Awards

for

the Alaska WWAMI biomedical program's pathways programs

A)  Program Awards

           * 2007:  Della Keats/UDOC/NIDDK -  Awarded: UAA Chancellor's Award for Excellence (UAA, Diversity)

B)  Faculty Awards

         * 2009: Dr. Ian van Tets - UAA Honor's College:  Faculty Exemplar Award
        * 2008: Mr. John Gregoire - UAA Chancellor's Award for Excellence (awarded for service to students)
        * 2008: Dr. Ian van Tets - UAA Chancellor's Award for Excellence (nominated for both diversity & service to students)
        * 2007: Dr. Ian van Tets - Commitment to Excellence (National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIDDK OMHRC)

C)  Student Awards

         These awards were awarded by the organizers of the NIH NIDDK OMHRC STEP UP program's annual national conference.  Students from Alaska Native backgrounds are listed in bold.  The student's most recent year of schooling at the time of the award, their school, and the name of their faculty mentor are shown in parentheses.  The program organizers decided not to make awards in 2008.
 

        * 2007: Juan Aparicio - Outstanding Research (senior HS / South Anchorage HS /Dr. Ian van Tets) - This is the premier research award for the national conference

        * 2007: Sofia Infante - Honorable Mention for Research (senior HS / East Anchorage HS / Dr. Ian van Tets)

        * 2007: Fabio Coartney - Honorable Mention for Research (junior HS / Lathrop (Fairbanks) HS /Dr. Mary Ellen Gordian)

        * 2006: Josh Proper - Excellent Research (senior HS / Wasilla HS / Ms. Vanessa von Biela MS, Dr. Jennifer Burns)

        * 2006: Juan Aparicio - Honorable Mention for Research (junior HS / South Anchorage HS / Dr. Ian van Tets)

        * 2006: Fung Fung Lim -  Honorable Mention for Research (senior HS / Bartlett (Anchorage) HS / Dr. Ian van Tets)

        * 2005: Jacqoui James - Excellent Research (senior HS / Yakutat HS / Mr. Max Kullberg MS)

        * 2005: Ryan Wilson - Honorable Mention for Research (senior HS / Wasilla HS / Dr. Ian van Tets)

        * 2004: Jacqoui James - Honorable Mention for Research (senior HS / Yakutat HS / Mr. Max Kullberg MS)

        * 2004: Jolene Jackinsky - Honorable Mention for Research (senior HS / Mt. Edgecumbe HS (Sitka) / Dr. Ian van Tets)
 

Click here to email the pathways program director (Dr. Ian van Tets) about any of these awards

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This page was last edited on:  01 May 2009