Michael J. Peach Award Past Winners 
Year Winners Department Mentor Research Title Status/Current Position
2007
 Michael Nelson Neuroscience Slobodan Todorovic T-Type Calcium Channels in Nociceptive Neurons
 Student, Sturm School of Law, University of Denver
2006
 Catherine Christian
 Neuroscience Suzanne Moenter Diurnal and Estradiol-dependent Regulation of the Neuroendocrine Signal for Ovulation
 Research Associate, Endocrinology & Metabolism, University of Virginia
2005 Michael Kagey Biochemistry David Wotten Identification and Molecular Characterization of the Polycomb Protein Pc2 as a Novel SUMO E3 Ligase Postdoctoral Associate, Young Lab, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT
2004 Nima Mosammaparast Microbiology Lucy Pemberton Linking Histone Nuclear Transport to Chromation Assembly Clinical Fellow, Pathology, Brigham and Womens' Hospital
2003 Steven Jacobs Biochemistry Sepideh Khorasanizadeh Structure and Function of the Heterochromatin Protein 1 Chromo Domain Research Scientist, Protein Engineering, Centocor. Inc.
2003 Shaharyah Khan Neuroscience and MSTP James Bennett Mitochondria and Neurodegenerative Disease: A Common Mechanism Chief Scientific Officer, Gencia Corporation, Charlottesville, VA
2002 Carolyn Cronin Neuroscience and MSTP Heidi Scrable Role of Tyrosine in Retinogeniculate Development: Generation and Use of a LAC-Regulatable Muse Model Chief Resident, Neurology, Johns Hopkins University
2001 Michael Nemergut Microbiology and MSTP Ian Macara Activity of the Nuclear Transport Regulator RCC1 by Histones H2A and H2B Resident, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Hospitals
2001 Edmund Talley Neuroscience Doug Bayliss Neuromodulation of Hypoglossal Motoneurons:Cellular and Developmental Mechanisms Program Director, Channels, Synapses and Circuits, NIH/NINDS
2000 John Luckey Microbiology and MSTP Victor Engelhard Role of Proteasomes and Non-Proteasomal Proteases in the Generation of Class I Mhc Associated Peptides Assistant Professor, Pathology, Harvard Brigham and Women's Hospital
1999 Claudette Fuller Microbiology Vivian Braciale Differential Activation of Cytotoxic CD8 + T Lymphocytes by Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Senior Researcher, Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline
1999 Elizabeth Norton Cell Biology John Herr Monoclonal Antibody S19 and Its Cognate Antigen SAGA-1:A Model Antigen-Antibody System for Contraceptive Development Licensing Officer, UW TechTransfer, University of Washington
1998 Claudio Mosse Microbiology Victor Engelhard Antigen Processing Pathway of Tyrosine: A Membrane Associated Melanoma Protein Assistant Professor, Pathology, Vanderbilt
1998 David Tice Microbiology Sally Parsons Role of c-Src in Tumorigenesis Project Leader, Cancer Biology, MedImmune Inc.
1997 Mark Esser Microbiology Vivian Braciale Characterization of Activation Requirements for Cytolytic T Lymphocyte Effector Functions Researcher, Vaccines and Biologics, Merck Research Laboratories
1997 Kristine Garza Microbiology Ken Tung Autoimmunity and Tolerance Associate Professor, Biological Sciences and Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas, El Paso