WaveMakers in Medicine
Smruti Mahapatra, MSE

Smruti Mahapatra, MSE

Smruti Kedarnath Mahapatra, a rising third-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, recently received the prestigious Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship. This award is granted to women conducting hypothesis-driven research in STEM and...
Kolls, MD; Pungan, and Munyonho

Kolls, MD; Pungan, and Munyonho

Tulane Medicine recently made an impact at the 4th AIDS-Mycoses Workshop, showcasing three oral presentations by Jay K. Kolls, MD, the John W. Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, and professor of medicine and pediatrics; Dora Pungan, a Medical Research...
Afzaal Shareef

Afzaal Shareef

Afzaal Shareef (left), a Tulane’s Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program graduate student, earned the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research. The three-year training grant...
Chiamaka Nwachukwu, MD

Chiamaka Nwachukwu, MD

Chiamaka Nwachukwu, MD, an Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Resident PGY1 at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been honored with the ASH Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists (HONORS) Award. The award provides research funding to...
Amin Izadpanah, PhD

Amin Izadpanah, PhD

Amin Izadpanah, PhD, a 3rd-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, received two prestigious awards for his groundbreaking research in plastic surgery: the Medical Student Research Project Award at the Tulane Plastic Surgery Research Day and the...