Celebrate the 2024 UW Awards of Excellence recipients from UW Medicine who are being recognized for achievements in leadership, mentorship, community service and staff support.
See who received the UW’s highest honors below and attend the ceremony at Meany Hall on June 6 at 3:30 p.m.
David B. Thorud Leadership Award
- Angad Singh (he/him), Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, UW Medicine
Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award
- John Hess (he/him), ’72, School of Medicine; Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Corps (retired); Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, School of Medicine
Distinguished Retiree Excellence in Community Service Award
- Sharon Thayer (she/her), Social Worker, Harborview Medical Center (retired)
Distinguished Staff Award
Impact
Hospitalized or Ambulatory Adults with Respiratory Viral Infections (HAARVI) Study Team
- Anna Elias-Warren (she/her), Graduate Research Assistant, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW Medicine
- Nicholas Franko (he/him), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Kristen Huden (she/her), Research Scientist I, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Megan Kemp (she/her), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Jennifer Logue (she/her), Manager of Program Operations, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Ariana Magedson (she/her), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Dylan McDonald (she/her), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Helen Nguyen (she/her), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
- Kino Watanabe (she/her), Research Coordinator, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, UW School of Medicine
Innovation
- Michele Park (she/they), Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Washington Medical Center
Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
- Grace John-Stewart (she/her), Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology, Medicine & Pediatrics
