UAMS hosts an annual campus-wide Student Research Day for graduate and professional students, postdoctoral fellows, and medical house staff/fellows to present their research to peers and faculty. This event provides an opportunity to discuss research and explore potential areas of collaboration.
Date: March 10, 2026
Locations:
- Little Rock Campus: I. Dodd Wilson Building
- UAMS Northwest Regional Campus: Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences, Fayetteville
Student Research Day 2026 Awards
Little Rock Campus
Best Overall
1st: Maha Hanafi
2nd: Christopher Mayfield
3rd: Tucker Andrews
Category 1 – Postdocs, Medical House Staff/Fellows:
1st: Md Rafikul Islam
2nd: Ishu Karki
3rd: Amarnath Singh
Category 2 – Professional Degree-Seeking Students
1st: Jed Johnson
2nd: Reece Forrest
3rd: Tawni Bacorn
Category 3 – Graduate Degree-Seeking Students
1st: Md Mahbub Hasan
2nd: Mohamed Abdelhamed
3rd: Sydnye Shuttleworth
Best Overall
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awards
Postdocs, Medical House Staff/Fellows
1st: Maha Hanafi
Graduate Degree-Seeking Students
1st: Sydnye Shuttleworth
2nd: Laura Osborn
3rd: Katie Cruse
The Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research
1st: Md Mahbub Hasan
2nd: Christian Mitchell
3rd: Anisha Neupane
BioVentures Student Innovator Award (Non-ranked)
- Aric Analoague
- MD Rafikul Islam
- Eva Palmer
- Madison Allen
- Nicole Hooten
- Daniel Armstrong
- Emmanuela Beliard
- Randall Rainwater
- Pooja Ghai
- Luke Enemark
3MT Competition (Little Rock)
1st Katie Cruse
2nd Christian Mitchell
Peoples Choice: Bushra Zaman
Poster Competition (NW)
1st Nathaniel Gonzales
2nd Katelyn White
3rd Alex Wilkerson
Audience Choice: Poster
Alex Wilkerson
3MT Competition (NW)
1st Clayton Frazier
Past Student Research Day Events
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