Staff Awards

2012

Technologist Award
Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP)
ARUP Institute scientist Kelli Sumner, received the Technologist Award from the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) for her poster entitled "Using a loop-out primer for identification and prevention of MEN1 genotyping errors caused by G-quadruplex and i-motif-like sequences."

Technologist Award
Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP)
ARUP Institute scientist Mohammed Jama received the Technologist Award from the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) for his poster entitled "A retrospective study of 200 fragile X samples using AmplideX mPCR: improved workflow, data quality, and concordant results relative to Southern blot analysis."

2011

Young Investigator Award
Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI)
ARUP Institute scientist Brenda B. Suh-Lailam, PhD, received the Young Investigator Award from the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI) for her poster entitled “Performance evaluation and subsequent laboratory experience with the anti-NMDA receptor antibody assay for the diagnosis of autoimmune limbic encephalitis.”

2010

AMP Technologist Awards
ARUP Institute scientists Jonathan Schumacher and Derek Vanhille received the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Technologists of the Year awards for their posters, titled respectively, "A pyrosequencing-based test for quantitative monitoring of the BCR-ABL T315I" and "Development of a rapid single-tube gap-PCR assay for hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) due to large deletions within the beta-globin cluster." AMP technologist awards recognize the best abstracts submitted by AMP members who are non-doctoral technologists or medical technologists.

Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award
Laura Parnas, PhD, has been awarded the 2009 Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award from the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS). For more information, visit ACLPS.

Heidi Heniger (a participant of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program at the University of Utah/ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology) received the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI) Young Investigator Award for her abstract "Aquaporin-4 receptor autoantibody detection by enzyme linked immunosorbant assay.”

Publication of the Year
The Journal of Biomolecular Techniques (JBT) has chosen an article written by members of the ARUP Institute for Clinical & Experimental Pathology—Mark Kushnir, Alan Rockwood, and David Crockett; and co-authored by Peter Mrozinski—as publication of the year. The article, entitled “A depletion strategy for improved detection of human proteins from urine," appeared in the April 2009 issue. JBT is the official journal of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities.

Doctorate Award
Thomas R. Haven, PhD, received the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI) Doctorate Award for his abstract “Different frequency histogram patterns in patient sera with and without P/Q-type voltage gated calcium channel autoantibodies.”

 

2009

Award Finalist
ARUP Institute staff scientist G. Denice Smith’s poster, “Bioview Duet™—Assisted Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for Gastrointestinal Malignancy,” was a finalist for the Geno Saccomanno, M.D., New Frontiers in Cytology Award. This award was presented at the 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Cytopathology in Denver, CO.

Phabian Award
ARUP Institute senior scientist, Mark Kushnir, received the Phabian Award for his thesis “Mass Spectrometric Applications for Diagnosing Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases.” The Phabian Award is presented by the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences for the best thesis defended in Swedish universities in the field of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis.

Best Student Poster
ARUP Institute staff member, Joann L. Cloud, received this award from the Walden University Research Symposium, Winter Session, January 2009, for her poster entitled “Estimating Histoplasmosis Prevalence using Antigen Detection Laboratory Results."

Poster Award
ARUP Institute senior scientist, Dr. Mark Kushnir, received an award from the Pediatric and Maternal-Fetal Division of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) for his poster entitled "LC-MS/MS Reference Intervals for Androgens in Serum of Children."

2008

AMP Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics
ARUP medical director, Carl T. Wittwer, MD, PhD, is the distinguished recipient of the Association for Molecular Pathology's (AMP) Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics. This award is given to recognize lifetime, pioneering and special achievements by professionals in the fields of molecular biology, molecular pathology, pathology, genetics, microbiology, and basic medical sciences.

AMP Technologist Award for Outstanding Basic Applied Research in Poster Format, Third Place
ARUP Institute staff member, Mohammed Jama, BS, CLSp(MB), received this award from the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) for his poster, titled "TT26 Direct PCR from whole blood."

2007

AMP Technologist Award for Outstanding Basic Applied Research
Shale Dames received this award from the Association for Molecular Pathology.

ASRM Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Knowledge
Dr. Wayne Meikle received this award for his prize paper, "Effect of Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery on the Male Reproductive Hormonal Profile."

Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology Pathologist in Training Award
The following poster, authored by three ARUP Institute staff, won this award at the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's 96th annual meeting in San Diego, CA: "Detection of EGFR Gene Mutations in Archival Cytology Specimens by High Resolution Melting Analysis of PCR Amplicons" (Chadwick B, Smith GD, Willmore-Payne C, Bentz JS).

Gedailo and Sonia Grinberg Endowed Award
Dr. Josef Prchal won this award for being the leading expert on polycythemia vera to give Grand Rounds at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY