2010 Scholarship and Poster Competition Winners
 
Scholarships
In the quest to expand the involvement of minorities in the health professions, AMHPS offers 3 scholarships a year to assist outstanding students in pursuing their education. AMHPS also hosts a poster competition for both High School and College students where students present their research to fellow students and have it critiqued by the AMHPS Research Advisory Committee.
 
Annually, the Symposium provides an opportunity for students to receive scholarships. The Robert N. Black, Sr. Scholarship Award was established in 2000 by his son, Dr. Keith Black, Director of Neurosurgery of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Robert N. Black, Sr. scholarship is awarded to one high school and one undergraduate student who demonstrate a commitment to their studies and exhibit social cultural awareness of their community. The winners of the 24th Annual Biomedical Symposium Robert N. Black Scholarships were Jasmine Roberts and Glory Okwori.
 
The Carol B. Lewis Scholarship was established in 2003 on behalf of the late Executive Director of the Minority Health Professions Foundation. The scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate student attending an AMHPS member institution, the Annual Symposium, and who has exhibited a commitment to community service and a commitment to the health professions. The Carol B.
Lewis Scholarship was not awarded at the 24th Annual Symposium.  
 
The Margie and Reed Tuckson Scholarship was established in 2009 by Dr. and Mrs. Tuckson. The scholarship will be awarded annually to one male and one female student enrolled in one of the AMHPS medical schools. The scholarship winners are selected based upon their desire and capacity to address health disparities in the African American community. The winners of the 24th Annual Symposium Margie and Reed Tuckson Scholarship were Chrystina Jeter and Orville Newton-Ray Bignall II, students enrolled at Charles Drew University and Meharry Medical College, respectively.
 
Poster Presentations
Students actively involved in research projects throughout the year were given the opportunity to orally present their research projects to the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of the AMHPS; these mentored projects were in conjunction with on-going research. Seven students submitted abstracts for poster presentations; of those, four students were selected to participate in the 2010 Poster Presentation competition. Based on their poster presentations, students competed for awards for 1st and 2nd place; the following students were awarded prizes for their participation in the
competition:

• High School Category
  1.       Jasmine Roberts, Paul R. Wharton High School, Florida, The Efficacy
  Of Gene Cell Therapy Using CD11b+ Monocytes Transfected With Protease As A Treatment For Alzheimer’s Disease
  2.       Maria Alatorre, Arsenal Technical High School, Indiana, Chemogene
  Therapy For Colon Cancer
  
  
•   Undergraduate Category
  1.      Amber Johnson, Alabama State University, Alabama, Examining
  Self-Concept of High Ability Children with Autism
  2.      Jessica Thomas, Alabama State University, Alabama, In Vivo
  Identification of Proneurogenic Pharmacologic Agents for Treatment of Schizophrenia.