The Ward J. MacNeal Educational and Scientific Memorial Trust Distinguished Dissertation Award for University of Michigan Microbiology and Immunology Graduates
This award honors Ward J. MacNeal (A.B. 1901, Ph.D. 1904, M.D. 1905, Honorary Sc.D. 1939). Dr. MacNeal was a pathologist who specialized in cancer research and was a noted authority on bacteria and phage. From 1912 until his death in 1946, Dr. MacNeal served as professor of bacteriology and director of the Bacteriology Service at New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. This award has been made possible by a gift from the estate of Charlotte Etzold MacNeal (A.B. 1932), the wife of Ward MacNeal's son, Perry S. MacNeal (A.B. 1933, M.D. 1936, Residency 1940).
This departmental award is given to a Ph.D graduate from a pool of nominees each academic year. Nominees are reviewed for:
- Overall scholarly credentials
- Degree of innovation, creativity, and insight
- Scope and importance of the work
- Effectiveness of the writing, including whether it is written in language that is reasonably understandable to readers in a variety of disciplines
History of Recipients
2022 Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas
Mentor, Vern Carruthers2021 Robert Glowacki
Mentor, Eric Martens2020 Sukhmani Bedi
Mentor, Akira Ono2019 JT McCrone
Mentor, Adam Lauring2018 Hayley Warsinske
Mentor, Denise Kirschner2017 David Collins
Mentor, Kathleen Collins2016 Mary McCarthy
Mentor, Jason Weinberg2015 Joseph Zackular
Mentor, Patrick Schloss2014 Nicole Broekema
Mentor, Michael Imperiale
2013 Jeff Perry
Mentor, Christiane Wobus
2012 Vineela Chukkapalli
Mentor, Akira Ono
2011 Erin C. Garcia
Mentor, Harry Mobley
2010 K.T. Elliott
Mentor, Victor DiRita
2008 Johanna Abend
Mentor, Michael Imperiale
2006 John-Demian Sauer
Mentor, Michele Swanson
2006 Michael J. McConnell
Mentor, Michael Imperiale
2005 Jessica S. Tyler
Mentor, David Friedman
2004 Ari B. Molofsky
Mentor, Michele Swanson
2003 Wenfeng An
Mentor, Alice Telesnitsky
2002 Ping Ye
Mentor, Denise Kirschner
2000 Julie K. Pfeiffer
Mentor, Alice Telesnitsky
1999 Melody Neely
Mentor, David Friedman
