New guideline: Past winners will not be eligible to be nominated for the same award within five years.
2025 Award Winners
2025 Mentee of the Year
Puja Agarwal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center
Rush Medical College
2025 Mentor of the Year
Mary Hayden, MD
Professor
Department of Pathology
Rush Medical College
2025 Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year
Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, MS, EMBA, FAAN, FANA
Professor and Section Head of Cognitive Neuroscience
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush Medical College
2025 RMP Symposium Abstract Winners
Ahmed Babiker, MBBS, MSc, FIDSA
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush Medical College
Alana Kirby, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush Medical College
Puja Agarwal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Rush Medical College
Alexis Paulina Jimenez-Uribe, DVM, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Internal Medicine
Rush Medical College
2025 RMP Symposium Poster Winners
1st Place Poster Winner
Rachel Medernach, MD, MSCI (Mary Hayden, MD)
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush Medical College
2nd Place Poster Winner (Joint)
Felipe F. Gonzalez MD, MSc, PhD Candidate (Jonathan Gustafson, PhD)
Orthopedic Surgeon
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Rush Medical College
2nd Place Poster Winner (Joint)
Raquel Romay-Tallon, PhD (Alana Kirby, MD, PhD)
Research Scientist II
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush Medical College
2nd Place Poster Winner (Joint)
Janet Zayas, PhD (João Mamede, PhD)
Instructor
Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity
Rush Medical College