• 2008    Guang Liang, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

                  (ASBMB) Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2008.

• 2008    Xudong Wu Wu ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2008

• 2008    Yunzhou Li, ASBMB High School Student Travel Award for EB 2008

• 2009    Beth S Pecora, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2009

• 2009    Beth S. Pecora, Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate School Travel

                  Award

• 2009    Xudong Wu  ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2009

• 2010    Beth S. Pecora, Charles C Clayton Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth

                  University, Medical College, Office of Graduate Education

• 2010    Jian Xiao ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2010

• 2010    Weibin Zha, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2010

• 2011    Beth S. Pecora, Mary P. Coleman Award, Virginia Commonwealth University,

                  Medical College, Department of Microbiology/Immunology

• 2011    Yi Huang, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2011

• 2011    Yun Wang ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2011

• 2011    Xiqiao Zhou ASBMB Postdoctoral Travel Award for EB 2011

• 2011    Beth S Zha, American Society for Clinical Research Travel Award

• 2011    Beth S Zha, Association of American Physicians Graduate student travel award

• 2012    Renping Zhao, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2012

• 2013    Xiaoxuan Zhang, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2013

• 2014    Runping Liu, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2014

• 2014    Michael Hinton, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2014

• 2014    Yunzhou Li, Poster Award, Falk Symposium 194, VII Falk Gastro-Conference,

                  October 8-11, 2014, Freiburg (Germany).

• 2015     Jing Yang, ASBMB Postdoctoral Travel Award for EB 2015

• 2015     Hinton M, Michael Hinton, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2015

• 2015     Yongqing Wang, DDW 2015, Poster of Distinction

• 2016     Lixin Sun, Post-doctoral fellow travel award Winner from ASPET) for EB 2016

• 2016     Tanzhou Chen, Young Investigator Award, DDW 2016.

• 2016     Runping Liu, Presidential Plenary Presentation and The Sherrie H Cathcart

                   Travel Award, AASLD in Boston.

• 2017     Eric Kwong, American Physiology Society Pre-doctoral Poster, and Travel

                   Award for EB 2017.

• 2017     Xiaojiaoyang Li, James W. Freston Single Topic Conference Extracellular

                   Vesicles: Biology, Translation, and Clinical Application in GI Disorders.

                   Travel Award.

• 2017     Eric Kwong, ASIP PISA 2017 Rojkind-Monga Trainee Travel Award for

                   Excellence in Liver Pathobiology Research.

• 2017     Xiaojiaoyang Li, Presidential Plenary Presentation and The Young Investigator

                   Travel Award, AASLD in Washington, DC

• 2018     Eric Kwong, Charles C Clayton Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth

                   Medical College, Office of Graduate Education

• 2018     Runping Liu. Basic Plenary Presentation of DDW 2018 and AASLD Foundation

                   Fellow Travel Award in Washington, DC

• 2019     Yanyan Wang, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2019

• 2019     Xiaojiaoyang Li. Basic Plenary Presentation of DDW 2019 and AASLD

                   Foundation Fellow Travel Award in San Diego, CA.

• 2019     Yanyan Wang, James W. Freston Single Topic Conference, Travel Award

• 2020     Junkai Yan, Basic Plenary Presentation of DDW 2020 and AASLD Foundation

• 2020     Yanyan Wang, Basic Plenary Presentation of DDW 2020

• 2020     Jilin Wu Basic Plenary Presentation of DDW 2020 and AASLD Foundation Fellow

                   Travel Award

• 2020     Yuan Zhang, ASBMB Graduate Student Travel Award for EB 2020

• 2020     Yunling Tai, Junior Investigator Research Award, Chinese-

                    American Liver Society, The 3rd annual symposium.

• 2020     Junkai Yan, Postdoctoral Research Award, Chinese-American Liver Society,

                    The 3rd annual symposium

• 2020     Yanyan Wang, Postdoctoral Research Award, Chinese-American Liver Society,

                    The 3rd annual symposium

• 2020     Yuan Zhang, Graduate Student Research Award, Chinese-American Liver

                    Society, The 3rd annual symposium

• 2020     Junkai Yan, AASLD Foundation Leonard B. Seeff Award for Outstanding

                    Research by an Early Career Investigator.

• 2020      Yunling Tai, AASLD Foundation Early Stage Investigator Research Award.

• 2021      David Fluharty, SCBA 4thCALS Annual Symposium, Graduate Student                              Research

• 2021      Derrick Zhao, SCBA 4thCALS Annual Symposium, Graduate Student Research

• 2021      Shenyi Lai, SCBA 4thCALS Annual Symposium, Best Poster Presentation Award

• 2021      Eric Kwong, AASLD Foundation EMERGING LIVER SCHOLAR Award.

• 2021      Derrick Zhao, AASLD, the best abstract award

• 2022      Grayson Way, Travel Award from Gordon Research Conference; 2022 Alcohol-                Induced End Organ Diseases. Ventura, CA.

• 2022      Kaitlyn Jackson, Basic Plenary Presentation of DDW 2022 and AASLD                              Foundation Fellow Travel Award in San Diego, CA.

• 2022      Kaitlyn Jackson, School of Medicine graduate travel award for DDW 2023 in                    Chicago, IL.

• 2022      Jing Zeng, Travel Award from 8th SCBA International Symposium in Boson, MA.

• 2022      Jing Zeng, SCBA 5th CALS Annual Symposium, Best Poster Presentation                        Award.

• 2022      Grayson Way, SCBA 5thCALS Annual Symposium, Best Poster Presentation

• 2023      Jing Zeng, AASLD Foundation Fellow Travel Award, DDW 2023 in Chicago, IL.

• 2023      Kaitlyn Jackson, VCU graduate school travel award for DDW 2023 in                                Chicago, IL.

• 2023      Kaitlyn Jackson, School of Medicine graduate travel award for DDW 2023 in                    Chicago, IL

• 2023      Jing Zeng, SCBA 6th CALS Annual Symposium, Postdoctoral Research Award

• 2023      Ying Xu, SCBA 6thCALS Annual Symposium, Best Poster Presentation Award

• 2023      Jing Zeng, AASLD Abstract Award, Liver Meeting 2023 in Boston, MA.

• 2023      Jing Zeng, AASLD 2023 Leonard B. Seeff Award for Outstanding Research by                an Early Career Investigator.

• 2023      Jing Zeng, The Best Speaker in Session Award, 2023 UVA-VCU Cancer                            Research Symposium.

• 2024      Kaitlyn Jackson, 2024 School of Medicine Charles C. Clayton awardee

• 2024      Kaitlyn Jackson, 2024 AAI Abstract Award

• 2024      Kaitlyn Jackson, VCU graduate school travel award for 2024 AAI meeting in                    Chicago, IL

• 2024      Qianhua Yan, 2024 CADA Fellowship Award, The 15th Chinese                                          American Diabetes Association (CADA) Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.

• 2024      Grayson Way, 2024 AASLD Early Career Investigator Award in Basic Science                   Research

• 2024      Sareh Baytapour, SCBA 7th CALS Annual Symposium, Best Poster                                    Presentation Award.

• 2025      Sareh Baytapour, VCU cMEDA summer research fellowship.​

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Graduate Student NIH Fellowship:

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• 2009-2013       Beth S Zha, F30, NIH/NIDDK

• 2015-2019       Michael Hinton, F31, NIH/NIAAA

• 2017-2022       Eric Kwong, F30, NIH/NIAAA

• 2023-2026       Kaitlyn C Jackson, F31, NIH/NIDDK

• 2023-2028       Grayson Way, T32, NIH/NIAAA