The American Association for Anatomy Announces its 2024 Award
Recipients
ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) is
honored to announce its 2024 awards recipients. Eighteen of the
association's 2,455 members have been selected because they
advanced AAA's values: community, respect, inclusion, integrity,
and discovery.
The AAA awards program provides over $650,000 in awards, research grants, and
scholarships annually. Many recipients go on to achieve significant
success in their careers.
"We, as anatomy educators, are driven by passion: for anatomy,
our students, and advancing the field through scholarship," said
Dr. Charys Martin, 2023 Basmajian
Award Recipient and Professor at the University of Western Ontario's Schulich School of
Medicine and Dentistry. "Being recognized by my AAA idols,
mentors, and peers is a cherished honor, reaffirming my commitment
to fostering curiosity, deep understanding, and innovation in
anatomy education."
This year's awards and individual recipients include:
- AJ Ladman Exemplary Service Award
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- Kem Rogers is an Anatomy and Cell Biology
Professor at the University of Western
Ontario's Schulich School of Medicine and
Dentistry.
- Henry Gray Distinguished Educator Award
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- Joy Reidenberg is a
Professor at the Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology at
Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine.
- Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award
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- Ralph Marcucio is
an Assistant Professor in Residence at UCSF in the Department
of Orthopedic Surgery.
- Outstanding Mentor Award
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- Jeffrey Laitman holds multiple positions at Mount
Sinai Icahn School of Medicine and The City
University of New York Graduate School.
- Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion
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- Guinevere Granite is Director of Human Anatomy and an
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology in the
Department of Surgery at the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences.
- Basmajian Award
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- Derek Harmon is an
Associate Professor in the Division of Anatomy at The Ohio State University College of
Medicine.
Early-Career Investigator Awards
- R.R. Bensley Award in Cell/Molecular Biology
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- Monther Abu-Remaileh is an Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering and Genetics and Institute Scholar of ChEM-H
at Stanford University.
- H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology
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- Erica Hutchins is an
Assistant Professor of Cell and Tissue Biology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
School of Dentistry.
- C.J. Herrick Award in Comparative Neuroanatomy
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- Christa Baker is an
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State
University.
- W.M. Cobb Award in Morphological Sciences:
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- Tom Stewart is an
Assistant Professor of Biology at Penn State
University.
Fellows
- Thomas Champney is a
Professor at the University of Miami's
Miller School of Medicine
- Raj Ettarh is a Medical Education and Anatomy
Professor at the California
University of Science and Medicine.
- Bryon Grove is an
Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biomedical
Sciences at the University of North
Dakota School of Medicine.
- Sabine
Hildebrandt is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics
in the Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics at
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical
School.
- Samuel Márquez is a Professor in the Cell Biology
and Otolaryngology Departments at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences
University.
- Jason Organ is an
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology at the
Indiana University School of
Medicine.
Early-Career Anatomist Publication Awards
- The Anatomical Record | Tooba
Husain is a second-year medical student at the
Arkansas College of Osteopathic
Medicine.
- Anatomical Sciences Education | Catherine Wang is a graduate student in
Public Health at McGill
University.
- Developmental Dynamics | Robert
Lalonde is a postdoc working in Dr. Christian Mosimann's Lab at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical
Campus.
Additional biographical information on each award
recipient can be found on the AAA website. Award recipients will be
recognized at the Anatomy Connected Conference in Toronto, Canada, this March.
About AAA
The American Association for Anatomy is an
international membership organization of biomedical researchers and
educators specializing in the structural foundation of health and
disease. We connect anatomists, neuroscientists, developmental
biologists, biological anthropologists, cell biologists, and
physical therapists to advance the anatomical sciences through
research, education, and professional development.
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