Michael E. Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, delivers the opening remarks at the 2019 Fall Honors Convocation.

Austin Bartl received an award for the highest continued average in the anatomical sciences. Presenting the honor were Michael E. Cain, MD, left, and Richard T. Cheney, MD.

Michael Cobler-Lichter was given the Ernest Witebsky Award for achieving the highest grades in microbiology and immunology. Presenting were Michael E. Cain, MD, left, and Terry D. Connell, PhD.

Steven Avino received the Donald W. Rennie Physiology Award. Presenting were Michael E. Cain, MD, left, and Perry M. Hogan, PhD.

Santa Anigo was awarded the Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship by Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD.

Two hundred medical students were honored with Dean’s Letters of Commendation during the ceremony in the Jacobs School’s M&T Auditorium.

Andrew Baumgartner and Emily Zhou were the recipients of the Adelaide and Brendan Griswold Scholarship given to those who show promise and strong interest in becoming a family medicine or primary care physician. At left is Michael E. Cain, MD, and at right is Kim Strong Griswold, MD.

Emily Ellmann received the Edward L. Curvish, MD, Award for Excellence in Biochemistry. Presenting the award were Mark R. O’Brian, PhD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD.

Andrew Fink, second from left, and Carl Hashem received the Kornel Terplan Award for the highest averages in pathology. Presenting the honor were Richard T. Cheney, MD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD.

Rachel Knapp received the Edward L. Curvish, MD, Award for Excellence in Biochemistry. Presenting the award were Mark R. O’Brian, PhD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD.

Jenna Herskind received the John B. Sheffer Award from Richard T. Cheney, MD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD.

Aberlee Milliron received the Douglas S. Riggs Award for best academic performance in pharmacology coursework. Presenting were Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD.

Her second-year classmates chose to give the Marek Zaleski Award to Alexandra Marrone, as the student who best combined Dr. Zaleski’s high standards of academic achievement with outstanding service to the community. At left is Michael E. Cain, MD. At right is Terry D. Connell, PhD.

Sarah Quinn received the Anthony Postoloff Scholarship Award in Pathology from Richard T. Cheney, MD, right, and Michael E. Cain, MD. The scholarship is awarded to a third-year student who intends to pursue a career in pathology.

Nico Shary was given the Ernest Witebsky Award for achieving the highest grades in microbiology and immunology. Presenting were Michael E. Cain, MD, left, and Terry D. Connell, PhD.