Education

Presidential Award Selection Committee

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The Selection Committee consists of an interdisciplinary group of senior faculty from schools throughout the College.

2025-2026 Selection Committee Members
NameDepartmentCommittee Position
Maria E. Bottazzi, Ph.D.Pediatrics-Tropical MedicineMember
Joan A. Friedland, M.D., MPHMedicineMember
Suzanne Fuqua, Ph.D.Lester and Sue Smith Breast CenterMember
Sandra Haudek, Ph.D., M.S.Medicine/Curriculum OfficeMember
Frederick Pereira, Ph.D.Huffington Center on Aging
Molecular and Cell Biology
Member
Lorraine Potocki, M.D.Molecular and Human GeneticsChair 
E. Lee Poythress, M.D.MedicineMember
Matt Rasband, Ph.D., M.S.NeuroscienceMember
David R. Rowley, Ph.D.Cell BiologyMember
Gordon Schutze, M.D.PediatricsMember
Richard Sifers, Ph.D.PathologyPast Chair
Eric Storch, Ph.D.Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesMember
Addison Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.MedicineMember
Teri Turner, M.D., MPH, M.Ed.Pediatrics, GMEMember
Kanta Velamuri, M.D., M.Ed.MedicineMember
Lynn Zechiedrich, Ph.D.Virology & MicrobiologyMember
Biykem Bozkurt, M.D., Ph.D.Sr. Dean of Faculty
Medicine – Cardiology
ex officio