The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Year 1: Outstanding Achievement in Teaching by a Department or Course in the Basic Sciences Award(This is the 4th straight year the course has won this award, and the fifth year, overall)

Dr. Mark Haussler,
Regents Professor
Year 1: Basic Science Educator of the Year Award (This is his third such award, and he will be retired as a Basic Science Lifetime Educator of the Year)

Dr. Marc Tischler,
Professor and Associate Head
Dean's List for Excellence in Teaching in the Basic Sciences Award (This is his fifth honor of this type, in addition to numerous other teaching awards)

These awards are nominated and selected by the medical student body.

The Medical Biochemistry Course was coordinated by Dr. Marc E. Tischler, who did a major portion of the lecturing, along with Drs. Robert Gillies and Mark Haussler. Additional faculty for Case Studies were Drs. Louise Canfield, Randall Heidenreich, Peter Jurutka, Randi Weinstein and G. Kerr Whitfield.

Support for the course is provided by Karen Chadderdon, Administrative Assistant, and Sherry Jameson, Administrative Secretary.

Ellis Sparks Kondrashov

Graduate Student in Applied Mathematics (Montfort Lab) Dmitry Kondrashov and his wife, Shannon Sparks, welcomed the arrival of Ellis Sparks Kondrashov. Ellis was born Sunday, October 6th.

Research Assistant Professor Randi Weinstein and John Hartman welcomed the arrival of John Henry Hartman VII on December 12, 2002.