New guideline: Past winners will not be eligible to be nominated for the same award within five years.
2024 Award Winners
2024 Mentee of the Year
Kirsten Dickins, PhD, AM, APRN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Community, Systems, and Mental Health Nursing
RUSH College of Nursing
2024 Mentor of the Year
Olimpia Paun, PhD, PMHCNS-BC
Professor
Department of Community, Systems,
and Mental Health Nursing
Rush College of Nursing
2024 Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year
Markus A. Wimmer, PhD
Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rush Medical College
2024 RMP Symposium Abstract Winners
Liudmila Romanova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush Medical College
Puja Agarwal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Rush Medical College
Sai Rama Krishna Meka, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rush Medical College
2024 RMP Symposium Poster Winners
1st Place Poster Winner
Hoomin Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
“Examining Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Intramembranous Bone Regeneration”
2nd Place Poster Winner (Joint)
Jonathan Day, BA
Medical Student (Rush Medical College)
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
“3D Printing as a Novel Means of Thyroid Volumetrics and Goiter Visualization”
2nd Place Poster Winner (Joint)
Inesha P.A. Wiseman, BS
Graduate Student (Division of Translational Sciences)
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
"Upregulation of Glucose Transporter Type 1 in Lumbar Disc after Annulus Fibrosus Injury”