Since the reorganization of the Medical College of Georgia's Graduate Program to a common admissions system, each individual program has recruited students through laboratory rotations in the first year.  Students choosing the Department of Physiology have had an outstanding record of success.

Current Students

Aisha Kelly

2007 - Southern Region Educational Board Doctoral Scholarship

Daniel Mandel

2006-2008 - Predoctoral fellowship - American Heart Association
2007 Travel award to attend the FASEB Summer Conference, Australia

Edson F. Nogueira
2006 - Ambassador for the Medical College of Georgia Graduate Student Council
2007 - Medical College of Georgia Graduate School travel grant

2008 - Physiology Department Research Award.

David Osmond
2006 - present Pre-Doctoral Position on Cardiovascular Biology Training Grant.
2007 - Excellence in Research Award – GRD

2008 - Excellence in Renal Research Award, American Physiological Society - Renal Section.

2008 - Physiology Department Research Award

2008 - American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Jessica Osmond
2007 - APS Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award
2007 - Delegate to the 57th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates.

2008 - SGS Excellence in Research Award, Graduate Research Day

2008 - APS Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award.

2008 - Merck New Investigator Award, Council for High Blood Pressure.

2008 - Pre-Doctoral Position on Cardiovascular Biology Training Grant.

Jeniel Parmar

2008 - Department of Physiology Research Award

Brandi Wynne
2007 - MCG Student Government Association Humanitarian Award

2008 - Travel Award for EB from ASPET

Yewei Xie

2008 - SGS Excellence in Research Award, Graduate Research Day

Recent Graduates

Tracy Bell - 2007 Graduate

The American Physiological Society Minority Travel Award Experimental Biology 2004
American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, 2004-2006
FASEB and MARC Summer Research Travel Award, Pine Mountain, GA, 2004

Jennifer Cannon - 2006 Graduate

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, April 2003-2006
MCG/UGA Student Exchange Award for Excellence in Research, January 2004
MCG Faculty and Spouse Club Award, April 2004
Lalor Foundation Travel/Merit Award, Society for the Study of Reproduction, July 2005
Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Award, Society for the Study of Reproduction, July 2005

Melissa Cavallin - 2007 Graduate

Excellence in Research Award sponsored by Physiology department, Graduate Research Day, January
2004
Travel Award for AChemS XVII 2005 Annual Meeting
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH)

Karenne Fru - 2006 Graduate

UNCF/Merck Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2006
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship, 2004-2006

Shyamal Mehta - 2003 Graduate
The Young Investigator Travel Award from the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological
Society, 2003

Brett Mitchell - 2003 Graduate
IASH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute New Investigator Award, 2003
APS Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, 2003
ASPET Division for Drug Discovery, Development, and Regulatory Affairs Young Investigator
Award, 2003
ASPET Cardiovascular Pharmacology Graduate Student Best Paper Award, 2003
MCG Travel Award, Experimental Biology, 2003
Elected MCG Graduate Student Organization President, 2002-2003

Christine Rigsby - 2007 Graduate
Excellence in Research Award - Graduate Research Day - Medical College of Georgia, Jan. 2004
Caroline tum Suden/Francis A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, Experimental Biology
Meeting, April 2004, American Physiological Society
Merck New Investigator Award, American Heart Association Council for High Blood
Pressure Research, October 2004
NIH Institutional Training Grant, Vascular Biology Center, MCG, 2004-2006
Excellence in Research Award, Department of Physiology, Graduate Research Day, Med. Col. of Georgia Medical College of Georgia, National Institutes of Health Training Grant in Integrative Cardiovascular
Biology (HL76146-01).

Anita Smith - 2006 Graduate
American Heart Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for July 2003 to June 2005
Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award for Experimental Biology,
2004
The Cardiovascular Section Research Recognition Award, Experimental Biology, 2004

Leshon Sturgis - 2007 Graduate
Southern Region Educational Board Doctoral Scholarship (2003-2005)

Jan Williams - 2005 Graduate
Porter Minority Travel Fellowship Award for EB 2003
Water and Electrolyte Young Investigator Award for EB 2003
Graduate School Excellence in Research Award, February 2004
NIHLB NSRA Predoctoral Fellowship, 2004-2006