TL1 Scholars have been hard at work this quarter—earning awards, presenting at national conferences, and pushing forward exciting research. Below are a few recent highlights from our TL1 Scholars.
Rebecca Horowitz, Tulane
Finalist: APS Renal Section Predoctoral Excellence in Research Award
Winner: Best oral presentation at LSUHSC x Tulane American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Research Day.
Awarded the Nathan Solomon & Irene Oransky-Solomon Medical Student Award – First Place at the Southern Regional Meeting, February 2025
Tha Luong, UAB
Received the George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance (OKRA) travel award on March 6, 2025.
Udeme Ekrikpo, PhD, UAB
Presented “Platelet Count Trajectory as a Risk Factor for Mortality in Critically Ill Adults with AKI Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Theory” at the AKI-CRRT conference in San Diego.
Maggie Jones-Carr, MD, UAB
Dr. Jones-Carr had one abstract accepted as an oral presentation to the World Transplant Congress, as well as two abstracts to be presented as posters and a paper currently in revisions.