Class of 2026 medical student Claire Ong (Medicine) won the Medical Student Research State Champion for her poster presentation at the American College of Physicians (ACP) 2023 Nevada Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting held October 6-7, 2023, at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center. As the winner representing Nevada, she will present at the National ACP conference in April 2024. She also won first place for her oral presentation at the Medical Research Society's Fourth Annual Medical Student Research Symposium on September 23, 2023 at The Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building. Her research title is: Investigating the role of CXCR3+ monocytes on CAR T cell function.