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Selected Student Honors and Awards

Association of American Medical Colleges 2022 Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship Award
Kemi Alabi, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

American Medical Association Research Challenge Grand Prize  
Leela Biswas, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History and Public History
Brenann Elizabeth Sutter*, School of Graduate Studies

Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions ASAHP Scholarship of Excellence Award
Eruj Ali*, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions

Critical Language Scholarship – Spark Program
Evan Keeton, Dance, School of Arts and Sciences

EJI Excellence in Medicine Foundation Edward J Ill Scholarship 2023
Amy Heussinger*, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions

Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Rebecca Shae Anna Brittain*, School of Graduate Studies
Jamie Chedid, English, School of Arts and Sciences, Master of Education, Graduate School of Education
Alice Militaru*, Marketing, Rutgers Business School; French, School of Arts and Sciences
Fiona Doyle*, Political Science and Cognitive Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Julio Ferreira, English, School of Arts and Sciences
Julianna Johnson*, Chinese, School of Arts and Sciences
Katherine Taveras*, Linguistics, School of Arts and Sciences
Maria Zhang*, English, School of Arts and Sciences

Goldwater Scholarship
Eesh Gupta*, Physics, School of Arts and Sciences
Cormac Grindall, Mathematics and Physics, School of Arts and Sciences
Sohaib Hassan*, Genetics, School of Arts and Sciences 
Andrew Krapivin, Mathematics and Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Jackson Lee, Physics and Computer Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Julia Shneidman*, Mathematical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences
Andrew Schwartz*, Physics, School of Arts and Sciences

Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship
Julianne Chan, Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering

Institute for Citizens & Scholars Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Omar Mohammad Hammad*, School of Graduate Studies

Marshall Scholarship
Assata Davis, Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

McNeil Center for Early American Studies Fellowship 
Meagan Emily Wierda*, School of Graduate Studies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology
Benjamin Peter Diaz*, School of Graduate Studies

National Health Service Corps NHSC Scholar
Kamilah Crawford*, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions
Phillip Forbes*, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions

National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Fellowship
Chelsee TL Holloway*, School of Graduate Studies
Julie Nouet*, Biomedical Sciences, School of Graduate Studies
Nimit N. Shah*, Public Health, School of Public Health
Kevin Michael Tveter*, School of Graduate Studies

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant
Frederick Robert Foster*, School of Graduate Studies

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Amy Elise Adair*, School of Graduate Studies
Kathryn A Coniglio*, School of Graduate Studies
Edna Luo Jones*, School of Graduate Studies

New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Outstanding Dietetic Student Award
Lauren Crosta*, Clinical Nutrition, School of Health Professions


New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Student Initiative Award
Michel Akbar*, Clinical Nutrition, School of Health Professions

New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research Fellowship Research Grant
Erika Davidoff Aguas*, School of Graduate Studies
Lucas R. Corrubia*, Biomedical Sciences, School of Graduate Studies
Miloni S. Dalal*, Biomedical Sciences, School of Graduate Studies

New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research Predoctoral Cancer Research Fellowship
Christen A. Khella*, Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Graduate Studies
Calvin N. Leung*, New Jersey Medical School
Victor Tan*, Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Graduate Studies
Rahul V Upadhya*, School of Graduate Studies

Jeffrey Yang*, School of Graduate Studies

New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research Fellowship Research Grant
Nofar Engelhard*, School of Graduate Studies
Nisha Kamini Singh*, School of Graduate Studies

New Jersey Public Health Association  Dr. Ronald Altman Student Award
Grace Ibatamuno, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

New Jersey Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Direct Care Staff Recognition Award
Jillian Cullen*, Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Treatment, School of Health Professions

New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association Marni H. Reisberg Award
Elizabeth Haley*, Speech-Language Pathology, School of Health Professions

National Medical Fellowships National Medical Fellowship Primary Care Leadership Program Scholar
Isaiah Williams*, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions

PA Education Association PAEA Student Health Policy Fellow
Kamilah Crawford*, Physician Assistant, School of Health Professions

P.E.O Scholar Award
Khai Hoan Ngoc Nguyen*, School of Graduate Studies

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
Louise Patricia Tam*, School of Graduate Studies

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) The Stuart L. Bernath Research Fellowship
Ayelet Jeannie Marron*, School of Graduate Studies

Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship
Pamela Hernandez, Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Truman Scholarship
Maddison Van Der Mark, History, School of Arts and Sciences

United States Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant
Justin Dodd Mullikin*, School of Graduate Studies

United States Institute of Peace Peace Scholar
Sumin Lee*, School of Graduate Studies

University of California, Irvine President’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Carolina Flores Henrique*, School of Graduate Studies

Yenching Scholarship
Nina Gohel*, Political Science & Planning and Public Policy, School of Arts and Sciences

*Graduating Students