Maheen Ibrahimi, a third-year student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was determined to make a change upon her arrival to the city. Her efforts over the past few years have led her to be selected as a 2025 recipient of the Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Graduate Student Accolades
Two Pitt Bioengineering PhD Students Awarded NSF Fellowships
Two Bioengineering PhD students at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering—Durwash Badr and Katelin Rahn—received competitive fellowships from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) in 2025.
Four Bioengineering PhD Students receive NIH F31 Fellowships
Four Bioengineering PhD students at the Swanson School of Engineering will receive funding toward their studies in 2025, thanks to prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Brunick and Soni selected as TIPH Ambassadors
Two Pitt Public Health graduate students, McKenna Brunick and Maahi Soni, have been selected as This is Public Health (TIPH) ambassadors for the 2025–26 academic year.
PhD candidate Hecheng Jin wins first place poster award at International MRI Conference
Hecheng Jin, PhD candidate in the 7T Bioengineering Research Program (7TBRP), received the first-place poster award at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting this spring for her presentation “Design and implementation of a 1H/31P dual-tuned head coil at 7T.”
PhD candidate Vuk Vuković was awarded an ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship
Vuković has been selected for the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Leading Edge Fellowship. Vuković studies in the Dietrich School’s Department of History of Art and Architecture as well as its Film and Media Studies Program.
PhD candidate Paula Orozco-Espinel received a Newcombe Fellowship
Paula Orozco-Espinel, a doctoral candidate in Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient.
Christian Knox received a Department of Energy research award
Christian Knox, a third-year chemistry PhD student in the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program. Knox is a part of Peng Liu’s research group.
PhD student Hossein Nakhaei won a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Hossein Nakhaei, a PhD student in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has received a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.
A graduate student is Pitt’s newest Critical Language Scholar
University of Pittsburgh graduate student Elaina Hopkins has been awarded a 2025 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS). The program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the American Councils for International Education, promotes language learning and cultural exchange in regions critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.
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