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Carver College of Medicine Faculty Awards 2022 Honorees

Microbiology and Immunology Awardees 2022

The college’s Faculty Awards recognize faculty members who have made exceptional contributions impacting their students, colleagues, and patients.

2022 Faculty Awards honorees:

Gwen Beck PortraitMary (Gwen) Zmolek Beck, MD

Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award
Presented to a faculty member who emulates the qualities recognized in Ernest O. Theilen, MD, a former faculty member in the Department of Internal Medicine known for his commitment to patients and the medical profession.

Darren Hoffmann PortraitDarren Hoffmann, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
J.P. Long Teaching Award in the Basic Sciences
Established in honor of John P. Long, PhD, a former faculty member and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, and presented to a faculty member who exemplifies teaching that uniquely enhances student learning through new methods, style, or spectrum of material, and enhances student learning and intellectual development.

Donald Brown PortraitDonald Brown, MD

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Collegiate Teaching Award
Presented to faculty members who demonstrate significant and meritorious achievement in teaching and who have contributed to students’ development through mentoring, advising, and sponsoring of creative and/or scholarly achievements.

Jon Houtman Portrait

Jon Houtman, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Collegiate Teaching Award
Presented to faculty members who demonstrate significant and meritorious achievement in teaching and who have contributed to students’ development through mentoring, advising, and sponsoring of creative and/or scholarly achievements.

Liuska Pesce PortraitLiuska Pesce, MD

Clinical Professor, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Collegiate Teaching Award
Presented to faculty members who demonstrate significant and meritorious achievement in teaching and who have contributed to students’ development through mentoring, advising, and sponsoring of creative and/or scholarly achievements.

Amal Shibli-Rahhal PortraitAmal Shibli-Rahhal, MD

Associate Dean, Office of Student Affairs and Curriculum
Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Collegiate Teaching Award
Presented to faculty members who demonstrate significant and meritorious achievement in teaching and who have contributed to students’ development through mentoring, advising, and sponsoring of creative and/or scholarly achievements.

David Weiss, portraitAloysius Klingelhutz, PhD

Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Faculty Service Award
Presented to a faculty member who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the college through extensive committee work, contributions to ad hoc projects, or other leadership roles that benefit the college and institution.


The Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, Teaching, and Service combines three separate, annual ceremonies: Wall of Scholarship, Impact Scholars, and the Carver College of Medicine Faculty Awards Banquet. The third annual event was held Monday, April 24, 2023.