Monday, August 26, 2019

Clyde G. Huggins Award for Summer Research winners announced

The recipients of the 2019 University of South Alabama College of Medicine Clyde G. Huggins Award for Summer Research are shown with their mentors. Recipients are, seated from left, Brittany Jackson, Jessica Pham, Corey Phillis, Bradley Schuler and Brandon Rivers. Mentors are, standing from left, Erin Ahn, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry; Donna Cioffi, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry; William Richards, M.D., professor and chair of surgery; Madhuri Mulekar, Ph.D., professor and chair of mathematics and statistics; Michael Francis, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology and cell biology; and Robert Barrington, Ph.D., associate professor of microbiology. The award honors the memory of Clyde G. "Sid" Huggins, who served as the first dean of students for the USA College of Medicine.