Student and Research Highlights

Meet some of Upstate's outstanding students. Read stories of student research, activities, honors, and happenings, as chronicled in Upstate's blog, "With Distinction", by Jim McKeever.

Detour in research leads doctoral student to discovery
By Charles McChesney Cameron MacQuarrie, a doctoral student in the lab of Vladimir Sirotkin, PhD, was studying the regulation and localization of a specific protein…

Three Upstate students honored for creative writing
Three Upstate students were honored last week by the Center for Bioethics and Humanities for their winning entries in the 32nd annual Bruce Dearing Writing Awards.…

Student in MD/PhD program wins $60,000 research award
Nick Huang’s relentless pursuit of answers has paid off. The fourth-year Upstate student in the MD/PhD program has received a prestigious Rheumatology Research…

Biochemistry PhD student wins best poster at Gordon conference
The long trajectory of biomedical science research is evident in Upstate student Stuti Sharma’s award for best poster at a prestigious conference this summer.…

Medical student designs T-shirt for Day of Service Sept. 10
Art is just a hobby for Liz Sulger, but she and more than 100 fellow Upstate students will wear some of her artwork during the Day of Service and Remembrance Sept.…

PhD student wins award for ‘immunological memory’ research
Upstate PhD student Kevin Kenderes specializes in memory. Not the kind of memory associated with recall, but the “immunological memory” of B cells within the…