Faculty Awards
Lifetime Service Award
In 2025, the Graduate School introduced the Lifetime Service Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated exceptional and sustained service to the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences over the course of their career. This award honors an individual whose legacy of leadership, mentorship, and institutional impact has profoundly shaped the school’s mission and community.
Year |
Faculty Member |
2025 | Dr. Clinton MacDonald |
2025 | Dr. Daniel Hardy |
Outstanding Research and Student Mentor Award
Introduced in 2019, this award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in both biomedical research and the mentorship of students. Honorees are individuals whose research is innovative and impactful, and who actively invest in the academic and professional development of their trainees.
Year |
Faculty Member |
2025 | Dr. Bhutia |
2024 | Dr. Cuello |
2023 | Dr. Jansen |
2022 | Dr. Pruitt |
2021 | Dr. Urbatsch |
2020 | Dr. Bergeson |
2019 | Dr. Bergeson |
Outstanding Teaching Award
The Graduate School introduced its first teaching awards in 2020, with individual awards presented across five programs. In 2025, these were consolidated into a single Outstanding Teaching Award, which continues to honor a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching and a strong commitment to student learning within the GSBS curriculum.
Year |
Program |
Faculty Member |
2024 | Biotechnology | Dr. Bergeson |
2024 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Palle |
2024 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Ahmed |
2024 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Villalobos |
2023 | Biotechnology | Dr. Palle |
2023 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Thomas |
2023 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Wood |
2023 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Dufour |
2022 | Biotechnology | Dr. La-Beck |
2022 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Tripathi |
2022 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Al-Ahmed |
2022 | Public Health | Dr. Appiah |
2022 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Mr. Hewetson |
2021 | Biotechnology | Dr. Urbatsch |
2021 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Urbatsch |
2021 | Public Health | Dr. St. John |
2021 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Kaur |
2020 | Biotechnology | Dr. Sutton |
2020 | Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Hardy |
2020 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Wood |
2020 | Public Health | Dr. Queen |
2020 | Graduate Medical Education Sciences | Dr. Pelley |