This award is intended to recognize the exceptional achievements of an alum of the Graduate Program in Life Sciences or a graduate program that predated the creation of GPILS (e.g., Program in Physiology, etc.). The nominee’s degree must have been awarded no later than 2018.
The following items are required by the committee:
- A nomination letter from a faculty member outlining the nominee's accomplishments
- The candidate’s curriculum vitae
2025: Ya-Wen Chen, PhD, Program in Molecular Medicine
2024: Christina G. Tise, MD, PhD - Program in Epidemiology and Human Genetics
2023: Brian Polster, PhD - Program in Neuroscience
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2021: Jessica Swartz, PhD - Program in Neuroscience
2020: Hugo Tejeda, PhD - Program in Neuroscience
2019: Donna Calu, PhD - Program in Neuroscience
2018: John Teijaro, PhD - Program in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
2017: Benjamin Prosser, PhD - Program in Molecular Medicine (Accepting on his behalf are John Lederer, MD, PhD and Martin Schneider, PhD)
2016: Jaclyn Schwarz, PhD - Program in Neuroscience
2015: Quincy Samus, PhD - Program in Gerontology