The Wayne State University Graduate School 2017 Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Symposium held March 8 at the McGregor Conference Center hosted more than 160 poster presentations from postdoctoral scholars, doctoral and master's students.

Download the symposium program

Research experience and productivity are keys to success, building new knowledge to improve science, health, and society as well as opening new doors to students through networking opportunities, organizers said.
Several winners were announced at the end of the day, with prizes for first place ($500), second place ($300) and third place ($200) posters distributed.

There were more than 40 awards given across disciplines. WSU School of Medicine-based winners included:

First place:

Daniel Feldmann, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Doctoral Student
Matthew Fountain, Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Doctoral Student
Emily Girsch, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Doctoral Student
Michael Pawlitz, Immunology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Master's Student
Rayna Rosati, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Doctoral Student

Second place:

Chaitali Anand, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Doctoral Student
Ashley Anderson, Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Doctoral Student
Brittany Haynes, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Doctoral Student
Ruta Jog, Pathology, Doctoral Student
Hasini Kalpage, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Doctoral Student
Keyona King-Medina, Physiology, Doctoral Student
Danielle Meyer, Pharmacology, Doctoral Student
Teena Palathanam, Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Master's Student
Gorica Ristic, Pharmacology, Doctoral Student

Third place:

Ben Kuiper, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Doctoral Student,
Jamie Stafford, Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Doctoral Student
Wafaa Sweidan, Translational Neuroscience, Doctoral Student
Eric Woodcock, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Doctoral Student