Staff Awards


2007

AMP Technologist Award for Outstanding Basic Applied Research
Shale Dames received this award from the Association for Molecular Pathology.

ASRM Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Knowledge
Dr. Wayne Meikle received this award for his prize paper, "Effect of Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery on the Male Reproductive Hormonal Profile."

Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Pathologist in Training Award
The following poster, authored by three ARUP Institute staff, won this award at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's 96th annual meeting in San Diego, CA: "Detection of EGFR Gene Mutations in Archival Cytology Specimens by High Resolution Melting Analysis of PCR Amplicons" (Chadwick B, Smith GD, Willmore-Payne C, Bentz JS).

Gedailo and Sonia Grinberg Endowed Award
Dr. Josef Prchal won this award for being the leading expert on polycythemia vera to give Grand Rounds at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY

2006

Dr. Robert I. White, Jr., Young Clinician Award
 Dr. Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir received this award from the International Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Foundation.

National Society for Histotechnology Special Recognition Award/First Place
Sheryl Tripp won for her poster, "Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Intrinsic Differences Between T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma."

31st Annual Association of Genetic Technologists Meeting Best Platform Presentation Award
 Leslie Rowe was awarded for her platform, "Unusual Secondary Chromosomal Change in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Cryptic t(12;21); A Case Report" (Sarah T South, Leslie R. Rowe, Emily Aston, Bo Hong, Mahmoud Issa, Elizabeth Drozd-Borysiuk, Anna Hooker, Jia Xu, Arthur R. Brothman, Zhong Chen).

2006 Ramzi Cotran Young Investigator Award
Former ARUP medical director Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson was honored by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP). This national award is granted to a member of USCAP, under the age of 45, in recognition of a productive scientific career that has contributed in a major way to the understanding of the pathogenesis of a human disease.

2005

Professor Alvin Dubin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Discipline and Practice of Clinical Biochemistry
ARUP scientific director Charles Hawker received this award from the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry.