2026
Graduate
1st Place: Donor-Specific Antibody Formation Relative to HLA-DQ Mismatch Counts in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Study
-Emily Stevens
2nd Place: Comparison of Serum Uric Acid Levels Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Patients with NAFLD: A Retrospective Case-Control Study
-Rebecca McBride
3rd Place: Analysis of Hospital-Acquired Infection Rates Across Income Levels in the San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston, Texas Regions in 2024
-Fernanda Valdez
Professional
1st Place: Global Research Experience Aimed at Training Clinical Laboratory Science Students: Pivoting to Data-Driven Training
-Rajkumar Rajendran
Undergraduate
1st Place: Targeted Nanospore Sequencing of FKS1 and FKS2 Reveals Hotspot and Non-hotspot Variants Associated with Echinocandin Resistance in Candida glabrata
-Alexis Vargas
2025
Graduate/Professional
1st Place: Retrospective Study Comparing Meningitis Rates Pre and Post Vaccine Mandate in South Central States
-Alessandra Vaccaro
2nd Place: A Retrospective Study Comparing Operating Room and Inpatient Transfusions in Pediatric Trauma Patients
-Jenessa Brown
3rd Place: Assessing the Extent of Scholarly Dissemination of Clinical Laboratory Science Graduates
-Niti Vyas, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Undergraduate
1st Place: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics/Vaccine Against Dengue Virus
-Patricia Garza
2nd Place: Examining the Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants in Chronic Wounds: A Pilot Study
-Eleanna Carris
3rd Place: The Potential use of Exosomes for Diagnosis and Therapeutics
-Kathryn Giordano
2024
1st Place: Malerie Dozier
2nd Place: Kassandra Carranza
3rd Place: Hannah Palacios
2019
1st Place: Ecological interaction between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, vectors of human diseases, in Panama
-Brenda C. Baca, Jose R. Loaiza, Delfina Dominguez
2nd Place: The Clinical Significance of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants: A review
-Klara C. Keim, Allie C. Smith, Ph.D.M (ASCP)CM
3rd Place: Prevalence of biocide resistant genes in medical students colonized by Staphylococcus aureus.
-Brenda C. Baca, Maria Jose Ibarra, Delfina Dominguez, Michael Woods, and Debra Bramblett
2017
1st place Graduate: 3D Imaging of Immunostained Tubule Lumens in Solvent-Cleared, Whole Mount Mouse Kidneys
-Bruton E, Adewde K, Zimmerman S., Trent C., Marciano D Texas State
1st place Undergraduate: Comparison of Urine Reagent Strip Glucose Testing to Vitros Urine Glucose Texas Tech
-Bullock H, Dong Y, Sawyer B
1st place Professional: A Prospective Study of Patients Diagnosed with Sarcoidosis: Nutrition, Healthy Assessment and Environmental Exposures
-Carvana LB, Redwine G, Limmer S, Rohde R, Russian C