Scholarships/Fellowships
2025
Jennifer Bosquez, 5th year Doctorate student received the ASM CPEP Medical and Public Health Laboratory Microbiology Fellowship (not pictured).
2024
Jennifer Bosquez, 4th year Doctorate student received the 1) Stanley M. Alcorn Memorial Scholarship at the University of Arizona. She also received the 2) Achievement Award for College Students 2024-2025 Scholar Award where she was selected as a recipient of the 2024-2025 ARCS Scholar Award by the Phoenix chapter of the ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation. The ARCS Foundation provides financial awards to recognize outstanding scientific achievements by STEM students. Lastly, Jennifer received the 3) Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholar which provided additional graduate student funding due to academic achievement.
2023
Jennifer Bosquez, 4th year Doctorate student received the Oxford NanoPore Travel Award, which provided travel supplementation to attend an upcoming conference (not pictured).
Jennifer Bosquez, 4th year Doctorate student received one of the three Top Presenter Awards at the 2023 UA Food Safety Consortium in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
Dustin Loso, undergraduate researcher, received an award for Crowd Favorite at the 2023 UA Food Safety Consortium in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
Victoria Obergh, research technician, received he Outstanding Staff Poster Award at the 2023 UA Food Safety Consortium in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
2022
3rd year Doctorate student Jennifer Mydosh was awarded a Student Travel Scholarship to 2022 IAFP Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
Accelerated master's student Madison Goforth was awarded a Student Travel Scholarship to 2022 IAFP Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
Former Cooper laboratory undergraduate researcher, Kiley Doherty, who recently received her Master's degree in Public Health from University of California, Berkeley was award Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship at 2022 IAFP Annual Meeting in Pittsburg, PA.