Eliana Liporace, am undergraduate sophomore at Emory, has achieved exciting milestones this fall at her first national research conferences. At the 2024 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) in Pittsburgh, PA, she was awarded 1st place in the Undergraduate Sophomore Poster Presentation category in Neuroscience for her summer research with the Howell Lab at The Jackson Laboratory. Earlier in October, Eliana also presented this research at the 2024 SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference as a fully funded Travel Scholar, where she presented her work and received recognition in the Health and Medicine category.

In addition to these research achievements, Eliana was recently named a Bowden Dean’s Achievement Scholar at Emory University. This prestigious merit-based award recognizes her outstanding academic performance and contributions to the community. These accomplishments highlight her dedication to advancing her academic and professional goals, including pursuing an MD/PhD in neurodegenerative diseases.