# Faculty Awards and Honors
**Source**: https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-awards-and-honors
**Parent**: https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/admissions/admissions-general-information
- [National and International](#national)
- [Regional](#regional)
- [University](#university)
- [Calendar](#calendar)
## Regional Awards
California HIV/AIDS Research Program
: ## Janis V. Giorgi Memorial Award Recipient
**2019**
- [Dr. Nimish Patel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Patel)
California Pharmacists Association (CPhA)
: ## Excellence in Innovation Award Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Nathan Painter](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Painter)
University of Hawaii Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
: ## Excellence in Teaching Award for Pharmacy Practice Recipient
**2014**
- [Dr. Christina Mnatzaganian](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Mnatzaganian)
University of Texas
: ## System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award Recipient
**2010**
- [Dr. Dionicio Siegel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Siegel)
## National and International Awards
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
: ## Excellence in Scholarship in Experiential Education Award Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Kelly Lee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Lee)
## SIG Best Collaborative Scholarship Award Recipient
**2019**
- [Dr. Kelly Lee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Lee)
## Teacher of the Year Award Recipients
**2017**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
**2016**
- [Dr. Shirley Tsunoda](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Tsunoda)
- [Dr. Jennifer Namba](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Namba)
- [Dr. Ruben Abagyan](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Abagyan)
**2015**
- [Dr. Candis Morello](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Morello)
## Volwiler Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences Recipient
**2017**
- [Dr. Palmer Taylor](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Taylor)
American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
: ## Pharmacy Community of Interest Pharmacy Best Practices in Diabetes Care Award Recipient
**2016**
- [Dr. Candis Morello](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Morello)
American Chemical Society
: ## Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award Recipient
**2013**
- [Dr. Bradley Moore](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Moore)
## CIBA Young Scientist Award Recipient
**2010**
- [Dr. Dong Wang](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Wang)
## Ernest Guenther Award Recipient
**2021**
- [Dr. Bradley Moore](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Moore)
American Heart Association
: ## Established Investigator Award Recipient
**2014**
- [Dr. Asa Gustafsson](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Gustafsson)
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
: ## Generation RX Award of Excellence Recipient
**2015**
- [Dr. Nathan Painter](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Painter)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
: ## Excellence in Medication-Use Safety Award Recipient
**2014**
- [Dr. Linda Awdishu](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Awdishu)
## New Preceptor Award Recipient
**2010**
- [Dr. Jennifer Namba](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Namba)
## Practitioner Recognition Program Award Recipient
**2013**
- [Dr. Candis Morello](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Morello)
American Society for Microbiology
: ## Judge Travel Award for the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Recipient
**2017-2019**
- [Dr. Anjan Debnath](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Debnath)
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
: ## Keith and Eva Killam Memorial Award Recipient
**2010**
- [Dr. Asa Gustafsson](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Gustafsson)
## Pharmacology Educator Award Recipient
**2016**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
## Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award Recipient
**2019**
- [Dr. Palmer Taylor](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Taylor)
American Society of Pharmacognosy
: ## Arthur E. Schwarting Award Recipient
**2011**
- [Dr. Tadeusz Molinski](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Molinski)
## Matt Suffness Award Recipient
**2011**
- [Dr. Pieter Dorrestein](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Dorrestein)
## Norman Farnsworth Research Achievement Award Recipient
**2021**
- [Dr. Bradley Moore](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Moore)
**2016**
- [Dr. William Gerwick](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Gerwick)
Asian Heritage Award in Medicine
: ## 2014 Recipient
- [Dr. Palmer Taylor](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Taylor)
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
: ## NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award Recipient
**2015**
- [Dr. Vivian Hook](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Hook)
College of Natural Sciences
: ## Outreach Excellence Award Recipient
**2011**
- [Dr. Dionicio Siegel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Siegel)
## Teaching Excellence Award Recipient
**2010**
- [Dr. Dionicio Siegel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Siegel)
Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA)
: ## OKeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology Interface Recipient
**2015**
- [Dr. Dong Wang](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Wang)
Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA)
: ## Inaugural Volunteer Award Recipient
**2019**
- [Dr. Ila Saunders](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Saunders)
International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
: ## Outstanding Investigator Award Recipient
**2014**
- [Dr. Asa Gustafsson](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Gustafsson)
Joel and Ellen Gordon Young Investigator Award
: ## Young Investigator Award Recipient
**2016**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
: ## Alexander M. Cruikshank Lecture Award Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Bradley Moore](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Moore)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
: ## Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration Award Recipient
**2010**
- [Dr. Pieter Dorrestein](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Dorrestein)
## Outstanding Investigator Award Recipient
**2019**
- [Dr. Sylvia Evans](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Evans)
## Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) Recipient
**2012**
- [Dr. Dong Wang](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Wang)
## Pioneer Award Recipient
**2009**
- [Dr. Sylvia Evans](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Evans)
## Training Award in 'Neuroscience Related to Drugs Recipient
**2009-2016**
- [Dr. Vivian Hook](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Hook)
National Science Foundation
: ## Career Award Recipient
**2012**
- [Dr. Dionicio Siegel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Siegel)
Paul J. Scheuer Award for Marine Natural Products
: ## 2018 Recipient
- [Dr. William Gerwick](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Gerwick)
Qilu Friendship Award
: ## 2019 Recipient
- [Dr. William Gerwick](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Gerwick)
Royal Society of Chemistry
: ## Natural Product Chemistry Award Recipient
**2018**
- [Dr. Bradley Moore](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Moore)
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
: ## Kimmel Scholar Award Recipient
**2014**
- [Dr. Dong Wang](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Wang)
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)
: ## Young Investigator of the Year Award Recipient
**2015**
- [Dr. Nimish Patel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Patel)
Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP)
: ## Renee Holder Literature Award Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Rabia Atayee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Atayee)
- [Dr. Ila Saunders](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Saunders)
Spiridion Brusina Medal
: ## 2016 Recipient
- [Dr. Zoran Radic](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Radic)
W. Th. Nauta Foundation for Pharmacochemistry
: ## Nauta Chair Award Recipient
**2018**
- [Dr. Tracy Handel](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Handel)
## University Awards
Apples for Preceptors Award
: ## 2010 Recipient
- [Dr. Ashley Feist](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Feist)
Chancellor's Award
: ## Excellence in Research in Science and Engineering Award Recipient
**2017**
- [Dr. Victor Nizet](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Nizet)
## Excellence in Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring Award Recipient
**2014**
- [Dr. Victor Nizet](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Nizet)
Dean’s Recognition for Excellence in Teaching Award
: ## 2010 Recipient
- [Dr. Ashley Feist](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Feist)
Distinguished Teaching Award
: ## Academic Senate Members
**2023**
- [Dr. Kelly Lee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Lee)
**2022**
- [Dr. Candis Morello](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Morello)
**2018**
- [Dr. Rabia Atayee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Atayee)
**2014**
- [Dr. Brookie Best](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Best)
## Barbara and Paul Saltman Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Christina Mnatzaganian](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Mnatzaganian)
**2019**
- [Dr. Jennifer Namba](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Namba)
**2017**
- [Dr. Eduardo Fricovsky](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Fricovsky)
**2016**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
**2015**
- [Dr. Linda Awdishu](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Awdishu)
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity University Award
: ## 2011 Recipient
- [Dr. Eduardo Fricovsky](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Fricovsky)
Health Sciences Award for Excellence in Junior Faculty Mentoring
: ## 2018 Recipient
- [Dr. Victor Nizet](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Nizet)
School of Medicine
: ## Kaiser Award of Excellence in Teaching Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
**2019**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
**2017**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
Scientific Lifetime Achievement Award
: ## 2018 Recipient
- [Dr. James McKerrow](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/McKerrow)
SSPPS Faculty of the Year Award
: ## Student-Voted Faculty of the Year Award
**Class of 2022**
- [Dr. Christina Mnatzaganian](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Mnatzaganian)
**Class of 2020**
- [Dr. Kelly Lee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Lee)
**Class of 2018**
- [Dr. Ruben Abagyan](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Abagyan)
**Class of 2017**
- [Dr. Joseph Ma](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Ma)
**Class of 2016**
- [Dr. Linda Awdishu](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Awdishu)
**Class of 2015**
- [Dr. Doug Humber](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Humber)
**Class of 2014**
- [Dr. Rabia Atayee](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Atayee)
**Class of 2013**
- [Dr. Joseph Ma](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Ma)
## Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient
**2020**
- [Dr. Christina Mnatzaganian](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Mnatzaganian)
**2019**
- [Dr. Candis Morello](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Morello)
## Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient, Voted by Associated Students
**2020**
- [Dr. Brookie Best](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Best)
**2019**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
**2016**
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
**2013**
- [Dr. Brookie Best](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Best)
**2010**
- [Dr. Brookie Best](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Best)
## Preceptor of the Year Award Recipient
**2008**
- [Dr. Jennifer Namba](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Namba)
SSPPS Innovation in Teaching Award
: ## 2018 Recipient
- [Dr. Jennifer Namba](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Namba)
- [Dr. Katharina Brandl](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Brandl)
Student Run Free Clinic Angel Award
: ## 2012 Recipient
- [Dr. Eduardo Fricovsky](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Fricovsky)
Volunteer Faculty Member of the Year Award
: ## 2009 Recipient
- [Dr. Jennifer Namba](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Namba)