FACULTY AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

JOHN CARPENTER and DAVID ROSS

PhDs, received the Distinguished Coloradan Award, the School's highest recognition of lifetime achievement.

Dr. Carpenter, Emeritus Professor, is also the co-founder and co-director of the University of Colorado Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

Dr. Ross, Emeritus Professor, served as chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

TYREE KISER, PharmD, Professor, received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award. The President’s Excellence in Teaching Award is an acknowledgement of a faculty member’s outstanding, innovating, and inspirational contributions to the students’ professional development. This is the second consecutive year Dr. Kiser has received this award.

TOM ANCHORDOQUY, PhD, received this year’s Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award. The purpose of the Chancellor's Teaching Recognition Award is to recognize and reward outstanding teaching and commitment to providing students with a high-quality learning experience.

JENNIFER TRUJILLO, PharmD, received the Faculty of Distinction Award, which recognizes a full-time Pharmacy faculty member who demonstrates distinctive traits that make them an outstanding role model for peers and students. Dr. Trujillo teaches in the Entry Level and the Distance Degree PharmD programs. She is a course director of Pharmacotherapy 3 (PHRD 6095) and serves as a faculty advisor for the Honor's Program Research Project.

Associate Deans DRS. JOE SASEEN and GINA MOORE, PharmDs, were recognized for their leadership by the Colorado Pharmacists Association at its annual meeting. Dr. Saseen received the Bowl of Hygeia Community Service Award, given annually to an association member who has made considerable contributions to their communities; Dr. Moore was honored with Champion of Pharmacy Lifetime Achievement Award.

JIM LEONARD, PharmD, Preceptor and Deputy Director of Pharmacy Services, Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Finance (Colorado Medicaid), was awarded the Excellence in Pharmacy Award, which recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities, have advanced the profession of pharmacy, and improved the health and welfare of society.

JARED BROWN, PhD, received the Innovations in Science award, which celebrates innovative discovery in basic and/or clinical sciences. Dr. Brown is the Toxicology Graduate Program Director. Research in the Brown Lab is focused on immune responses to particles including nanoparticles, air pollution, silica and coal dust.