PROGRAM AWARDS

Mary Reyland Mentoring and Service Award

The Mary Reyland Mentoring and Service Award is in honor of Dr. Mary Reyland, the Director of the Cancer Biology Program from 2010-2021. Through her role as Program Director and Professor, she has been a part of the professional journey of hundreds of trainees. She recognizes the value of mentoring at all stages of a scientist’s development. The Mary Reyland Mentoring and Service Award is awarded to a Cancer Biology Graduate Program faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to and mentorship in the Cancer Biology Program.


2024 Mary Reyland Mentoring and Service Awardee


Steve Nordeen Travel Awards

Thanks to a generous donation by Dr. Steve Nordeen, PhD, the first director of the Cancer Biology Graduate Program and Professor Emeritus of Pathology, we are able to provide 5-6 travel awards each year for our students to travel to a cancer-related conference and present their research.


2024 Steve Nordeen Travel Awardees


Directors Leadership Award

The Directors Leadership Award is awarded to the student who has done the most to strengthen and support the Cancer Biology program during their matriculation. Each year, the Cancer Biology Graduate Program selects one student for the Directors Leadership Award.


2024 Awardee

2024 Awardee

2023 Awardee


Outstanding Research Award

The Outstanding Research Award is awarded to the student who has excelled in research as determined by awards, fellowships, publications, etc. Each year, the Cancer Biology Graduate Program selects one student for the Outstanding Leadership Award.


2024 Awardee

2023 Awardee

2022 Awardee


Past Award Recipients


 

Outstanding Research Award

2021 Lyndsey Crump | Lyons Lab

2020 Katie O'Neil | Richer Lab

2019 Olivia McGinn | Sartorius Lab

2018 Hengbo Zhu | Ford Lab

2017 Thomas Rogers | Richer Lab

Directors Leadership Award

2022 Connor Purdy | Ford Lab

2021 Megan Kellett | Schweppe Lab

2020 Kelsey Nassar | Schweppe/Tan Labs

2019 Laura Schubert | Doebele Lab

2018 Katie Barrett | Schweppe Lab

2017 TJ Beadnell | Schweppe Lab

Steve Nordeen Travel Awardees

2023 Abe Martinez | Pearson Lab

2023 Parsa Haque | Theiss Lab

2023 Petra Dahms | Lyons Lab

2023 Jaidev Bapat | Bitler Lab

2022 Li Wei Kuo | Richer Lab

2022 Lisa Wood | Moore Lab

2022 Ashley Ward | Sartorius Lab

2022 Claire Ihle | Owens Lab

2022 Ashley Wu | Rincon Lab

2022 Connor Purdy | Ford Lab

Mary Reyland Mentoring and Service Awardee

2023 Phil Owens, PhD

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