Fellowships and Awards

National Fellowships from the NIH, AHA and NSF

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

2023 | Matthew Hoch, Claudia Daboin, Caroline Willi

2022 | Samuel Crowl, Mark Schwartz, Juliana Trujillo, Lillian Dillard (BIMS)

2021 | Mackenzie Grubb, Joseph Ficarrotta, Anna Debski, Leilani Astrab, Bryana Harris, Emma Glass

2020 | Wisam Fares, Megan Haase

2018 | Taylor Marohl

American Heart Association Fellowship

2023 | Julia Bresticker, Jack Echols, Delaney Fisher

2022 | Delany Fisher

2021 | Delaney Fisher, Samuel Sklar, Mukti Chowkwale, Yu Wang, Oom Pattarabanjird, Bryana Harris

2020 | Elizabeth Herbst

2018 | Katie Gorick

National Institites of Health NRSA F30

2022 | Alex Mathew

2021 | Alex Mathew

2020 | Alex Mathew

2018 | Jeffrey Xing

National Institites of Health NRSA F31

2023 | Taylor Eggertston, Noah Perry

2022 | Noah Perry

2021 | Lauren Pruett

2020 | Lauren Pruett

2018 | Liz Pereia

National Institites of Health F99/K00 Pathway to Independence Award

2023 | Grace Bingham

2022 | Grace Bingham

2021 | Grace Bingham

2018 | Natasha Sheybani

National Science Foundation INTERN Award

2020 | Nate Sallada

Other National Fellowships

American Thoracic Society Student Scholar

2020 | Julie Leonard-Duke

Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship

2017 | Jennifer Hayes

Children's Heart Foundation Fellowship

2016 | Xiaoying Cai

CDC Steven Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Postdoc Research Fellowship

2020 | Michaela Rikard

Croucher Foundation Fellowship

Candance Lei

GEM Fellowship

2023 | Natasha Claxton, Malclom O'Malley

Imaging the Pancreas in Diabetes Annula Meeting

2020 | Jessica Hung (Travel Award)

MolSSI Software Fellowship

2018 | Jennifer Hayes

MRF Student Research Award

2020 | Alex Mathew

Sharif Horizons Scholarship Award

2020 | Niloufar Zakariaei

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)

2020 | Sam Perez (Dissertation Award)

Whitaker International Fellowship

2017 | Kyle Martin

2016 | Katie Pelland

2015 | Geoff Handsfield; Jennifer Bartell

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars

2017 | Samantha Perez

Vascular Biology Meeting

2023 | Julie Leonard-Duke (travel award)

Vascular Discovery Meeting National Emerging Scientist Award for Women

2021 | Oom Pattarabanjird

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)

2023 | Allie McCrady

2022 | Megan Haase

2020 | Michaela Rikard

2020 | Samantha Perez

2017 | Jennifer Hays

Micron Fellowship

2014 | Bruce Corliss

UVA Named Fellowships (Last 5 years)

BME Chair's Fellowships in Community Health

2021 | Aidan Houser, Abigail McNulty, Krista Nelsn, Elisa Nelton, Haritha Sasikumar

Jefferson Scholars Graduate Fellowship

Class of 2021 | Elizabeth Herbst

Class of 2020 | Catherine Gorick

Class of 2018 | Molly Kelly-Goss, John Miller

Presidential Fellow in Data Science

2020 | Eli Draizen

Sture G. Olsson Graduate Fellowship (School of Medicine)

2020 | Grace Bingham, John Lawson, Tom Moutinho, Michaela Rikard, Andrew Sweatt

2019 | Kristen Fread, Bonnie Dougherty, Adrienne Williams, Michaela Rikard

2018 | Anna Blazier

UVA Engineering Houston Fellowship

2017 | Areli Rodriguez Ayala

UVA Engineering Deans Scholars

2021 | Katherine Crump, Allison McCrady, Reagan Portelance

2020 | Oyin Adenekan, Sam Crowl, Anna Debski, Remziye Erdogan, Megan Haase, Sami Felton, Joe Ficarrota, Jonathan Florian, Mark Schwartz, Sydney Shriver, Juliana Trujillo

UVA Engineering Distinguished Fellowship

2023 | Audrey Kidd, Eden Gordon, Lavie Ngo, Mary O'Sullivan, Yasmina Zeineddine

2021 | Christian Tessman, Logan Campbell

2020 | Leilani Astrab, Luisa Quesada

UVA Engineering Endowed Graduate Fellowship

2023 | Julie Leonard-Duke

2022 | Mukti Chowkwale, Grace Bingham, Julie Lenonard-Duke

UVA Engineering Teaching Fellowship

2023 | Jack Whitewolf

2019 | Katie Knaus

2018 | Natasha Sheybani and TK Phung

UVA Presidential Fellow

2023 | Hayley Sussman

Virginia Engineering Foundation Graduate Fellowship

2018 | Ahmed Alshareef

Wagner Fellowship (School of Medicine)

2023 | Colleen Roosa

2022 | Sam Crowl

2021 | Julie Leonard-Duke, Grace Bingham

2020 | Delaney Fisher, Elizabeth Herbst

2018 | Laura Dunphy, Greg Medlock, Michaela Rikard

National Research Awards

American Society of Biomechanics

2023 | Ridhi Sahani (Student Travel Award)

2021 | Katie Knaus (Journal of Biomechanics Award Oral Presentation)

2018 | Katie Knaus (PhD Competition)

2017 | Evan Terrell (Runner up, Journal of Biomechanics Award)

2014 | Kyle Martin (Best Poster)

American Society for Matrix Biology

2023 | Andrew Miller (Travel Award & Iozzo Trainee Finalist)

2021 | Grace Bingham (Travel Award)

American Thoracic Society

2023 | Julie Leonard-Duke (Abstract Scholarship MSI International)

2021 | Julie Leonard-Duke (Student Scholar Award)

Controlled Release Society

2018 | Natasha Sheybani (student poster award)

European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Imaging

2020 | Elizabeth Herbst (best oral presentation)

International Congress on Pseudomonas

2021 | Joseph Ficarrotta (Travel Award)

Interational FUS Symposium

2018 | Katie Gorick, Alex Mathew, and Natasha Sheybani (travel award)

IFATS International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science

2016 | Howard C. Ray (Best Paper Award)

International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine

2020 | Soham Shah (Magna Cum Laude Award)

Image-Based Biomedical Modeling Summer Course Fellowship

2018 | Vi Tran and Derek Bivona 

2015 | Ana Estrada

2014 | Kyle Martin

ITSU International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound Best Platform Talk Award

2022 | Delaney Fisher

2018 | Natasha Sheybani

Jorge Heller Journal of Controlled Release Outstanding Paper of the Year Award

2015 | Kelsie Timbie

Melanoma Research Foundation

2020 | Alex Mathew

MITRE’s Hack2Reacht First Place

2018 | Jeffrey Xing and Greg Medlock

Nature Biomedical Engineering Poster Award

2016 | Brian Mead

Novo Nordisk Foundation Biotechnology Conference Best Poster Award

2016 | Greg Medlock (2nd Place)

Radiology Society of North America Award

2014 | Nivedita Naresh

Remi Berriet Award for Best Student Presentation, Winter School for Therapeutic Ultrasound

2023 | Zehra Demir

Society Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Early Career Award for Basic Science

2016 | Sophia Cui

Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral Scholars

2022 | Bryana Harris, Natasha Claxton

2021 | Bryana Harris, Natasha Claxton

VSGC Virginia Space Grant Consortium

2014 | Ali Dhanaliwala and Adam Dixon

World Congress Biomechanics

2022 | Julie Leonard-Duke (International Society of Biomechanics Female Research Excellence Award)

2018 | Laura Caggiano and Ana Estrada (Diversity Travel Award)

UVA Teaching Awards (Last 5 years)

All University Graduate Teaching Award

2023 | Noah Perry (Class of 1985 Creative Teaching Award)

2023 | Ridhi Sahani (Distinguished Teaching Award in STEM)

2020 | Laura Dunphy (Class of 1985 Creative Teaching Award)

2020 | Kristen Fread (Distinguished Teaching Award in STEM)

2019 | Katie Knaus

UVA Outstanding Student Awards (Last 5 years)

BIMS Outstanding Graduate Student

2023 | Mukti Chowkwale

2022 | Tanyaporn (Oom) Pattarabanjird

2021 | Shambhavi Singh

2020 | Katie Gorick

2019 | Greg Medlock

2018 | Molly Kelly-Goss

BME Master of Engineering Leadership Award

2022 | Aidan Houser

2021 | Haritha Sasikumar

2020 | James Bonaffini

Hungerford Award

2021 | Shambhavi Singh

2019 | Greg Medlock

2018 | Molly Kelly-Goss

Mary and Otis Updike Award

2023 | Delaney Fisher

2022 | Julie Leonard-Duke

2021 | Taylor Marohl

2020 | Kristen Fread, Katie Knaus

2018 | TK Phung

Peach Award

2022 | Tanyaporn (Oom) Pattarabanjird

UVA Research Awards (Last 5 years)

Double Hoo Research Award

2020 | Lauren Pruett

2018 | Corey Williams

Cancer Center Graduate Fellow

2023 | Rob Barnes, Katerina Morgaenko

Engineering-in-Medicine Seed Grant

2020 | Vi Tran, Allison McCrady

Jefferson Scholar Foundation Grant

2017 | Michaela Rikard

Coulter Fellows Award

2023 | Yu Wang, Colleen Roosa, Allie McCrady, Juliana Trujillo, Reagan Portelance

2022 | Aidan Houser, Andrew Miller, Ashar Kamal, Casey Evans, Christian Anton, Chris Hepner, Elise Nelton, Haritha Sasikumar, Jack Whitewolf, Kareen El-Ghazawi, Megan Haase, Michael Rairden, Natasha Claxton

John T. Casteen Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award

2023 | Zehra Demir

2020 | Samantha Perez

Raven Society Scholarship

2023 | Ridhi Sahani, Yonathan Aberra

2020 | Samantha Perez

*For additions, corrections, or updates please email the Graduate Program Coordinator at BMEGRAD@VIRGINIA.EDU.