Bicentennial Excellence Awards 2025

Staff Excellence Awardees

Tayla Beckles, Program Associate, Center for Faculty Excellence

Kiara R. Caldwell, Assistant Director, Admissions, Department of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences

Allison Cannon, Laboratory Manager, Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

Michelle A. Dorsey, CCMA, Lead Medical Assistant, Department of Medicine

Jessie D. Guillaume, Registration Associate, Office of Student Affairs, MD Program

Kerrie Samantha Lashley, MS, Gross Anatomy Laboratory Manager, and Adjunct Anatomy Instructor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Denise J. Lewis, RN, BSN, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Nurse Coordinator, Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Rachel Moyes, Data Analyst, Office of Evaluation, MD Program

Katherine Spaulding, MBA, Senior Program Manager, Physician Assistant Program

Sherrida V. Taylor, Research Program Associate, Department of
Pharmacology and Physiology

Faculty Awardees

Distinguished Teacher Award
Amir Afkhami, MD '03, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Global Health

Distinguished Service Award
Alberto Bosque-Pardos, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine

W. Scott Schroth Mentor Award
Kofi Essel, MD ’11, MPH ’17, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Distinguished Teacher Award
Susan LeLacheur, DrPH ’08, MPH ’89, Professor of Physician Assistant Studies

Distinguished Teacher Award
Ahdeah Pajoohesh-Ganji, PhD ’05, BS ’97, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Diversity and Inclusion Award
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine (MITM), Accepted by Sanjay Maggirwar, PhD, Professor and Chair, MITM

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