MS Scholar Award
This award is intended to recognize a student who has demonstrated an outstanding record of academic performance and shown great potential as a scientist.
Nominees for this award may not have previously earned a higher degree (e.g., PhD, MD, etc.).
The following items are required by the committee:
- A nomination letter from the GPILS MS Program Director
- One letter of support from a faculty member (A letter from an individual who has served as a mentor, course director, or member of the student's thesis committee is strongly recommended.)
- A curriculum vitae including the student’s GPA
2023: Madeline Ndahayo - Program in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science
2022: Jonathan Lawton - Masters in Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Program in Epidemiology & Human Genetics
![Photo of Zakiya Carter on a blue background](http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/media/som/microsites/gpils/images/Headshot4-Carter,-Zakiya.jpeg)
2021: Zakiya Carter - Program in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science
![Jovanni Ahmad in a white dress shirt in front of a blue background](http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/media/som/microsites/gpils/images/awards/ms-scholar/Ahmad_Jovanni.jpg)
2020: Jovanni Ahmad - Program in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science
![Selen Catania, Carleigh Jenne, and Asaf Keller](http://lifesciences.umaryland.edu/media/som/offices-of-the-dean/postdoctoral-scholars/images/DSC_8252.jpg)
2019: Carleigh Jenne - Program in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science
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2015: Maria Larrosa Garcia - Program in Cellular and Molecular Biomedical Science
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2014: Clare Rock - Program in Epidemiology