Arthur L. Beaudet Lifetime Mentorship Award
The Arthur L. Beaudet Lifetime Mentorship Award is a college-wide award recognizing the lifetime mentoring of faculty, staff, and trainees.
- 2023: Mary K. Estes, Ph.D. & Malcolm K Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2022: Hugo Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Family Achievement Award in Genetics
The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Family Achievement Award in Genetics recognizes department scientific, clinical, educational, and service achievements in support of our missions.
- 2023: Seema Lalani, M.D. (Faculty), Janel Peterson (Trainee), Demetria Dalco (Administration)
- 2022: Carlos Bacino, M.D. & Richard Lewis, M.D., M.S. (Faculty), Jessica Swanson (Trainee), Alyssa Crowder (Scientific Staff), Charlotte Cherry (Administration)
- 2021: Shinya Yamamoto, D.V.M., Ph.D. (Faculty), Patrick Hunt (Trainee), Oguz Kanca (Scientific Staff), Judi Coleman (Administration)
Kenneth Scott Graduate Mentor Award
Kenneth Scott Graduate Mentor Award is an annual award given to department faculty for outstanding mentorship and service to the genetics and genomics graduate program
- Christophe Herman, Ph.D. (2023)
- Herman Dierick, Ph.D. (2022)
- Benjamin Arenkiel, Ph.D. (2021)
- Andy Groves, Ph.D. (2020)
- Gad Shaulsky, Ph.D. (2019)
- Sharon Plon, M.D., Ph.D. (2018)
Shan and Lee-Jun Wong Fellowship Award
The Shan and Lee-Jun Wong Fellowship was established to support those working in the areas of translational science or diagnostics, with a particular emphasis on mitochondrial biology and disease or cancer biology.
Debdeep Dutta, Ph.D. - "Understanding the role of mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis in ceramide metabolism and neurodegeneration." (2022)