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2009 Celebration Challenge party-a collage of attendees

Year 2009 Celebration Challenge grant party at the Forsyth Institute Harvard School of Dental Medicine, all food made by Dr. Chen and all the soft drinks were provided by Dr. Li

 

Lab Member Awards

2001:    Predoc. K. Shimizu as Young Investigator Award Recipient at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

2005:    Outstanding Contribution Award, International Association for Biological and Medical Research.

2006:    Postdoc. S. Yang as Most Outstanding Abstract Award Recipient at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

2007:    President Appreciation Award, International Association for Biological and Medical Research.

2010-Present:    Honorable endowed Jay M. McDonald Professorship in Bone Biology, University of at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

2012:    Predoctoral student Mengrui Wu as the 2012 ASBMR President’s Award Recipient at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

ASBMR President's Award Recipient, Mengrui Wu

2013:    Joel Jules (Postdoc) received the 2013 ASBMR Felix Bronner Young Investigator Award as the highest ranking abstract submitted by a young investigator at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

2013:    Mengrui Wu (Predoctoral student) as the 2013 ASBMR Travel Award Recipient at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

2013:    Guochun Zhu (visiting scholar) 2013 ASBMR Travel Award Recipient at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

2014:    Yun Lu (student) has been selected to receive a 2014 The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Young Investigator Travel Grant

2014:    Mengrui Wu (PhD student) was selected to receive a 2014 ASBMR Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Award.   

2014:    Liang Hao (PhD student) was selected to receive a 2014 CAMAC Research Day Abstract Competition Second Place.

2014:    Yun Lu (student) 2014 The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Young Investigator Travel Grant.

2015:    Matthew McConnell (PhD student) was selected to receive the Intersociety Council for Pathology Information Travel Award.

2015:    Mengrui Wu (post-doc) has been selected to receive a 2015 ASBMR Annual Meeting Young Investigator Award.

2015:    Yun Lu (student) was selected to receive a 2015 The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Grant.

2015:    Yun Lu (student) has been selected to receive a 2015 CAMAC Research Day Abstract Competition Second Place.

2015:    Yun Lu (student) 2015 The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Grant.

2016:    Matthew McConnell (PhD student) has been selected to receive a 2016 CAMAC Research Day Abstract Competition Second Place.

2016:    Joel Jules (Postdoc) was selected to receive a 2016 The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Grant.

2016:    Matthew McConnell, UAB Cancer Biology Graduate Student received his Ph.D.

2016:    Matthew McConnell (post-doc) has been selected to receive a 2016 CAMBAC RESEARCH DAY poster award

2016:    Yun Lu (student) has been selected to receive a 2016 CAMBAC RESEARCH DAY Meritorious Abstract Award

2016:    Yun Lu (student) 2016 CAMAC Research Day Abstract Competition Second Place.

2017:    Matthew McConnell (post-doc) was selected to receive a 2017 ASBMR Annual Meeting Young Investigator Award.

2017:    Jinjin Wu (student) 2017 CAMBAC Research Poster Presentation Award

2019:    Diep Edwards (MD student) as the 2019 ASBMR Travel Award Recipient at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research.

2019:    Yan Zhang (PhD student) 2019 The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting Young Investigator Travel Grant