Dr. Neal Fearnot, currently of Med Institute, established this award because he felt that the experience he gained as a student presenter at the BME summer seminar series was extremely valuable. The award is presented to the graduate student whose presentation receives the highest evaluation from the faculty, students and staff attending the seminars. 

Whittington’s presentation was based on her current doctoral research on matrix-induced in vitro vasculogenesis by endothelial colony forming cells.