College of Medicine Winners Announced at 2026 Graduate Student Excellence Awards
May 19, 2026
The 2026 Graduate Student Excellence Awards were announced at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Congratulations to the College of Medicine award recipients and nominees!
2026 Awards Recipients & Nominees
Outstanding Mentorship Awards: Sponsored by Undergraduate Research & Enrichment Programs in the Pennoni Honors College
- Office of Graduate Studies Award Winner
- Nusaiba Ahmed
PhD Program in Biochemistry of Health and Disease
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
- Nominees
- Yash Agarwal
PhD Program in Pharmacology and Physiology
- Jagger Godarzi
MD Program
- Jaclyn Lo
MD Program
- Danny Mahmoudi
MD Program
- Anthony Moreno Sanchez
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Drexel Common Good Awards in Scholarship, Civic Engagement & Community Building: Sponsored in part by the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement
- Nominee
- Taylor Flynn
PhD Program in Neuroscience
Research Excellence Awards for Post-Candidacy, Pre-Candidacy, Terminal Master’s, Most Original & Creative Work (All degree levels)
- Nominees – Post-Candidacy
- Emily Bitsko
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology
- Ijeoma Okpue
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology
Outstanding Dissertation Awards
Drexel Common Good Awards in Scholarship, Civic Engagement & Community Building: Sponsored in part by the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement
- Office of Graduate Studies Award Winner
- Emily Bitsko
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology
- College/School Finalist
- Ijeoma Okpue
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology
Teck-Kah Lim Graduate Student Excellence Award
- Nominee
- Yash Agarwal
PhD Program in Pharmacology and Physiology
Teaching Assistant Excellence Awards
- Office of Graduate Studies Award Winner
- Mary Marino
PhD Program in Microbiology and Immunology
- Nominees
- Jagger Godarzi
MD Program
- Danny Mahmoudi
MD Program
- Ugo Okolie
MS Program in Biomedical Studies
- Jackson Stromberg
MD Program