Programs & Awards
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2026
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | |
| Best Scientific Content | |
| Best Presentation Style | |
| Best Research Proposal |
Previous Years' Awardees
2025
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Regan Stoneburner, Small Animal Surgery Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Brian LaMendola, Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Jimmy Guan, Anatomic Pathology Resident |
| Best Crossover Research / Collaboration | Jaspreet Kaur, Clinical Pathology Resident Meryem Outouil, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Taylor Williams, Ambulatory and Production Medicine Resident |
2024
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Shanna Wong, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Elizabeth Lavin, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Emilia Chrostek, Dentistry and Oral Surgery Resident Corene Bruhns, Medical Oncology Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Victoria Albano, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Resident |
2023
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Alexandra Wright, Dentistry and Oral Surgery Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Nicholas Walsh, Diagnostic Imaging Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Kelly Chen, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Alexa Gray, Ophthalmology Resident |
2022
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Molly Bechtold, Small Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Ella Pittman, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Shotaro Nakagun, Anatomic Pathology Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Cheyenne Cannarozzo, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Resident |
2020
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Erica Feldman, DVM, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Jennine Lection, DVM, Theriogenology Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Shanna Landy, DVM and Aaron Percival, DVM, Dentistry and Oral Surgery Residents |
| Best Research Proposal | Rachelle Thompson, DVM, Large Animal Internal Medicine Resident |
2018
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Pia Martiny, DVM, Emergency and Critical Care Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Yike Bing, DVM, Medical Oncology Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Melissa Fenn, DVM, Large Animal Internal Medicine Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Ileana Miranda, DVM, MS, Anatomic Pathology Resident |
2017
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Kathryn Zatroch, DVM, Anesthesia Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Lauri-Jo Gamble, DVM, CCRP, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Nathaniel Kollias, DVM, MPH, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Rachael Labitt, DVM, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
2016
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Joy Tseng, DVM, Anesthesiology Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Daniela Hernandez Muguiro, BVSc, Clinical Pathology Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Lillie Davis, DVM, Medical Oncology Resident |
| Best Research Proposal | Dominick Valenzano, DVM, Small Animal Surgery Resident |
2015
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Midori Asakawa, BVSc, Clinical Pathology Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Michele Edelmann, VMD, Ophthalmology Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Tiva Hoshizaki, BVSc, Shelter Medicine Resident |
| Best Abstract | Daniela Hernandez Muguiro, BVSc, Clinical Pathology Resident |
2014
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Elizabeth S. Moore, DVM, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Martin H. Zinicola, DVM, Ambulatory and Production Medicine Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Ashleigh W. Newman, VMD, Clinical Pathology Resident |
| Best Abstract | Annatasha K.G. Bartel, BScH, BVM&S, MRCVS, Anesthesiology Resident |
2013
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Overall Presentation | Erica Gruber, DVM, Clinical Pathology Resident |
| Best Scientific Content | Samantha Nelson, DVM, MA, Small Animal Surgery Resident |
| Best Presentation Style | Elizabeth S. Moore, DVM, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident |
| Best Abstract | Marina McConkey, DVM, BSc, Small Animal Surgery Resident |
2012
| Category | Awardee Name |
|---|---|
| Best Preclinical/Basic Research Presentation | Erin Daugherity, DVM, Biomedical Sciences Clinical Fellow |
| Best Clinical & Diagnostic Presentation | Toby L. Pinn, DVM, Large Animal Internal Medicine Resident |
| Best Small Animal Clinical Research Presentation | Renee M. Streeter, DVM, Clinical Nutrition Resident |
| Best Large Animal Clinical Research Presentation | Nora L. Springer, DVM, Clinical Pathology Resident |