WaveMakers in Medicine
Amanda Watters, MS

Amanda Watters, MS

Amanda Watters, MS, a third-year medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, was awarded a scholarship by the Zonta Club of Lafayette. They recently held their 40th annual Women of Achievement Banquet and awarded several scholarships to women in the...
Shaina D’Souza

Shaina D’Souza

Shaina D’Souza, a PhD Candidate in the McLachlan Lab at Tulane University School of Medicine, was recently awarded the Ray Owen Poster Award at the 2024 Midwinter Conference of Immunologists in Asilomar, California. This prestigious award recognizes poster...
Jeremy K. Fagan & Allyson Noyes

Jeremy K. Fagan & Allyson Noyes

Jeremy K. Fagan and Allyson Noyes, two fourth-year medical students, have been selected as 2023-2024 Tulane ByWater Institute Scholars for their concept for a community-based clinic that offers true respite and healing through medicine, gardening, acupuncture,...
Abigail Chaffin, MD & Taylor Wearda, MD

Abigail Chaffin, MD & Taylor Wearda, MD

Abigail Chaffin, MD, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery, and Taylor Wearda, MD, recently won a Best Paper Award from the prestigious publication resource Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Drs. Chaffin and Wearda were among the authors honored...
Robert F. Garry, Jr., PhD

Robert F. Garry, Jr., PhD

Robert “Bob” Garry, Jr., Ph.D., a world-renowned professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been awarded the Global VIrus Network Robert C. Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence and Leadership. The annual award...
Myrline Rose Belzince, MD

Myrline Rose Belzince, MD

Myrline Rose Belzince, MD, Adult, Child, and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane University School of Medicine, has been awarded the 2023 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Charles...