School of Pharmacy Presents Annual Awards
The School of Pharmacy held its annual Celebration of Achievement April 29 to recognize faculty, staff and students who excelled during the 2015-2016 academic year. The list of honorees includes:
P1 Teacher of the Year - Nikita Mirajkar, Ph.D.
P2 Teacher of the Year - Luca Cucullo, Ph.D.
P3 Teacher of the Year - Charles Seifert, Pharm.D.
P1 Teaching Team of the Year: Anatomy and Physiology - Russell Snyder, Ph.D.; Nikita Mirajkar, Ph.D.; Margaret Weis, Ph.D.; Pratip Mitra, Ph.D.
P2 Teaching Team of the Year: Infectious Disease - Jennifer Grelle, Pharm.D.; Young Lee, Pharm.D.; Krystal Haase, Pharm.D.; Nadezhda German, Ph.D.; Xinli Liu, Ph.D.; Harold Miller, Ph.D.
P3 Teaching Team of the Year: Neurosensory-Psychiatry Team - James Stoll, Ph.D.; Anna Kochanowska-Karamyan, Ph.D.; Paul Trippier, Ph.D.; Rebecca Sleeper, Pharm.D.; Monica Mathys, Pharm.D.
Graduate Students’ Association at Amarillo (GSAA) Teaching Team of the Year: Psychology–based Pharmacology Team - Ulrich Bickel, Ph.D.; Luca Cucullo, Ph.D.; Vardan Karamyan, Ph.D.; Ramakrishna Samala, Ph.D.; Kalkunte Srivenugopal, Ph.D.; and Margaret Weis, Ph.D. as members of the Graduate
GSAA Teacher of the Year - Margaret Weis, Ph.D.
GSAA Mentor of the Year - Luca Cucullo, Ph.D.
GSAA Dean’s Scholar Award - Ms. Shika and Nihar Kinarivala, Ph.D. candidates, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
GSAA Graduate Student of the Year - Jee Hyun Park, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Award of Excellence in Staff Services (Amarillo) - Jeri Brown, Executive Associate, Dean’s Office
Award of Excellence in Staff Services (Regional) - Beverly Johnson, Dallas
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