Biotechnology PhD Training Program

UVa

 
 

Students

Kaity Allen - Finalist, Poster Competition, 10th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media (’11)

Ernie Perez Almodovar - Teaching Assistant Award UVa Engineering and Applied Science (’11)

Anthony Awojoodu - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ('11), Ford Fellowship (’11; declined)

Samantha Clark - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ('12)
Robert Deitcher - All-University Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (’07-08)
Erwin Gianchandani - featured in UVa Explorations 'Graduate Student Research Excellence' ('08)
Stacey Gorski - Huskey Graduate Bioscience Research Exhibition (1st place; ’11); UVa Presidential Inauguration Poster Competition (Finalist; ’11)
Michelle Kofron - Jill E. Hungerford Award ('04); - Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences and Engineering ('06)
Patrick Martin - UNCF/MERCK postdoctoral fellowship ('04)
Rosiland Mott - Mary and Otis Updike Professional Development Award in BME (’03)
Matthew Oberhardt - Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences and Engineering ('08), Transatlantic Biotechnology Fellowship (’08), BME/BIMS Outstanding Graduate Student (’10), Jill E. Hungerford Award (’10),  Whitaker International Scholars Fellowship (‘10-’11), Dan David Prize (‘10-’11)
Tim Pabst - Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences and Engineering ('08)

Eric Park - Finalist, Peach Michael J. Peach Award ('03)

Ernie Perez - International Adsorption Society Award for Excellence in the PhD Dissertation ('13)
Michael Smith - Michael J. Peach Honorable Mention Award ('03)
Michael Stadnisky - Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Sciences and Engineering ('10), Wagner Award nominee (’10), Raven Scholarship (’10)
Jason Yang - All-University Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (’10-11), Mary and Otis Updike Professional Development Award in BME (’11), Jill E Hungerford Award (’12), BME Outstanding Grad Student Award (’12), co-winner Robert M. Berne CVRC Outstanding Trainee Award (’12)


Faculty (partial recent Award/Recognition listing)
Ed Botchwey - Presidential Early Career Award (’10)
Linda Columbus - NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (’09), Cottrell Scholar (’10)
Patrick Concannon - UVa Innovation feature (’09)
Erik Fernandez - Member, College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering ('06)
Roseanne Ford - named Associate VP for Research and Graduate Studies at UVa (2004)
Cassandra Fraser - 'Cavaliers' Distinguished Teaching Professorship ('04)
Will Guilford - All-University Teaching Award ('04); UVa Biomedical Innovation Fund  Award ('11) with Craig Slingluff and Joshua Judge
Ira Hall - NIH New Innovation Award (’09)
John Herr - Virginia's Outstanding Scientist Award ('00), UVa Innovation feature (’08)
Rick Horwitz - UVa Innovation feature (’06), UVa Distinguished Scientist Award (’10)
John Hudson - elected to National Academy of Engineering (’08), UVa Biomedical Innovation Award (’09)
Kevin Janes - UVa Fund for Excellence in Science and Technology (FEST) Distinguished Young Investigator Grant (’09), Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering (’09), Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences (’09), NIH New Innovation Award (’09)
Kimberly Kelly - UVa Innovation feature (’09) 
James Landers - Innovation Award from the Association for Laboratory Automation ('08)
Gordon Laurie - VaBio Educator of the Year Award ('04), UVa Innovation feature (’08), ARVO Fellow (’10)
Kevin Lynch - UVa Biomedical Innovation Award (’09); UVA Christopher J. Henderson Inventor of the Year Award ('10)
Tom Parsons - UVa Innovation feature (’06), UVa Thomas Jefferson Award (’09), UVa Distinguished Scientist Award (’09)
Bill Petri - UVa Innovation feature (’09)
Jeffrey Saucerman - UVa Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (‘12)
Martin Schwartz - member of the 'Faculty of 1000' ('04 - present)
Michael Shirts - UVa Fund for Excellence in Science and Technology (FEST) Distinguished Young Investigator Grant (’09)
Tom Skalak - named VP for Research at UVa (’08)
Ron Taylor - UVA Christopher J. Henderson Inventor of the Year Award ('00)
Marcel Utz - UVa Biomedical Innovation Fund  Award ('11) with George Gillies and Matthew Howard III
Paul Yates - UVa Biomedical Innovation Fund  Award ('11)

Administration
Mary Hall - UVa Bonnie McKee Mason Clevenger and Daniel W. and RosaLee McKee Mason Fellowship in Education Award (’10)

Awards and Recognition

Erwin Gianchandani (BTP grad)