Multiple Tri-I MD-PhD Students Honored at 2019 WCM Commencement

In addition to previously announced awardees, Emma Schatoff, PhD, and Bobbie Pelham-Webb, four current and graduating Tri-Institutional MD-PhD students were honored at the 2019 Weill Cornell Medicine Commencement Ceremonies. The event, held on May 30th in New York City's Carnegie Hall, included awards for Alexandar Perez (graduating class 2019), Julien Azimzadeh (graduating class 2019), Kevin Boehm (fifth year MD-PhD student), and Jonathan Steinman (graduating class 2019). 

The list of Tri-I MD-PhD students honored at this year's commencement is below. For the full list of awardees, visit the WCGS Convocation page

The Alan Van Poznak Award for Excellence in Anesthesiology
Alexandar Reinaldo Perez

The Arthur Palmer Prize for Efficiency in Otorhinolaryngology
Julien Babak Azimzadeh

The Medical Student Executive Council Award
Kevin Boehm

The Leonard P. Tow Humanism Awards
Jonathan Baruch Steinman

Vincent du Vigneaud Student Talk Award, First Place
Emma Schatoff, “The mode of Apc disruption dictates response to Tankyrase inhibition in vivo.” (Lukas Dow lab)

Vincent du Vigneaud Second-Year & Above Poster Award, Second Place
Bobbie Pelham-Webb, “The role of mitotic bookmarking in the molecular resettling of the pluripotent stem cell identity.” (Effie Apostolou lab)