This award recognizes a graduating student that has made outstanding efforts to foster interprofessional education activities and/or team-based clinical activities. In memory of compassionate nurse Linda Costa Stine.

Graduating Students

Please ensure that worthy students receive the consideration they deserve by taking the time to submit a nomination in a word document to Michele Reagan at michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu 

Make sure you provide a description of why you think that student deserves to be nominated. Submissions that contain only a name will not be considered.

Questions? Contact michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

If you learn that a specific student has been nominated by another person, you should still submit your nomination letter that addresses the reasons why you think that student should be recognized, giving examples of exemplary actions. It is expected that some nominators will only be aware of activities that occurred in Years 1-2 while others are aware of what occurred in Years 3-4. The award is meant to represent consistent activity which may only be apparent when the committee sees several letters each describing different aspects of the nominees’ contributions.

2021 - Ian Motie

2020 - Paige Blinn

2019 - Andrew Kropp

2018 - David Chase West

2017 - Juan Lopez

This award is conferred upon a graduating student who, through consistent actions, displays exemplary and unselfish concern for furthering the health, well-being, and fulfillment of his or her fellow human beings and in so doing embodies the highest ideals of medicine as a service calling. Nominees should exemplify the ideals outlined above. Any student who has made outstanding contributions to the betterment of human kind through selfless acts of kindness and charity, or who has gone out of his/her way to improve the health and well being of others through volunteer activities (e.g., homeless shelters, free clinics, Habitat for Humanity, tutoring and literacy programs, fundraising for charitable organizations, etc.) should be considered.  Contributions may include organizational activities or “hands-on” work for those who need it most

Graduating students

Please ensure that worthy students receive the consideration they deserve by taking the time to submit a nomination in a word document to Michele Reagan at michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

Make sure to provide a description of why you think that student deserves to be nominated. Submissions that contain only a name will not be considered. 

Questions? Contact michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

If you learn that a specific student has been nominated by another person, you should still submit your own nomination letter that addresses the reasons why you think that student should be recognized, giving examples of exemplary actions. It is expected that some nominators will only be aware of activities that occurred in Years 1-2 while others are aware of what occurred in Years 3-4. The award is meant to represent consistent activity which may only be apparent when the committee sees several letters each describing different aspects of the nominees’ contributions.

2021 - Julianna Kacheris, Andrew Currieo

2020 - Efe Essumaba Cudjoe

2019 - Ashley Kreher

2018 - Juno Lee

2017 - Susanna Zorn

2016 - Shlermine Aupont, Sasha Kaiser

2015 - Joanna Meadors

2014 - Angela Guzman

2013 - Jason Boothe, Katie Powell

2012 - Brian Cogburn, Michelle Harper

2011 - Kathleen McGlynn, Komal D'Souza

2010 - Tanya Anim

2009 - Mai Huong Thi Vo, Jennifer Maziad

2008 - Sarah Tatum Ritchie, Charles Austin Ritchie

2007 - Erin Connelly, Sady Armada

2006 - David Drossner

2005 - Michael Hernandez

This award is intended for a graduating 4th-year medical student, who has: 1. Demonstrated throughout medical school a strong interest in the issue of increasing access to healthcare for underserved populations, striving to better understand how physicians in particular can increase access. 2. Has volunteered or completed placements at facilities whose mission is to increase access to healthcare, such as volunteering at Neighborhood Heath Services, Bond Community Health Center, the Mobile Heath Unit through the Florida Department of Health, etc. And/or, has volunteered to serve on international mission trips to Panama, Mexico, or other FSU-COM approved locations. 3. Has created projects or fundraising events with the goal of increasing access to healthcare. 4. Has attended or has volunteered to serve on boards or committees that address access to care, such as the CMS Foundation’s Access to Care Committee, the Leon County Primary Care Implementation Advisory Board, etc.

Graduating students

Please ensure that worthy students receive the consideration they deserve by taking the time to submit a nomination in a word document to Michele Reagan at michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

Make sure to provide a description of why you think that student deserves to be nominated. Submissions that contain only a name will not be considered.

Questions? Contact michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

If you learn that a specific student has been nominated by another person, you should still submit your own nomination letter that addresses the reasons why you think that student should be recognized, giving examples of exemplary actions. It is expected that some nominators will only be aware of activities that occurred in Years 1-2 while others are aware of what occurred in Years 3-4. The award is meant to represent consistent activity which may only be apparent when the committee sees several letters each describing different aspects of the nominees’ contributions.

2021 - Shelby Hartwell

2020 - Kharian Burnett-Foster

2019 - Stefano Leitner

2018 - Kirsten Dowling

2017 - Staci Biegner, Henry Huson

2016 - Cielo Gnecco, Ivana Simpson

2015 - Maureen "Paulie" Bruns

2014 - Naomi Salz

2013 - Melissa Velarde, Sarah Weaver

2012 - Jessica Malmad

2011 - Mary Currie

2010 - Nicole McCoy

2009 - Maureen Cleary McKenna, Theresa Kinney McKenna

2008 - Michelle Asher

2007 - Mason Shamis, Courtney Nall

2006 - Luis Izquierdo

2005 - Sachin Parikh

The College of Medicine Student Research Award will be awarded each year to the graduating medical student who has demonstrated sustained interest in research and has a record of experience and achievement in research. A letter of nomination should include specific reasons why the nominee qualifies for the award and should provide accurate information on the nominee’s achievements.

Graduating students

Please ensure that worthy students receive the consideration they deserve by taking the time to submit a nomination in a word document to Michele Reagan at michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

Make sure to provide a description of why you think that student deserves to be nominated. Submissions that contain only a name will not be considered.

Questions? Contact michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

If you learn that a specific student has been nominated by another person, you should still submit your own nomination letter that addresses the reasons why you think that student should be recognized, giving examples of exemplary actions. It is expected that some nominators will only be aware of activities that occurred in Years 1-2 while others are aware of what occurred in Years 3-4.  The award is meant to represent consistent activity which may only be apparent when the committee sees several letters each describing different aspects of the nominees’ contributions.

2021 - Ranbir Ahluwalia

2020 - Divya Joseph Aickara, Linh Nguyen

2019 - Stephanie Hurwitz

2018 - Kristin Magrini

2017 - Catalina Zapata

2016 - Not awarded

2015 - Zhigang "Mike" Yuan

2014 - Joshua D. Claunch, James Pilkington

2013 - Chris Martin

2012 - Casey Cable

2011 - Natalie Ciomek

2010 - Craig Campbell

2009 - Shawn Agee

2008 - Jessica Suber Fowler

2007 - Joseph Rousso, Timothy Kubal

2006 - Shellie Marks, Robert Allison

2005 - Victor Gonzalez

The selected student is one who has distinguished herself/himself by activities that further the College of Medicine’s mission to “… educate and develop exemplary physicians who practice patient centered health care, discover and advance knowledge and are responsive to community needs, especially through service to elder, rural, minority and underserved populations.”

Graduating Students

Please ensure that worthy students receive the consideration they deserve by taking the time to submit a nomination in a word document to Michele Reagan at michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

Make sure to provide a description of why you think that student deserves to be nominated. Submissions that contain only a name will not be considered.

Questions? Contact michele.reagan@med.fsu.edu

If you learn that a specific student has been nominated by another person, you should still submit your own nomination letter that addresses the reasons why you think that student should be recognized, giving examples of exemplary actions. It is expected that some nominators will only be aware of activities that occurred in Years 1-2 while others are aware of what occurred in Years 3-4. The award is meant to represent consistent activity which may only be apparent when the committee sees several letters each describing different aspects of the nominees’ contributions.

2021 - Jessica Gonzalez, Kyara Marquez

2020 - Shane Thomas Geffe

2019 - Tucker Retherford

2018 - Ann Loraine Roc

2017 - Paulin Gotrace

2016 - Kristen Dimas

2015 - Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews

2014 - JD Byrd

2013 - Laura Davis

2012 - Laura Diamond

2011 - Rachel Bixler, Zita Magloire