January 21, 2016

Eight Medical School faculty honored by EBS for excellence in teaching

Annual luncheon celebrates classroom teaching, mentoring and leadership in the basic sciences

Endowment for Basic Sciences Awards
Endowment for Basic Sciences Awards

On Jan. 18, the Endowment for Basic Sciences (EBS) hosted its annual teaching awards luncheon in Palmer Commons, honoring eight outstanding faculty for excellence in classroom teaching, mentoring, and leadership in the advancement of the teaching mission. 

The 2015 EBS award recipients, from left to right in the photo:

Alexey I. Nesvizhskii, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics

Philip D. King, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Microbiology and Immunology

JoAnn M. Sekiguchi, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Human Genetics

Stephen K. Fisher, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Pharmacology

Margit Burmeister, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award at the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute

Alexander J. Ninfa, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Biological Chemistry

Richard M. Mortensen, M.D., Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Michael Hortsch, Ph.D. — Basic Sciences Teaching Award in Cell and Developmental Biology