Awards Committee

Swathi Arur, Chair, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

David Lowry, Michigan State University

Orna Cohen-Fix, NIH/NIDDK

Florence Marlow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Pamela Geyer, University of Iowa

Michael Buszczak, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Diana Chu, San Francisco State University

Anne Marie Mahoney, Staff Liaison

The Awards Committee reviews nominations for seven Society Awards: Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, GSA Medal, GSA Early Career Medal, the GSA Mentorship Award, George W. Beadle Award, Edward Novitski Prize and Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education. A yearly conference call is held to review the top-rated nominations. The discussion includes considering the criteria for each award as well as diversity in gender, race, and research specialty. The Awards Committee compiles a list of 3–4 nominees for each award to present to the Board of Directors for consideration, and the Board votes to select the awardee. The list includes a brief description of each nominee and a summation of the Committee’s rationale behind their decisions. New members are appointed by the Chair of the committee to serve a three-year term. The Committee is made up of GSA members who reflect the diversity of research in genetics.