2022 Award Recipients
The Department of Pathology & Immunology has a long and rich history of excellence in research, teaching, and clinical service. Achieving departmental excellence is not a solitary act, it involves the efforts of many, many dedicated individuals. Please join us in congratulating the 2022 awardees for their dedication and commitment to excellence.
Outstanding Achievements in Leadership and Professionalism
Ann Gronowski, PhD
Professor
Co-Chief of Laboratory & Genomic Medicine
Outstanding Paper of the Year for Junior Faculty
Christopher Farnsworth, PhD
Associate Professor
Laboratory & Genomic Medicine
Serial Cardiac Biomarkers for Risk Stratification of Patients with Covid-19.
Link to paper
Eynav Klechevsky, PhD
Assistant Professor
Immunobiology
STAT3 Gain-of-Function Mutations Underlie Deficiency in Human Nonclassical CD16 + Monocytes and CD141 + Dendritic Cells.
Excellence in Faculty Mentoring
Carey-Ann Burnham, PhD
Professor
Laboratory & Genomic Medicine
Outstanding Achievements in Quality Improvement
Revenue Cycle Team
Vanessa Dale Alexander Kristina Bain
Kierra Becton
Hannah Heitzman Barbara Fowler
Tracey Hammontree Janis Lynn Hardin
June Huang
Ciera Jones
McKinley Kemp
Yiyi Kong
Debra McGee
Rosa Montileone
Kelly Morgan
Sherrie Morrow
Mary O’Dell
Ibukunoluwa Ojewola Sheila Rozmirsky
Kylee Sabo
Susan Jane Sample
Paula Sydow
Carrie Wellman Samantha White
Outstanding Contributions to Education
Erika Crouch, MD, PhD
Professor
Anatomic and Molecular Pathology
Staff Shining Star Awards
Clinical Research Specialist
Senior Research Administrator
Clinical Lab Technologist
Dr. Cote’s Special Recognition Awards
Elizabeth Brunt, MD
Emeritus Professor, Pathology and Immunology
Her passion, leadership and commitment to our patients, trainees and clinicians have been an inspiration. Her international recognition has been a bright highlight for this department, school and university.
AP/CP Residency Integration Team
Promotions: July 2021-July 2022
Promotions to Professor
Maxim N. Artyomov, PhD
Scott A. Handley, PhD
Mai He, MD, PhD
John L. Frater, MD
Nima Mosammaparast, MD, PhD
Mark A. Watson, MD, PhD
Promotions to Associate Professor
John S.A. Chrisinger, MD
Christopher W. Farnsworth, PhD
Chieh-Yu Lin, MD, PhD
Stephen Roper, PhD
Igor Smirnov, DVM
Suzanne R. Thibodeaux, MD, PhD
Jacqueline E. Payton, MD, PhD with Tenure
Melanie L. Yarbrough, PhD
Wei Zou, MD, PhD
Promotions to Assistant Professor
Matthew C. Hibberd, PhD
Xiaoxiao Wan, PhD
Employee Milestones
Forty-Five Years
Robert E. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Thirty Years
Theresa L. Murphy, Ph.D.
Christopher A. Nelson, Ph.D.
Twenty-Five Years
Stephen C. Horvath
Twenty Years
Marco Colonna, M.D.
Susan Gilfillan, Ph.D.
Jordana Stewart
Fifteen Years
John L. Frater, M.D.
Vicky Fuehne
Jacqueline E. Payton, M.D., Ph.D.
Ten Years
Patricia Alldredge
Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Ph.D.
Maksym Artyomov, Ph.D.
Cory T. Bernadt, M.D., Ph.D.
Dorjan Brinja
Sonika M. Dahiya, M.D.
Erika Fuess
Jennifer M. Greenbaum-DiRuscio
Erica M. Lantelme
Nima Mosammaparast, M.D., Ph.D.
Anne Paredes
Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Ph.D.
Kate Stehl
Anthony N. Vomund