University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Honor and Awards
9/2021, Hannah Miles (Ricke/Li Labs, PhD Candidate), UW Carbone Cancer Center Heidi Dvinge and Patti Keely Trainee Honor Society Travel-Enrichment Award
5/2021, Asha Jain (Ricke Lab, Undergraduate Student), Finalist-Alternate for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for an English Teaching Assistantship in India
1/2021, Petra Popovics (Ricke Lab, Assistant Scientist), NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) to study “Osteopontin: a novel mediator of prostatic inflammation and fibrosis”
12/2020, Teresa Liu (Assistant Scientist/K01 Scholar), 2020 Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Best Poster Award (tied for 1stplace)
12/2020, Livianna Myklebust (Research Assistant), 2020 Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Best Poster Award (tied for 1stplace)
12/2020, Debra Garvey (Postdoctoral Researcher), 2020 Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Honorable Mention Abstract Award
12/2020, Alexis Adrian (Graduate student), 2020 Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) ‘Close Second’ Poster Award
12/2020, Riley Medenwald (Undergraduate student), 2020 Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) ‘Close Second’ Poster Award
5/2020, Teresa Liu (Ricke Lab, Assistant Scientist), NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) to study the “impact of age on altered steroidogenesis and estrogen receptor activation in benign prostatic hyperplasia progression”
12/2019, Livianna Myklebust (Ricke Lab, former SPUUR Intern), Best Poster Award at the Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Meeting, Kansas City, MO
09/2019, Petra Popovics, K12 Scholar/Assistant Scientist, SBUR Travel Award and podium presentation selection
09/2019, Teresa Liu, K12 Scholar/Assistant Scientist, SBUR Travel Award
06/2019, Livianna Myklebust, Research Assistantand former SPUUR student, Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology (CAIRIBU) Research Training and Development Award
05/2019, William Ricke, 2019 Society of Toxicology Kenneth P. DuBois Award
11/2018, Dalton McLean, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Travel Award, SBUR, Palm Springs, CA: “Fibroblast Growth Factor-5 Increases Androgen Receptor Expression and Signaling in Prostate Cancer”
03/2018, Teresa Liu, K12 scholar/Assistant Scientist, moderated poster session: “Altered steroidogenesis on estrogen receptor activation in benign prostatic hyperplasia”, ENDO, Chicago, IL
2018, Ashleigh Theberge, former K12 Scholar, one of ten 2018 Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Award recipients
2018, Ashleigh Theberge, former K12 Scholar, NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (R35)
2018, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen), former Postdoctoral Researcher, Burdock Group student travel award
2018, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen),former Postdoctoral Researcher, Toxicologists of African Origin (TAO) travel award
2018, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen),former Postdoctoral Researcher, Graduate Student Excellence Award from the Regulatory and Safety Evaluation Specialty Section (RSESS) of the Society of Toxicology
08/2017, Jordan Vellky, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Gordon Research Conference: Hormone-Dependent Cancers, Newry, ME: “Hormonal Modulation of DDX3 and its Implications for Translational Regulation in Prostate Cancer”
08/2017, Jordan Vellky, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Funded by T32 Training Grant, Madison, WI
2017, Ashleigh Theberge, former K12 Scholar, one of three worldwide recipients of the Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge Award (ASM, ACS & APS)
2017, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen), former Postdoctoral Researcher, Invited Speaker at Southern University’s Wilbur B. Clarke Chemistry Symposium
2017, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen),former Postdoctoral Researcher, ILSI North America Summer Fellow
2017-present, William Ricke, CoLeader, Tumor Microenvironment, Senior Leadership-UW Carbone Cancer Center
2017-present, William Ricke, Member, Research, Education, Conferences , Communications (RECC) Committee, American Urological Association
11/2016, Dalton McLean, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Travel Award, SBUR, Scottsdale, AZ: “In vivo Modeling of Metastasis Using a Prostate Cancer Progression Model”
08/2016, Jordan Vellky, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Funded by T32 Training Grant, Madison, WI
08/2016, Dalton McLean, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Funded by T32 Training Grant, Madison, WI
05/2016, William Ricke, Plenary talk, American Urological Association, San Diego, CA
2016-present, William Ricke, Affiliate Associate Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy
2016-present, Ashleigh Theberge, former K12 Scholar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Washington
11/2015, Jordan Vellky, Research Assistant/PhD Student, Travel Award, SBUR, Ft. Lauderdale, FL: “BOP1 Expression and Localization in Benign Prostatic Disease and Prostate Cancer Progression”
02/2015, William Ricke, Associate Professor, Clark-Atlanta University Lecture, Atlanta, GA, Graduate student and postdoc association, “Hormone action and paracrine interactions in prostatic carcinogenesis”
2015, Tristan Nicholson, former Research Assistant/PhD Student, MD with Distinction in Research, PhD Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentisry
2015, Tristan Nicholson, former Research Assistant/PhD Student, Robert E. Kates Award for excellence in clinical medicine and research, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
2015, Tristan Nicholson, former Research Assistant/PhD Student, Glasgow-Rubin Citation for graduating 1stin Class of 2015, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
2015, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen), former Postdoctoral Researcher, Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Inductee
2015-present, William Ricke, UW Medical Foundation Professor of Urologic Research, Endowed Professorship
2015-present, Teresa Liu, Assistant Scientist/K12 Scholar, Investigator, NIH K Career Development Award Scholar, Department of Urology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014-present, William Ricke, University of Wisconsin, George M. O’Brien Center Director
2014-2016, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen), former Postdoctoral Researcher,NIEHS (T32) Pre-doctoral Traineeship in Environmental Toxicology
2014-2015, Dr. Ashleigh Theberge, former Assistant Scientist/K12 Scholar, Investigator, NIH K Career Development Award Scholar, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Urology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014, Jalissa Wynder (Nguyen), former Postdoctoral Researcher, Travel award for Underrepresented Minority Fellows Symposium (AUMF)
