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Congratulations to Mariana Fiori, PhD, CCRC on being presented the 2024 Distinguished Staff Award. Ms. Fiori was nominated by her peers in the Clinical Research Institute for her contributions to the clinical research and the CRI. Great Job Mariana!!

Congratulations to Jammie Holland, LVN, CCRC on being presented the 2022 Distinguished Staff Award. Ms. Holland was nominated by her peers in the Clinical Research Institute for her contributions to the clinical research and the CRI.
Great Job Jammie!

2023 Lorenz O. Lutherer Clinical Research Award
Congratulation to MS3 student Brandon Couch for his work on “Improvement of Cell Viability in Temporary Storage of Split Thickness Skin Grafts. The project was awarded during the 35th Annual Student Research Week, Which was held February 28, 2023 – March 4, 2023.

2022 Lorenz O. Lutherer Clinical Research Award
Congratulations to MS2 student Hannah Daniel for her work on “Association of Dynamic Motion of Cerebellar Tonsils in the Outcome in Pediatric Chiari I Malformation”. The project was awarded during the 34th Annual Student Research Week, which was held March 8-11, 2022. Reagan Collins, Albin John, Laszlo Nagy, Roy Jacob

2021 Lorenz O. Lutherer Clinical Research Award
Congratulations to Asher K. George for his work on “Frailty is an independent predictor of any 90-day complication following Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer”. The research abstract/presentation was awarded the Dr. Lorenz O. Lutherer Award during the 33rd Annual Student Research Week, which was held March 9-12, 2021.
Frailty is an independent predictor of any 90-day complication following robot-assisted
radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
Asher K. George, Erin Choi, Silvia Jakubski, Hasan Almekdash, Pranav Sharma

2020 Lorenz O. Lutherer Clinical Research Award
Congratulations to MS3-4 Students Kelly Little and Chloe Cooper for their work on “The Association Between Insurance Type and Patient Satisfaction Scores”. The project was awarded the Dr. Lorenz O. Lutherer Award during the 2020 Student Research Week, which was held March 10-13, 2020
Josie Martinez
Congratulations to Josie Martinez! She is the recipient of the 2022 CRI Service Excellence Award. Co-workers nominated Mrs. Martinez for her teamwork, hard work and dedication to the CRI and the Institution, as a whole.
- Criteria the person should have exhibited in order to be nominated for the CRI Excellence Award:
- Consistently seen having a positive helpful attitude
- Demonstrate high standards of professionalism
- Witnessed offering help* Witnessed accepting help.
- Has been repeatedly “caught in the act” of delivering excellent customer service and going beyond the call of duty.
- Professional/team building behavior and embodies CRI work ethic
- Participation in CRI and other activities that help professional growth and contributes to the mission of the CRI
- Demonstrated ability to exceed expectations while also working effectively and supporting each other as team members