Celebrate the 2023 UW Awards of Excellence recipients from UW Medicine who are being recognized for achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support.
Awardees will be honored at a ceremony in Meany Hall at 3:30 p.m. on June 8, 2023. This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required.
David B. Thorud Leadership Awards
- Jennifer Brackett (she/her), Assistant Administrator, Ambulatory Clinics, UW Medical Center; Lead, COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Distribution, UW Medicine
Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning Award
- Sam Sharar (he/him), Professor Emeritus, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, UW Medicine
Distinguished Staff Award
Impact
- Gennifer Merrihew (she/her), Research Scientist III, MacCoss Lab, Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
Innovation
Husky Coronavirus Testing Team:
- Zack Acker (he/him), Manager of Program Operations, Genome Sciences, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Julia Catherine Bennett (she/her), Graduate Research Assistant, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine; Graduate Student, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
- Sabrina Best (she/her), Research Scientist/Engineer I, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Amanda Morgan Casto (she/her), Acting Assistant Professor, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
- Christian Frazar (he/him), Lead Research Scientist, Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
- Luis Gamboa (he/him), Research Scientist II, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Sarah Heidl (she/her), Research Scientist, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Natalie K. Lo (she/her), Director of Program Operations, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
- Kyle Luiten (he/him), Research Consultant, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
- Kathryn McCaffrey (she/her), Research Coordinator, Genome Sciences, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Evan McDermot (he/him), Research Scientist/Engineer II, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Devon McDonald (she/her), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
- Jordan Opsahl (she/her), Research Supervisor, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Brian Pfau (he/him), Research Analyst, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- David Reinhart (he/him), Senior Software Engineer, Genome Sciences, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Leslie Rodriguez-Salas (she/her), Research Supervisor/RSE II, Advanced Technology Lab, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine
- Erica Ryke (she/her), Sequencing Lead and Research Scientist/Engineer III, Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
- Sanjay Srivatsan (he/him), Postdoctoral Fellow, Genome Sciences, School of Medicine
- Caitlin Wolf (she/her), Program Manager, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
Tessa Wright (she/they), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
University Faculty Lecture Award
- Valerie Daggett (she/her), David and Nancy Auth Endowed Professor, Bioengineering, College of Engineering & UW Medicine
