Celebrating Faculty and Staff Success
November 6, 2024
The College of Human Medicine recognizes these outstanding faculty and staff for their achievements and contributions to medical education, research and academics.


Early Career Research Excellence Award
Sangbum Park, PhD
 Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Early Career Research Excellence Award
Robert Quinn, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Excellence in Teaching Award
Cathleen Abbott, MD
Assistant Professor
Office of Medical Education Research and Development (OMERAD)

Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Nicholas Kanaan, PhD
Maibach Smiley Alzheimer's Research Professor
 Department of Translational Neuroscience

Teacher-Scholar Award
Robey Shah, PhD, MS, MPH
Associate Professor
 Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health

Outstanding Community Faculty Award
Andrew Jameson, MD
Associate Professor
 Department of Medicine

Outstanding Curriculum Contribution Award
Robin DeMuth, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education

Outstanding Curriculum Contribution Award
Gary Ferenchick, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine

Outstanding Faculty Award
Heather Laird-Fick, MD
Professor, Department of Family Medicine 
 Director, Office of Medical Education, Research and Development (OMERAD)

Research Excellence Award
Jennifer Johnson, PhD
C.S. Mott Endowed Professor
Chair, Charles Stewart Department of Public Health

Exceptional Support Staff Award
Amy Nienhouse, MS
College of Human Medicine Marketing & Communications

Exceptional Support Staff Award
Keosha Corder
Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health

Exceptional Support Staff Award
Moses Fetters
MSU IT Office of Health Sciences / Office of the ACIO

Exceptional Support Staff Award
Kate Taylor
Emergency Medicine