Young Investigator Awards 2025.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Best Flash Talk
Sunny Kim - PhD Student at Dr. Tiger Zhang's Lab
Dr. Mateusz Pospiech - Post doctoral candidate at Dr. Houda Alachkar’s lab
Best Poster Presentation
Riley Grosso - PhD Student at Dr. Annie Wong Beringer's Lab
Anh Quan Truong - PhD Student at Dr. Gauri Rao’s Lab
Young Investigator Awards 2025 - Details
A hallmark of AAPS annual Moving Targets symposium is the poster competition, where School of Pharmacy students celebrate their scientific findings. It is a tradition that our faculty judges evaluate these presentations, and award the top three presenters with the Young Investigator Awards. It is a time for us to come together, discuss, and celebrate our research with one another.
Staying true to these values, AAPS is proud to announce our Young Investigator Award competition for 2025.
Eligibility: Open to all USC students and researchers.
Format: We invite you to showcase your original research at the Moving Targets Symposium. Submit the title and abstract by August 4th at 11:59 PM PDT. Your presentation will be evaluated by esteemed USC faculty members during the symposium on August 21st, 2025. Posters should be printed at 36 inches high and 48 inches wide. Join us for a chance to be recognized, the winners will be announced the same day!
Awards: The top two presenters, as determined by the judges, will each be awarded $250 for Best Poster Presentation and Best Flash Talk.
We look forward to your submission and learning more about your research. For any questions regarding the competition, please reach out to us at aaps@usc.edu.