Faculty and Staff

Awards and Achievements

The faculty of the Department of Medical Education has received the following teaching awards:

 

2013

  • College of Allied Health Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award (Peter Scheifele)
  • Order of the Decibel Award (Peter Scheifele)
  • Presidential Award for Research (Peter Scheifele)

2012

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (David B. Pettigrew)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2011

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (David B. Pettigrew)
  • Silver Apple Award (second-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)

2010

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (David B. Pettigrew)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2009

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (David B. Pettigrew)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2008

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Silver Apple Award (second-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2007

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)

2006

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Wan C. Lim)

2005

  • Cohen Award (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • The Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence (Wan C. Lim)
  • The Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities - Recognition as a Representative of Excellence in Teaching (Bruce F. Giffin)

2004

  • American Medical Student Association's National Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence (Wan C. Lim)
  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (second-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2003

  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Gold Apple Award (second-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Master Teacher, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (James R. Boex)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2002

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Gross Anatomy (Wan C. Lim)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Microscopic Anatomy (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Wan C. Lim)
  • Silver Apple Award (second-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

2001

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Most Oustanding Teaching Award-Embryology/Gross Anatomy (D. J. Lowrie)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Brain and Behavior I (Wan C. Lim)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Medical Histology (Randal E. Morris)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (D. J. Lowrie)

2000

  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Microscopic Anatomy (Wan C. Lim)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Wan C. Lim)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (Bruce F. Giffin)

1999

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Gross Anatomy (Wan C. Lim)

1998

  • Most Outstanding Teacher Award-Gross Anatomy (James H. Gross)
  • Silver Apple Award (Bruce F. Giffin)

1997

  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Medical Histology (Randal E. Morris)
  • Silver Apple Award (Bruce F. Giffin)

1996

  • Gold Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)
  • Most Outstanding Teacher Award-Brain and Behavior I (James H. Gross)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Gross Anatomy (Bruce F. Giffin)

1995

  • Most Outstanding Teacher Award-Gross Anatomy (James H. Gross)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Neuroscience (Bruce F. Giffin)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)

1994

  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)

1993

  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Brain and Behavior I (James H. Gross)
  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Medical Histology (Randal E. Morris)
  • Silver Apple Award (first-year class) (James H. Gross)

1992

  • Most Outstanding Teacher Award-Gross Anatomy (James H. Gross)

1991

  • Order of the Decibel (Peter Scheifele)
  • U.S. Navy Meritorious Achievment (Peter Scheifele)

1990

  • Most Outstanding Teaching Award-Medical Histology (Randal E. Morris)

Bruce Giffin, PhD