Honors and Awards
2018    

• Poster 1st Place: Darwin Day UAB, Mentor (with Trung Huynh). 
• Oral Award 1st Place: 17th Annual UA Honors Systems Research Conference, Mentor (with Trung Huynh).
• Goldwater – Institutional Nominee, Mentor (with Trung Huynh).

2017   

• Oral presentation award (3rd place), 2017 Midwest Islet Club conference, Mentor (with Trung Huynh).
• UAB Honors College Experiential Fellowship Program, Mentor (with Trung Huynh).
• One of the top abstracts at the conference. Young Investigator Travel Grant Award to American Diabetes Association, San Diego, CA.

2012   

• Keystone Scholarship: Pathogenesis of Diabetes: Emerging Insights into Molecular Mechanisms (J8), Santa Fe, NM.

2008   

• Best Poster Award: 2008 FASEB Summer Conferences: Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Nutrient Control of Cellular Function, Carefree, Arizona.
• Best Poster Award: 2008 E. J.Van Liere Convocation and Research Day, West Virginia University, WV.
• Top 10 Abstracts for Oral Presentations – 2008 E. J.Van Liere Convocation and Research Day, West Virginia University, WV.
• Pfizer Global Research and Development Scholarship Award: Keystone Symposia on Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Action, and Resistance (A6), Breckenridge, CO.
• Graduate Student Travel Award, School of Medicine, West Virginia University.

​Educational Activities
2014

• Instructor, Course: Biochem729 Advanced Topics; Graduate Level Course, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2010-2011

• Graduate Biochemistry 710, “Regulation of Lipogenic Genes: Role of SREBP-1c”. Guest Lecture,Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2004-2005

• Small group facilitator and study group leader for Medical Biochemistry course, School of Medicine, West Virginia University.

2002-2003

• Teaching Assistant: Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, West Virginia University.                      

2001-2002​

• Teaching Assistant :Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston.

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​Press Releases
2011

• Work featured “Diabetes gene identified: tomosyn-2 regulates insulin secretion” in several national and  

         international media (Science Daily, USA; Press Association, UK; Times of India, India).
2008

• ​Work featured, “WVU research shows new class of hormones may reverse diabetes and obesity: Graduate student’s presentation wins international award” Health Newsletter, West Virginia  University.
• Work featured, “WVU research shows new class of hormones may reverse diabetes and obesity: Graduate student’s presentation wins international award” Pittsburgh Post Gazette.​

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