Award Winners

48th Annual Meeting

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 29-October 1, 2025

Research Award Winners

Jennifer Fish (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Timothy Cox  (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Brittany Hufft-Martinez (1st)
Kate Woronowicz (2nd)
Lorena Maili (3rd) 

Student/Trainee Poster Presentation Award Winners

Samantha Wuebker (1st)
Dana Thalman (2nd) 
Fahmida Raha (3rd) 

Oral Presentation Award Winners

Postdoctoral Fellow: M. Fernanda Palominos
Graduate Student: Roberta Fiorino

47th Annual Meeting

Stowers Institute for Medical Research & Children's Mercy Research Institute Kansas City, Missouri
September 9-11, 2024

Research Award Winners

Elizabeth Leslie (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet  (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Lorena Maili (1st), Mohamed Hassan (2nd), and Kelsey Robinson (3rd)

Student/Trainee Poster Presentation Award Winners

Emily Adelizzi (1st), Audrey Nickle (2nd) and Emmanuel Aladenika (3rd)

Oral Presentation Award Winners

Katherine Woronowicz (Postdoc Awardee), Arshia Bhojwani (Student Awardee)

46th Annual Meeting

Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
October 10-12, 2023

Research Award Winners

Justin Cotney (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Sally Moody  (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Elizabeth Schock (1st), Jingyue Xu (2nd), and Nirpesh Adhikari (3rd)

Student/Trainee Poster Presentation Award Winners

David Paulding (1st), Emily Adelizzi (2nd) and Thomas Forman (3rd)

Oral Presentation Award Winners

Kara Powder (Faculty Awardee), Michi Kanai (Postdoc Awardee), Timothy Nguyen (Student Awardee)

45th Annual Meeting

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California
September 20-21, 2022

Research Award Winners

Loydie Jerome-Majewska (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Ralph Marcucio  (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Yoon-Gu Jang (1st), Priyanka Kumari (2nd), and Arul Subramanian (3rd)

Student/Trainee Poster Presentation Award Winners

Evan Brooks (1st), Brandon Chacon (2nd) and Audrey Nickle (3rd)

Oral Presentation Award Winners

Katherine Fantauzzo (Faculty Awardee), Chan Hee Mok (Postdoc Awardee), Mathi Thiruppathy (Student Awardee)

44th Annual Meeting

Virtual Meeting
October 18-19, 2021

Research Award Winners

Jeff Bush (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Paul Trainor (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Stanley M. Kanai (1st), Jung-Mi Lee (2nd-tie), Soma Dash (2nd-tie), Blanka Mrazkova (2nd-tie)

Student/Trainee Poster Presentation Award Winners

Hung-Jhen (Olivia) Chen (1st), Mathi Thiruppathy (2nd), Chaofan Zhang (3rd)

Oral Presentation Award Winners

Marco Trizzino (Faculty Awardee), Casey Griffin (Postdoc Awardee), Andrea Wilderman (Student Awardee)

43rd Annual Meeting

Virtual Meeting
October 19-20, 2020

Research Award Winners

Kerstin Ludwig (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award),
Marilyn Jones (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Carrie Leonard (1st), Michi Kanai (2nd), Soma Dash (3rd)

Student/Trainee Poster Presentation Award Winners

Lauren Bobzin (1st), Kimberly Diaz-Perez (2nd), Beatriz Ibarra (3rd)

42nd Annual Meeting

University of Texas, MD Anderson Center Center, Houston, Texas
October 14-15, 2019

Research and Service Award Winners

Amy Merrill (Marylou Buyse Mid-Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Joan Richtsmeier (David Bixler Senior Career Excellence in Craniofacial Research Award)
Geoffrey Sperber (Distinguished Service Award)

Best Trainee Oral Presentation Award Winner

Soma Dash

Post-doctoral Scientist/Fellow Poster Presentation Award Winners

Stanley Kanai (2nd), Madison Bishop (3rd), Erica Hutchins (1st)

Student/Trainee Presentation Award Winners

Kelsey Elliot (1st), Karla Terrazas (2nd), Sharien Fitriasari (3rd)

 

41st Annual Meeting

Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California
October 16, 2018

Poster Presentation Award Winners

Students: Dion Gionanone (3rd), Olivia Hung-Jhen Chen (1st), Terrazas-Falcon (2nd), J. David Aponte (genesis Award).
Post-doctoral scientists: Kristin Watt (genesis Award),  Andrew Cornith (3rd), Erica Hutchins (2nd), D'Juan Farmer (1st)

40th Annual Meeting

Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Guest of Society for Developmental Biology's 76th Annual  Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 12-13, 2017

Poster Presentation Award Winners

Students: Camilla Teng (1st), Bonnie Kircher (2nd), Brian Paul  (3rd)
Post-doctoral scientists: Lindsey Barske (1st), Kristin Watt (2nd),  Joanna Smeeton (3rd)

39th Annual Meeting

Boston Children's Hospital and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts
August 3-4, 2016

Poster Presentation Award Winners

Students: Karla Terrazas (1st), Kevin Flaherty (3rd), Katie Dolan (2nd)
Post-doctoral scientist: Lindsay Barske (3rd), William Munoz (2nd), Deepti Anand (1st)

38th Annual Meeting

McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
October 5-6, 2015

Poster Presentation Award Winners

Students: Ryan Roberts (1st), Karla Terrazas (2nd), Paul Pown Raj Iyannar (3rd)
Post-doctoral scientists: Kara Powder (equal 1st), Chris Percival (equal 1st), Susan Motch Perrine (3rd)