smith
  • Runner up: Rajiv Rangan

The symposium also featured a keynote address by Dr. C’iana P. Cooper, Staff Scientist at the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging, titled “Memory and Cerebellum Anatomy in Aging: A Comparative Analysis.” 

 

2024 Nbaad Simpkins Award Subasinghe
Dr. James Simpkins, Kumudu Subasinghe, Dr. Michael Forster and Dr. Nathalie Sumien
2024 Nbaad Simpkins Award Smith
Dr. James Simpkins, Savanna Smith, Dr. Michael Forster and Dr. Nathalie Sumien
2024 Nbaad Simpkins Award Rangan
Dr. James Simpkins, Rajiv Rangan, Dr. Michael Forster and Dr. Nathalie Sumien
2024 T32 Fellows
T32 Trainees: Kumudu Subasinghe, Calvin Brooks, Amanda Tate, R. Max Petty, Katherine Hernandez, Benjamin Michael Landon, Rajiv Rangan, Rauchelle Richey, Olivia Young and Savanna Smith
2024 Nbaad Keynote 3
C’iana P. Cooper, PhD