The Gator Nation’s newest alumni include cancer researcher Fulbright scholar Syeda “Rida” Rizvi, who studied pancreatic cancer in the lab of Maria Zajac-Kaye, Ph.D., earned her master’s in medical sciences with a focus on molecular and cellular biology this spring. As she prepares to head back to Pakistan this summer to pursue her Ph.D., she said she was grateful to experience “the true essence of American culture” by meeting so many people at UF.
Congratulations to Martin Schonk who received the Silver Medal at this year’s Medical Guild Symposium for his outstanding research and presentation! Martin is a graduate student in the Physiology and Functional Genomics concentration and a member of Dr. Andrew Judge’s lab.
Congratulations to these University of Florida undergraduate students who were selected as a College of Medicine University Scholars for the 2025-2026 academic school year.
- Eve Cook; Mentor Dr. Michelle Gumz (top left)
- Bayan Sabripour; Mentor Dr. Rene Opavsky (top right)
- Isabel Perea; Mentor Drs. Karyn Esser and Natalie Bohmke (bottom left)
- Diana Gegaj; Mentors Drs. Karyn Esser and Fran Morena Clark (bottom right)
February 25, 2025
Celebration of Research
Catherine Jacobs, a UF undergraduate student presented her poster at the 15th annual UF CoM Celebration of Research 2025. Catherine's mentor is Dr. Ryan Martin, a post-doc in Dr. Karyn Esser's lab.
