Awards & Honors
We want to recognize the accomplishments of our members.
- Jannette M. Dufour Ph.D.
- Has been honored with the TTUHSC SOM Deans Basic Science Teaching Award for Year and the TTUHSC GSBS Deans Teaching Award for Graduate Medical Education Sciences, adding to her already impressive list of accolades: Cover Photo in Biomedicines and Women in Andrology Lecture from the American Society for Andrology, 2024.
- Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa, Ph.D.
- Became the Vice President for the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Board of Directors, July 2024.
- Yujiao Zu, Ph.D.
- Awarded a $285,038 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture seed grant to investigate
novel prebiotic nanoparticles to enhance tart cherry anthocyanin bioavailability and
improve gut health in the diet-induced obesity, 2023.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OZe1hB
- Awarded a $285,038 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture seed grant to investigate
novel prebiotic nanoparticles to enhance tart cherry anthocyanin bioavailability and
improve gut health in the diet-induced obesity, 2023.
- Jannette M. Dufour, Ph.D.
- Selected to be the new Chair for Cell Biology and Biochemistry in the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 2023.
- Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa, Ph.D.
- Selected to join as the new vice president-elect for the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Board of Directors, 2023. Read more: https://bit.ly/3qEOFf6
- Amanda M.V. Brown, Ph.D.
- Outstanding Woman Leader (O.W.L.) Award from the West Texas Association for Women in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Math), 2019
- Andrew Shin, Ph.D.
- Dr. Andrew Shin is awarded with R21 grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), NIH. Title: Branched-chain amino acids as a novel biomarker and treatment for Alheimer's disease. $415,355, 9/1/2020 - 8/31/2022
- Ritchel Bueno Gannaban
- (Ph.D. Student) is the recipient of Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DSGA).
- Breanna Harris, Ph.D.
- President's Excellence in Teachcing Award, Recipient, Texas Tech University, 2020.
- Duke Appiah, Ph.D., MPH
- Trudy Bush Fellowahip for Cardiovascular Disease Research in Women's Health, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, March 2020
- Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Ph.D.
- Wolfe International Scholars Award from the College of Human Sciences, 2020
- Gurvinder Kaur
- Dean's Basic Science Teaching Award - Year 1, 2020
- President's Team Teaching Award, FMAT1 course, 2019
- The CH foundation Grant Awarded Title "Investing Sertoli cell immune regulation to improve islet survival as treatment for diabetes" for $60,000, January 2021-December 2021.
- Jason Van Allen, Ph.D.
- "Effectiveness of a Childcare Hands-On Gardening Component for Preventing Preschool Obesity in Different Climatic Zones and Demographic Areas Sponsor: United States Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture" Investigators: Muntazar Monsur, Ph.D. (PI), Jason Van Allen, Ph.D. (Co-I), Charles Klein, Ph.D. (Co-I), and Nilda Cosco, Ph.D. (Co-I). Total Costs: $272,149
- College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award, Texas Tech University, 2019
- Kembra Albracht-Schulte, Ph.D.
- USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Grant Recipient, 2020
- Mary Murimi
- President's Excellence in Diversity & Equity Award, 2020
- Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Ph.D., FTOS, FAHA
- Elected to the ASN Board of Directors as Director At-Large representing the Nutrition Mechanisms Area, 2020-2022
- Korean Nutrition Society Award sponsored by the American Society for Nutrition, 2020
- Tariful Islam
- Finalist of the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Texas Tech University, 2019
- Emerging Leader in Nutrition Science Competition at Nutrition Conference in Baltimore, 2019
- Finalist of the Dietary Bioactive Components Poster Competition at the Nutrition Conference, 2019
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