Hanna Bobinger of Mobile, a first-year medical student at the USA College of Medicine, is the recipient of the $8,500 Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi National Fellowship award.
The National Fellowship award was established by Phi Kappa Phi in 1932, and it has become the society’s signature award. This is a highly competitive award, and Bobinger is one of 54 students across the United States to receive recognition this year.
“Phi Kappa Phi provides student members with the opportunity to develop into professionals and lifelong learners, and this fellowship has offered me tremendous support for furthering my education,” Bobinger said.
Bobinger was admitted into the USA College of Medicine Early Acceptance Program as a senior at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2021.
During her time at South, Bobinger collaborated for her honors thesis with Thomas Rich, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology at the USA College of Medicine, on research involving Gq-mediated calcium signaling in human airway smooth muscle cells.
“Having an engineering background assisted my understanding of the confocal microscopy and imaging techniques we used,” she said.
Following residency, Bobinger said she hopes to pursue dermatology and complete a Mohs surgery fellowship.
