Tracy A. Hammer Graduate Student Award For Professional Development
This award recognizes and supports an outstanding graduate student with a one-time stipend that can be used for professional travel, reference texts, or computer software. Nominations are submitted by CNS faculty, staff and alumni. The Board of Directors of the CNS Alumni Association selects the recipient and presents the award at the annual CNS Awards Convocation.
The award was renamed in 1996 to memorialize 1995 co-recipient Tracy Anne Hammer. A native of New York, Hammer was the first dual degree candidate to pursue a doctoral degree in animal genetics through the department of Microbiology and Veterinary Medicine. Her research centered on canine dilated cardiomyopathy. While traveling to a conference, Hammer died in a plane crash shortly before graduation. Her degree was awarded posthumously.
This award includes a $500 stipend funded by the CNS Alumni Association and the CNSAA Endowed Scholarship Fund.
2008 Recipients
Edward Kabara, Biochemistry
Ed is working on a PhD in Biochemistry and came to MSU from the University of Wisconsin. He works in the Molecular Pathogenesis Laboratory on a large-scale microarray project designed to investigate the effect of pathogenic mycobacteria on intracellular signaling and metabolic pathways in macrophages. Ed is extremely interested in bioinformatics and systems biology, and plans to use the award to attend a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Computational Genomics.
Jaime Kopper, Cell and Molecular Biology
Jaime is working on a PhD through the Cell and Molecular Biology Program and came to MSU from Alma College. Under the leadership of Dr. Linda Mansfield, Jaime has been investigating the use of Trichuris as a cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). She has also participated in research experiences involving RNA Editing and Autoimmune Diseases of the Skin. She is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society of Parasitologists and the American Society of Microbiologists, and she intends to use the award to attend the ASM General Meeting.
Past Recipients - Tracy Hammer Graduate Student Award
1993 |
Philip Schultz |
Chemistry |
1994 |
Nancy S. Barta |
Chemistry |
1995 |
Jose de Ondarza |
Physiology |
Tracy A. Hammer |
Microbiology & Veterinary Medicine |
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1996 |
Eleny-Nicoleta Ionel |
Mathematics |
Tedi Draghici |
Mathematics |
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1997 |
Matthew Gardner |
Chemistry |
Vaughn Wagner |
Zoology |
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1998 |
Mark A. Waner |
Chemistry |
1999 |
Thomas A. Cullen |
Chemistry |
2000 |
Micah Stowe |
Chemistry |
2001 |
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2002 |
Shannon Haymond |
Chemistry |
Shibani Mukherjee |
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics |
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2003 |
Emil Bozin |
Physics & Astronomy |
2004 |
Anne Fischer |
Chemistry |
2005 |
Melissa Meaney |
Chemistry |
2006 |
Ellen Wilch |
Genetics Program |
2007 |
Rashad Simmons |
Chemistry |
2008 |
Ed Kabara |
Biochemistry |
Jaime Kopper |
Cell & Molecular Biology |
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