MSTAR: Medical Student Training in Aging Research
Award Winners

 

Our MSTAR program is full of stars but we like to give special recognition to some of our outstanding students and mentors each year who have won awards and honors as part of this program and others.

Awards provided by this program, based on feedback by program directors and students, are the Best Student Research Report, Best Research Mentor and Best Clinical Mentor.  All awardees receive a $100 stipend award.

Best Student Research Report Award

2012    Sean Matsuwaka, Junzi Shi, and Chris Su
2011    Amanda Ernst and Marnonette Marallag
2010    Jill Kaspar and Vivien Sun
2009    Sharon Chow and Rebekka Hom
2008    Delia Lee
2007    Jordan Cloyd
2006    Jana Colton
2005    Theodore Pasquali

Best Research Mentor Award

UCLA
2012   Bill Banks, MD, Kerrie Moreau, MD, Neil Wenger, MD, Victor Valcour, MD, James Davis, MD, and Itay Bentov, MD
2011    Ed Teng, MD, and Jonathan Wanagat, MD
2010    Liana Apostolova, MD, and Carolyn Mendez-Luck, PhD
2009    Cathy Alessi, MD, and Catherine Sarkisian, MD, MSPH
2008    Jennifer Anger, MD
2007    Harry Vinters, MD
UCSF
2011    Deborah Barnes, MD
2010    Kala Mehta, DSc, MPH, and Brie Williams, MD
2009    Beth Cohen, PhD
2008    Michael Steinman, MD
UColo
2011    Cari Levy, MD
2010    Thomas Robinson, MD
2009    James Grigsby, MD
2008    Evelyn Hutt, MD
2007    Cari Levy, MD

Best Clinical Mentor Award

UCLA
2011    Michelle Eslami, MD
2010    Sue Charette, MD
2009    Brandon Koretz, MD
UColo
2010    Jeffrey Wallace, MD
2009    John Scott, MD

 

Additional Awards Won by MSTAR Students and Alumni

2010
AGS Presidential Poster Award-Health and Healthcare Disparities Christina Metzler (2009 MSTAR Student)
2009
AGS Edward Henderson Student Award Elizabeth Kwo (2006 MSTAR Student)
AGS Best Paper-Prevention Delia Lee (2008 MSTAR Student)
AGS Best Poster- Quality of Life Ralph Balbino (2008 MSTAR Student)
Bay Area Clinical Research Symposium-Best Poster William Gordon (2008 MSTAR Student)
2008
AGS Best Poster – Organ Specific/Systemic Disease Valerie Zamudio (2007 MSTAR Student)
2007
AGS Student Research Award Adam Schickedanz (2006 MSTAR Student)
AGS Best Poster –Quality of Life Jana Colton (2006 MSTAR Student)
SUNY Upstate School of Medicine-Outstanding Student Poster Rajitha Devadoss (2006 MSTAR Student)
National Association of Public Hospitals Innovation Safety Award-Honorable Mention Katelyn Gamson (2007 MSTAR Student)
2006
AGS Student Research Award Joy Guerrieri-Bang (2005 MSTAR Student)