New guideline: Past winners will not be eligible to be nominated for the same award within five years.
2026 Award Winners
2026 Mentee of the Year
Sarah Sansom, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush Medical College
2026 Mentor of the Year
Tricia Johnson, PhD
Professor
Department of Health Systems Management
College of Health Sciences
2026 Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year
Philip Malloy, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rush Medical College
2026 RMP Symposium Abstract Winners
Adrian Mansini, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Dermatology and Urology
Rush Medical College
Adrienn Markovics, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Rush Medical College
Alexis Paulina Jimenez-Uribe, DVM, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Rush Medical College
Itzel Pamela Zavala Guevara, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Rush Medical College
2026 RMP Symposium Poster Winners
1st Place Poster Winner
Meagan Makarczyk, PhD (Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Rush Medical College
“An innervated synovium-cartilage chip for modeling knee joint inflammation and associated pain”
2nd Place Poster Winner
Tanishka Khurana, MS (Anna Spagnoli, MD)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rush Medical College
“Loss of Prrx1 Promotes Chondrocyte Hypertrophy and Increases Osteoarthritis Severity via Dysregulated Cartilage Differentiation and Hemoglobin Expression”
3rd Place Poster Winner
Delia O. Alkhatib (Ryan Ross, PhD)
Graduate Student
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Rush Medical College
“LRP5 activating mutations do not increase alveolar bone mass in the Hyp mouse model of XLH.”