More than 20 faculty and students received recognition for their outstanding achievements during the second annual
Medical Center Convocation on Sept. 22. Those recognized for outstanding performance in research determined by scholarship, scientific achievement and professional recognition by their peers include:
Michael Cole
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Kenneth Kellar
Department of Pharmacology
Dr. Jeanne Mandelblatt
Department of Oncology
Dr. Daniel Merenstein
Department of Family Medicine
Josef Rauschecker
Department of Physiology
William Rebeck
Department of Neuroscience
Maximilian Riesenhuber
Department of Neuroscience
Dr. Peter Shields
Department of Oncology
Michael Stoto
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Dr. Jeffrey Toretsky
Department of Pathology
Dr. Anton Wellstein
Department of Oncology
Faculty members also were recognized by students and peers for their excellence in teaching. Those inducted into the Magis Society include:
Dr. John Lynch
Department of Urology
Dr. Willard Barnes
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michael Lumpkin
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Kaiser-Permanente Awards went to:
Barbara Bayer
Department of Neuroscience
Dr. David Nelson
Department of Pediatrics
Faculty recognized for outstanding achievement by the School of Nursing and Health Studies:
Maryanne Lachat
Department of Nursing
Mary Jane Mastorovich
Department of Health Systems Administration
Craig Ramey
Center on Health and Education
Students also received special recognition for outstanding achievement by their deans and professors. Outstanding student achievement in the School of Medicine went to:
Lydia Kuo-Bonde (M’10)
Shoshana Aleinikoff (M’12)
Outstanding student achievement in the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization went to:
Edward Tuan, (G’11)
Department of Pharmacology
Jose Matta (G'09)
Department of Pharmacology
Outstanding student achievement in the School of Nursing and Health Studies went to:
Marie Federowicz
Health Care Management and Policy
Michael DeLuca
International Health
A new award recognizes a faculty member for long-term, sustained service to the university in the form of community leadership, academic committees, governance, chairmanships and other efforts on behalf of Medical Center faculty colleagues. The award went to:
Kenneth Dretchen
Department of Pharmacology
