Graduate Student Accomplishments

August 16, 2026

Graduate Student Accomplishments

Headshots of Rabab AbuAlhasan, Clare Austin, Ben Gilbert, Adame Helton, and Ian Llaneza

Our graduate students continue to earn amazing recognitions!

  • Rabab Abu Alhasan (Singh lab) was selected to give a student platform presentation at the CMBP/CRB annual symposium
  • Clare Austin (Amacher lab) won a poster award at the Midwest Zebrafish Meeting
  • Ben Gilbert (Garg lab) received a Mussallem CHD Alliance Travel Award and an NCH trainee travel award to support his presentation at the upcoming Weinstein Cardiovascular Development & Regeneration Conference
  • Adam Helton (CJ Burd lab) was selected to give a platform talk at the Pelotonia Scholars Symposium
  • Ian Llaneza (Wu lab) earned a poster award at the CMBP/CRB annual symposium