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Presidential award winners are (L-R): Rebecca Nixon, Michelle Arandes, Earlanda Williams, Lisa Cleveland, Sarah Lindauer, Juan Reyna, Mary Yanes (for Special Events Council), Michaell Huber, Carol L. Kopplin, Diane Solomon, Elizabeth Kay Eskew, Autumn D. Clegg, Donald M. Dougherty, Scott B. Johnson, Anand B. Karnad, Michael Beckstead, Cynthia Blanco, Kristine Vogel and William P. Clarke. (Kristin Fiebelkorn not pictured)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n Health Science Center faculty and staff members who work hard to further the university\u2019s missions of research, education, clinical care and service were recognized at the 2014 Presidential Awards ceremony in February.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s highest Presidential Award, the Distinguished Scholar Award, was presented to Donald M. Dougherty, Ph.D., the William and Marguerite Wurzbach Distinguished Professor and deputy chair for research in the Department of Psychiatry, and professor in the Department of Pharmacology.<\/p>\n Dr. Dougherty\u2019s translational research focuses on the various biological risk factors involved in drug abuse, drug dependence and suicide. Since joining the Health Science Center in 2007, Dr. Dougherty has accumulated nearly $20 million in funding, with the majority coming from the National Institutes of Health. He is principal investigator of five R-01 grants.<\/p>\n Award winners include:<\/p>\n Distinguished Scholar Award<\/b> Junior Research Scholar Award<\/b> Teaching Excellence Awards<\/b> Clinical Excellence Awards<\/b> Employee Excellence in Service Awards<\/b> President\u2019s Choice Award <\/b> Health Science Center faculty and staff members who work hard to further the university\u2019s missions of research, education, clinical care […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summer-2014"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u2022 Donald M. Dougherty, Ph.D., Psychiatry and Pharmacology<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Michael Beckstead, Ph.D., Physiology<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Michelle Arandes, M.D., Pediatrics
\n\u2022 William P. Clarke, Ph.D., Pharmacology
\n\u2022 Lisa Cleveland, Ph.D., RN, PNP-BC, Family and Community Health Systems
\n\u2022 Kristin Fiebelkorn, M.D., Pathology
\n\u2022 Michaell Huber, D.D.S., Comprehensive Dentistry
\n\u2022 Diane Solomon, M.D., Neurology
\n\u2022 Kristine Vogel, Ph.D., Cellular and Structural Biology
\n\u2022 Earlanda Williams, Ph.D., Cellular and Structural Biology<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Cynthia Blanco, M.D., Pediatrics
\n\u2022 Autumn D. Clegg, M.S.O.T., OTR, Occupational Therapy
\n\u2022 Scott B. Johnson, M.D., FACS, FCCP, Cardiothoracic Surgery
\n\u2022 Anand B. Karnad, M.D., Hematology and Oncology<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Elizabeth Kay Eskew, Microbiology and Immunology
\n\u2022 Carol L. Kopplin, Legal Affairs
\n\u2022 Sarah Lindauer, Cellular and Structural Biology
\n\u2022 Rebecca Nixon, School of Dentistry\u2019s Office of Continuing Dental Education
\n\u2022 Juan Reyna, RN, M.B.A., Regional Academic Health Center-Harlingen<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Special Events Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"