The FIU Center for Translational Science 5th Annual South Florida Translational Research Symposium took place at Florida International University, USA, on the 9th and 10th of April 2026. The symposium featured excellent plenary talks on congenital heart disease, lung injury, stroke, and bench to bedside research. Our RSC Pharmaceutics Editorial Member, Dr Heidi Mansour attended this conference, and RSC Pharmaceutics was delighted to sponsor four prizes for the undergraduate, medical student, post graduate and postdoctoral poster winners:
Undergraduate poster winner: Carleigh Miller (Nova Southeastern University)
Medical student poster winner: Oren Nedjar (Nova Southeastern University)
Graduate poster winner: Joseph Souchak (Florida International University)
Postdoctoral poster winner: Hasham Shafi (Florida International University)
We are delighted that the symposium was such a success and we would like to wish a huge congratulations to the poster prize winners!
[Left] Prof. Benedict Albensi from Nova Southeastern University on behalf of Carleigh Miller and Oren Nedjar, and Prof. Stephen M. Black from Florida International University. Not pictured: Carleigh Miller, Undergraduate Poster Winner, and Oren Nedjar, Medical Student Poster Winner. [Middle] Joseph Souchak, Graduate Poster Winner. [Right] Hasham Shafi, Postdoctoral Fellow Poster Winner.
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