TTUHSC Recognizes School of Pharmacy Faculty, Staff
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy conducted its annual Celebration of Achievement May 8 to recognize faculty and staff
who have helped make the 2019-2020 school year a special one for students.
Faculty and staff members were presented with many prestigious awards. However, the event that ordinarily held in person and simulcast between the Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock and Dallas campuses was hosted completely online. An online program was distributed that was packed full of awards, recognitions and an appreciation video from students.
2020 has proven to individuals across the country that health care workers are invaluable to our society and often make daily sacrifices for the betterment of their communities. The health care workforce in West Texas would not be the resilient, innovative group that it is today without the help of TTUHSC’s School of Pharmacy faculty and staff.
Faculty Awards
P1 Teacher of the Year
Anna Karamyan, Ph.D.
P1 Teaching Team of the Year
Pharmacy Foundations & Compounding Team (Siva Koganti, Ph.D., Fakhrul Ahsan, Ph.D., Sami Nazzal, Ph.D., Anna Karamyan, Ph.D., and Rahul Jayant, Ph.D.)
P2 Teacher of the Year
Prof. Debra Notturno-Strong
P2 Teaching Team of the Year
Basic and Applied Pharmacokinetics Team (Abraham Al-Ahmad, Ph.D., Maegan Whitworth, Pharm.D., Fakhrul Ahsan, Ph.D., Mark Haase, Pharm.D., Siva Koganti, Ph.D., and Sami Nazzal)
P3 Teacher of the Year
Sal Tejani, Pharm.D.
P3 Teaching Team of the Year
Neurosensory/Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Team (Monica Mathys, Pharm.D., Anna Karamyan, Ph.D., Amie Blaszczyk, Pharm.D., and James Stoll, Ph.D.)
Preceptors of the Year
- Faculty: Chris Tawwater, Pharm.D., Thomas Parker, Pharm.D., Chelsea Krueger, Pharm.D., and Janie Robles, Pharm.D.
- Adjunct: Greg Young, Amber Elliot, Pharm.D., Julie Edwards, Pharm.D., Larry Pineda, Pharm.D.
Staff Awards
Excellence in Staff Services
Randall Best and Michal Hodge
Staff Mentors
Randi King, Cat Cox and Amanda Hines
Student Awards
Outstanding Clinicians
Athena Brindle Cannon, Matthew Bigelow, Tarak Patel and Selina Anzaldua
Outstanding Patient Advocates
Lucas Cannon, Thao Nguyen, Gray Chatrath, Bibiana Enriquezand Haley Tierce
Outstanding Service
Quang D. Ta, Kori Adair, George Lee and Selina Anzaldua
Student Role Models
Elise Lawrence, Nikunj Govind, Mahbouba Ahmadi and William Beathard
P1 Go Getters
Terence Woods, Ryan Hardaway and Kate Ball
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