The School of Medicine Columbia Women in Science and Medicine Committee is pleased to announce the establishment of the Award for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine. The award was established in 2021 by the Women in Science and Medicine Committee, in consultation with Dean Les Hall, to recognize outstanding individual and organizational contributions to advancing women leaders in the health sciences.  Awardees are chosen by the committee.
 
The recipients of the 2021 Award for the Advancement of Women in Science and Medicine are:

Erika L. Blanck, DPT, ATC
Clinical Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Director of Gift of Body Program/Anatomy, Lab
Director/Mega Course Director
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
School of Medicine Columbia
 

Mitzi Nagarkatti, PhD
SmartState Endowed Chair of Center for Cancer Drug Discovery
Carolina Distinguished Professor
Chair
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine Columbia
 

 

Blanck and Nagarkatti will receive the award on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at the virtual ceremony recognizing the Alumni and Dean’s Distinguished Service Awards recipients via YouTube.  All faculty, staff, students and alumni will be invited.  A link will be shared at a later date.  Please join us in congratulating Drs. Blanck and Nagarkatti!
 
Carole A. Oskeritzian, PhD
Co-Chair, Women in Science and Medicine Committee
Associate Professor
Principal Investigator
Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
 
Kinsey Megget
Co-Chair, Women in Science and Medicine Committee
Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences MS
Concentration: Applied Biotechnology
Graduate Assistant, Instrumentation Resource Facility