The Student Summer Research Awards (SSRA) 2023 took place over two special nights. 
On Tuesday 19 September, 133 students presented their research posters to UCD faculty and staff members. The 10 top students were then chosen to present at the Gold Medal Night held on Wednesday 27 September.
The SSRA programme is an undergraduate research initiative to support and showcase Undergraduate Research affiliated within the UCD School of Medicine. SSRA is a five credit eight-
week elective module, which provides an ideal opportunity for undergraduate students to undertake a supervised research project.
This was a fantastic year, with an incredible level of talent on display. A huge congratulations goes to Gold Medal Winner Aghogho Okpara for her project titled, Exploring New Treatments For Burkitt's Lymphoma. Aghogho was supervised by Dr Melinda Halasz, with Dr Eoghan O’Connor as Co-Supervisor.
Congratulations also goes to our Silver Medal Winner Emma Grady and our Bronze Medal Winner Peo Mogatwane.
Gold Medal: Aghogho Okpara -150x225.JPG)
Project Title: EXPLORING NEW TREATMENTS FOR BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA
Supervisor: Dr Melinda Halasz
Co-Supervisor: Dr Eoghan O’Connor
Silver Medal: Emma Grady
Project Title: UNRAVELLING THE MOLECULAR EFFECTS OF A NOVEL LEUKAEMIA-RELATED GENE FUSION
Supervisor: Prof Jonathan Bond
Co-Supervisor: Dr Sharmila Biswas
Bronze Medal: Peo Mogatwane
Project Title: THE ROLE OF THE KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNEL IN REGULATING NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION AND THERMAL SENSITIVITY IN VIVO
Supervisor: Dr Jeffrey Glennon
Well done to all involved and, again, congratulations to Aghogho, Emma and Peo.
A special thank you must go to Dr Noreen Sheehy, Edward Moore and team on once again organising a terrific event.
