*While Adema is a proud runner up to everything, she has been selected as a Distinguished Early Career Researcher by the Society for Neuroscience in 2026
Graduate students
Mona Fariborzi:
Best Talk Program for Fundamental Neuroscience Data Lunch 2025
Best Talk Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience Area Lunch AY 2024/2025
F31 submission scored 2x within the payline (A0 and A1, but ultimately wasn’t selected for funding. Yes, it’s a sore spot)
UVA Presidential Fellowship 2023
GRFP Honorable Mention 2022
Ford Fellowship Honorable Mention 2022
QNB Fellowship 2021
Emily McCoy:
Best Audience Member Program for Fundamental Neuroscience Data Lunch 2025
Double Hoo 2025
UVA Brain Symposium Graduate Poster Award 2024
IDF RTP Fellowship 2023
Robert Williams:
Young Investigator Award, Molecular Psychiatry Association Meeting 2024
PfN Travel Fellowship 2022
Jean de Vellis Memorial Prize, American Society for Neurochemistry Meeting 2022
Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship 2021
Staff
Vyshnavi Pendala:
PfN Travel Fellowship 2022
Undergraduates
Phillip Amenyo-Awude:
Psychology Summer Internship 2021
Lara Demir:
UVA Neuroscience Summer Fellowship 2021
Psychology Summer Internship 2021
SRIP Fellowship 2022
College Council Award 2022
Sam Fedde:
College Council Award 2023
Troy Holsworth:
UVA Astronaut Fellowship Shortlist 2021
Gia Oscherwitz:
Rodman Scholar 2022/23
Catherine Shen:
Harrison Award 2021
UVA College Council Award 2022
Anna Verevkina:
UVA Neuroscience Summer Fellowship 2022
Yanbin Xu:
Harrison Award 2023
Rachel Woods:
Robert Kent Gooch Scholarship 2025
Olivia Buell:
Harrison Award 2024