In recognition of the University’s commitment to our core values and community engagement, this award is intended to honor a postdoctoral fellow of outstanding character who shows evidence of a consistent record of service and support to the School of Medicine or the community, good working relationships with peers and faculty, and having earned the respect of others.
The following items are required by the committee:
- Two letters from faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, staff members, graduate students, or representatives of a service organization. The letters should specifically highlight the postdoctoral fellow’s service record.
- A curriculum vitae highlighting the candidate’s service record
2025: Erik Nordquist, PhD, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
2024: Andreas Wulff, PhD - Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development
2023: Parham Habibzadeh, MD - Institute of Human Virology
2022: Joanna Cooper, PhD - Center for Vascular Biology & Inflammatory Diseases
2021: Cali Calarco, PhD - Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
2020: Archana Gopalakrishnan, PhD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
2019: Scott Baliban, PhD, Department of Medicine and Saumil Sethna, PhD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology
2018: Michael Engeln, PhD - Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
2017: M. Kathryn Leonard, PhD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology