The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences proudly honors faculty and staff who demonstrate outstanding dedication to scientific discovery, transformative classroom instruction, and the mentorship of our graduate trainees.
Lifetime Service Award
Introduced in 2025, the Lifetime Service Award honors a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated exceptional, sustained service to the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences across their career. This award recognizes individuals whose enduring leadership, mentorship, and institutional contributions have profoundly shaped our community.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Dr. Clinton MacDonald |
| 2025 | Dr. Daniel Hardy |
Outstanding Research and Student Mentor Award
Established in 2019, this award honors faculty members who achieve excellence in both innovative biomedical research and the dedicated mentorship of graduate students. Recipients actively invest in the academic progression, professional development, and career success of their trainees.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Dr. Yangzom Bhutia |
| 2024 | Dr. Luis Cuello |
| 2023 | Dr. Michaela Jansen |
| 2022 | Dr. Kevin Pruitt |
| 2021 | Dr. Ina Urbatsch |
| 2020 | Dr. Susan Bergeson |
| 2019 | Dr. Susan Bergeson |
Outstanding Teaching Award
The Graduate School introduced its initial teaching awards in 2020 across individual academic programs. In 2025, these recognitions were unified into a single school-wide Outstanding Teaching Award honoring faculty who demonstrate sustained pedagogical excellence and dedication to student learning.
| Year | Academic Program / Discipline | Faculty Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Biotechnology | Dr. Susan Bergeson |
| 2024 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Kumar Palle |
| 2024 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Faleh Ahmed |
| 2024 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Anthony Villalobos |
| 2023 | Biotechnology | Dr. Kumar Palle |
| 2023 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Jeffrey H. Thomas |
| 2023 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. James Wood |
| 2023 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Jannette Dufour |
| 2022 | Biotechnology | Dr. Julie Ann La-Beck |
| 2022 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Manisha Tripathi |
| 2022 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Khalid Al-Ahmed |
| 2022 | Public Health | Dr. Duke Appiah |
| 2022 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Mr. Alan Hewetson |
| 2021 | Biotechnology | Dr. Ina Urbatsch |
| 2021 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Ina Urbatsch |
| 2021 | Public Health | Dr. Julie St. John |
| 2021 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Gurvinder Kaur |
| 2020 | Biotechnology | Dr. Robert Sutton |
| 2020 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Daniel Hardy |
| 2020 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. James Wood |
| 2020 | Public Health | Dr. Courtney Queen |
| 2020 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. John Pelley |