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Published Monday, April 14, 2025 @ 8:00 AM

Congratulations to the 2025 OU Health Sciences Award Recipients!

Awards by Academic College

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Mosier Scholars

  • Kayla Akin
  • Micah Byrne
  • Braydon Moore
  • Mitchell Wallis

Mosier Scholar Outstanding Student

  • Micah Byrne

Oklahoma Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Award

  • Emilie Chan

Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Awards

  • Micah Byrne
  • Mitchell Wallis

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Meggie Logan

COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY

Michael E. Lindley American Student Dental Association Award

  •  Timmothy Walker

American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence

  • Sophia Parker




     

Dean's Award for Academic Excellence

  • Dental Hygiene
    • Haley Mages
  • Dental Surgery
    • Mubarika Ali

Parents Association Outstanding Student, Dentistry

  • Aaron Hui

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Chelsy McCormick

COLLEGE OF ALLIED HEALTH

Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence

  • Emily Gonzalez - Audiology
  • Caiton Wilmoth - Dietetics
  • Tucker Greenback – Nuclear Medicine
  • Addie Smith – Occupational Therapy
  • Michael O'Dwyer – Physical Therapy
  • Jaidyn Stabler – Radiation Therapy
  • Aubrey Brower - Radiography
  • Elise Hodges - Sonography
  • Lauren McCarty – Speech Language Pathology

Parents Association Outstanding Student, Allied Health

  • Kaylee Wimberley

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Kaylee Wimberley



     

GRADUATE COLLEGE

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

  • Joshua Seaberg

O. Ray Kling Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership

  • Marisa Bickel

Robert M. Bird Society Award

  • Ozair Naqvi

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Prita Dhaimade

FRAN AND EARL ZIEGLER COLLEGE OF NURSING

Nursing Top Scholars Undergraduate Award

  • ABSN
    • Marina Rees
  • LPN-BSN
    • Miracle Mia Ambre
  • RN-BSN
    • Ladana Mitchell
  • TBSN
    • Lizbeth Caralampio
    • Cayren Davis
    • Sophi Evans
    • Megan Jones
    • Tara Kieu
    • Lindsey Kirlangitis
    • K'Bree Riggs
    • Anna Welch
    • Angie Briceno
    • Hailey Griggs

Nursing Top Scholars Graduate Award

  • DNP
    • Melissa Abbott
  • MSN
    • Shelly Schreck
  • Certificate
    • Katherine Kirk

Outstanding Nursing Student Group Leader Award

  • Kennedee Lantis

Outstanding Undergraduate Nursing Student Award

  • Lizbeth Caralampio
  • Cayren Davis
  • Sophi Evans
  • Megan Jones
  • Tara Kieu
  • Lindsey Kirlangitis
  • K'Bree Riggs
  • Anna Welch
  • Angie Briceno
  • Hailey Griggs

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

  • Madeline Waldvogel
  • April Loeffler
  • Paulina Karam
  • Anna Sirbu Agudelo
  • Rebecca Smith
  • Rachel Stephens
  • Helen Hoggard
  • Melissa Wood
  • Courtney Klein
  • Amy Evers
  • Macy Gingher

Robert M. Bird Society Award

  • MariKate Curry

Khader K. Hussein Award in Palliative Care

  • Hannah Fuller

Parents Association Outstanding Student

  • Caitlin Newton

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Lauren Secrist

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Student Today, Alumni Tomorrow Award

  • Jimmy Le

Senior Award for Academic Excellence

  • Claire Abbott
  • Sharon Bouvette
  • Rachel Fisher Bright
  • Christian Demaio
  • Sierra Humphrey
  • Kessa Lovelady
  • Aaron Parrott
  • Benjamin Petersen









     

Physician Associate Award for Academic Excellence

  • Mary Cummings
  • Madeline Derting
  • Bailey Edwards
  • Elena Garcia
  • Megan Giddens
  • Briana Lee
  • Alycia Mills
  • Bailey Parsons
  • Hannah Petersen
  • Neide Sabados
  • Laureli Simpson
  • Jordyn Steffen
  • Hayden Story
  • Brooke Tumelson
  • Jordan Young

Physician Associate Student Leadership Awards

  • Kaelyn Davis
  • Laureli Simpson

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Ainsly Wolfinbarger

HUDSON COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

David J. Falcone Memorial Award

  • Amaya Ngo

Joan K. Leavitt Award

  • Toby Clampitt

Outstanding Senior Leadership Award

  • Brianna Anduss

     

OU Regents’ Award for Outstanding Junior

  • Karsyn Combs – Ziegler College of Nursing
  • Ella Pollard – Ziegler College of Nursing

 

Departmental Awards

Interdisciplinary Student Leadership Award

  • Shruthi Venugopalakrishnan – College of Dentistry

 

Group Recognitions

Crimson Club, New Members
  • Issac Gifford
  • Hanna Dirickson 
  • Madison Pratt
  • Tyler Waitman 
  • Cait Hardie
  • Jennifer Dinh 
  • Titus Wa Gutu
  • Eliza Cummins
  • Jason Nguyen 
  • Jennifer Ho
  • Rachel Lopez
  • Megan Talbot
  • Kendall Stieben 
  • Maddie Medina
  • Amanda Brown
  • Alison Henrichs
  • Drew Dittes
  • Jonathan Whitford
  • Chris Nguyen
  • Savanna Mason
  • Jennifer Le
  • Brooke Dunning
  • Ann Pham
  • Ryan Jordan
  • David Bolade
  • Kaitlyn Hill
  • Trinity Williford
  • Alex Arreola
  • Tristan Sandford

 

Crimson Club, Graduating Members
  • Grace Bass
  • Marisa Bickel
  • Micah Byrne
  • Liz Caralampio
  • Cayren Davis
  • Prita Dhaimade
  • Annie Doyle
  • Joel Fowler
  • Ritvik Ganguly
  • Isha Jhingan
  • Lindsey Kirlangitis
  • Manas Kommareddi
  • Zachary Leasau
  • Chelsy McCormick
  • Halle McCormick
  • Ritu Shah

 

Health Sciences Standard Award
  • Meredith Ashlock•
  • Emily Blaylock•
  • Christina Bruxvoort§
  • Syeda Saniya Bukhari•
  • Nathan Cross§
  • Marikate Curry§
  • Elyse Dang•
  • Madison Harland§
  • Lauren McCarty§
  • Michael McDonald§
  • Katherine McKee•
  • Madison Miller•
  • Jonique Miller§
  • Sophia Parker•
  • Andrea Redmond•
  • Kara Thompson•
  • Madeline Waldvogel§
  • Madison Ward§

• Green cord - high amount of volunteer hours.

§ Blue cord - highest amount of volunteer hours.

 

Leadership HSC
  • Ty Aldridge
  • Jeremy Alexander
  • Mackenzie Amick
  • Lauren Arrington
  • Bree Balenseifen
  • Evan Becker
  • Angel Bista
  • Kassandra Camua
  • Precious Chukwuma
  • Liza Dewen
  • Hanna Dirickson
  • Drew Dittes
  • Lily Doshier
  • Brooke Dunning
  • Haylee England
  • Hailey Ferlicka
  • Aliaza Frias
  • Timothy Gaither
  • Megan Gee
  • Trey Gradnigo
  • Olivia Gray
  • Raghav Gupta
  • David Gurian
  • Cait Hardie
  • Alison Henrichs
  • Derek Herrman
  • Tranquil Holder
  • Greyson Horst
  • Kristin Ikerd
  • Brooke Joski
  • Kiepher Lester
  • Sarah Long
  • Rachel Lopez
  • Lauren Miles
  • Caitlin Newton
  • Christopher Nguyen
  • Tyler Pineda
  • Katie Qualls Fay
  • Roshan Raj
  • Bijay Rimal
  • Lauren Secrist
  • Nick Stavros
  • Megan Talbot
  • Aneirin Truong
  • Lukas Weigand
  • Emma Weixel
  • Jonathan Whitford
  • Trinity Williford

 

Student Government Association Recognitions

2024-2025 Student Government Association Executive Board

President – Noah DeMoss

Vice President & Senate Chair – Joel Fowler

Secretary – Liz Caralampio

Treasurer – Ruth Fiona Bayimenye

Campus Activities Board Chair – Natalie Bard

 

 

2024-2025 Student Government Association Executive Council and Student Senate

  • Madison Johnston – College of Allied Health
  • Emily Drye – College of Dentistry
  • Taylor Niznik – College of Medicine, MD
  • Amanda Brown – College of Medicine, PA
  • Grace Shulga – Ziegler College of Nursing
  • Hunterlyn Alderson – College of Pharmacy
  • Michael Tirado – Hudson College of Public Health
  • Marisa Bickel – Graduate College

Event Chairs

All College Benefit Chairs
  • Shelby Britton
  • Amaya Ngo
Big Event Chairs
  • Maddie Allen
  • Sharon Bouvette
Blood Drive Chairs
  • Sivaranjani Elavarasan
  • Crosbi Shelbi
Community Engagement Chairs
  • Ammara Zulfiqar
  • Isha Jhingan
Health and Wellness Chairs
  • Cody Arndt
  • Abigail Cross
Sooner Safety Chairs
  • Kendall Stieben
  • Ryleigh Mills
Student Liaisons

Campus Housing Advisory Liaison

  • Santny Shanmugarama
Community Engagement Liaison
  • David Bolade
Interdisciplinary Education Liaisons
  • Maureen Marrs
  • Ashley Nguyen
Information Technology Liaison
  • Devavrat Dave
Parking/Student Hearing Liaison
  • Noah Sanders

 

Multicultural Student Organization Presidents

Asian American Professional Student Association
  • Isha Jhingan
Black Student Association
  • Peace Okpoko
Hispanic American Student Association
  • Jenny Cano
International Student Organization
  • Zsofia Balla
     
Lumina: Queer Student Alliance
  • Claire Sitz
Muslim Health Professional Student Association
  • Khaled Shihabi
Native American Student Association
  • Brooke Robbins
Oklahoma City Chinese Students and Scholars Association
  • Hanlin Jiang
Veterans and Military Alliance
  • Danielle Harris

Student Senators

College of Allied Health
  • Cait Hardie
  • Alexander Mudd
  • Ryan Smith
  • Kaylee Wimberley
College of Dentistry
  • Lainie Britton
  • Elizabeth Eldho
  • Roham Jalilian
  • Chelsy McCormick
College of Medicine
  • Amanda Brown
  • Lily Doshier
  • Julie Hodgden
  • Fred Kwon
  • Rachel Lopez
  • Rohit Mital
  • Huy Nhan
  • Neal Rangu
  • Nitin Rangu
Fran & Earl Ziegler College of Nursing
  • Alison Henrichs                                  
  • Faith Nash
  • Jonathan Whitford
College of Pharmacy
  • Bryssa Atkins
  • Que Chance
  • Savanna Mason                
  • Anna Nguyen
Hudson College of Public Health
  • David Bolade
  • Brandon Nguyen
Graduate College
  • Aishwarya Muppala



     

 

 

SGA Senator of the Year Award – Rohit Mital, College of Medicine

SGA Member of the Year Award – Amanda Brown, College of Medicine

Intramural Sportsmanship Award – Celia Benedict, College of Allied Health

Intramural Sportsmanship Captain of the Year Award – Lauren Anthony, College of Medicine

 

Outstanding Registered Student Organization Award – Dermatology Interest Group

Outstanding RSO Advisor Award – Dr. Pamela Allen, College of Medicine

Tanya L. Mustin Staff Excellence Award – Kay Locke, Ziegler College of Nursing

Robert A. Magarin Faculty Excellence Award – Dr. Kelly Kempe, College of Medicine

Campus Life Awards
  • Saramarie Azzun – College of Medicine
  • Kayleigh Peters-Reyes – College of Medicine
  • Lily Robistow – College of Medicine
  • Colt Jones – College of Allied Health
  • Adaira Reid – College of Medicine
  • Rohit Mital – College of Medicine
  • Julie Perry – College of Medicine
  • Alexander Mudd – College of Allied Health
  • Jordan Zimmerman – College of Medicine
  • Vanessa Moore – College of Medicine
  • Taylor Terrell – College of Dentistry
  • Ayesha Sajid – College of Medicine
  • Virginia Grace Bass – Ziegler College of Nursing
  • Kaylee Wimberley – College of Allied Health
  • Akeaba Singh – Ziegler College of Nursing

Student Veteran & Family Leadership Award – Virginia Grace Bass, Ziegler College of Nursing

Outstanding First Year Leadership Award – Katie Qualls Fay, Hudson College of Public Health

Willie V. Bryan Service Award – Isha Jhingan, College of Medicine

Joseph J. Ferretti Outstanding Senior Leadership Award – Rachel Bright, College of Medicine

Published Friday, February 28, 2025 @ 3:38 PM

MSO Officer Applications | APPLY TODAY!

The OU Health Sciences is home to nine SGA-recognized interdisciplinary groups focused on celebration and advocacy: 

 

·         Asian American Professional Student Association (AAPSA)

·         Black Student Association (BSA) 

·         Hispanic American Student Association (HASA)

·         International Student Organization (ISO)           

·         Lumina: Queer Student Alliance  (Lumina)

·         Muslim Professionals' Student Association (MHPSA)

·         Native American Student Association (NASA)

·         OKC Chinese Students and Scholars (OKCCSSA)

·         Veterans and Military Alliance (VMA)

 

Looking for leadership opportunities in a multicultural student organization? Learn about the positions available by visiting: students.ouhsc.edu/mso

 

Applications are open March 1-31, apply today: ousurvey.qualtrics.com/mso

 

*You do not have to be of a specific cultural identity to serve in a leadership position.* 

 

Questions? Contact Maria Esparza, Multicultural Student Services Coordinator at: Maria-D-Esparza@ouhsc.edu

Updates

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