The Distinguished Einstein Ph.D. Alumnus Award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in biomedical science, biotechnology, and/or professional leadership in advancing biomedical research for the benefit of humankind.
2022 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Ruth Muschel, M.D., Ph.D. '78
Emeritus Professor of Molecular Pathology
Department of Oncology
University of Oxford, U.K
2016 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Sue Wickner, Ph.D. '73
Head, DNA Molecular Biology Section
Distinguished Investigator, National Institutes of Health
2015 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Toby Tucker Hecht, Ph.D. '73
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health
2014 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Danny Reinberg, Ph.D. '82
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine
2013 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Nita J. Maihle, Ph.D. '83
Associate Cancer Center Director, UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute (Jackson, MS)
Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology and Medicine, UMMC (University of Mississippi Medical Center)
2012 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Roy S. Wu, Ph.D. '73
Associate Branch Chief, Clinical Grants and Contracts Branch (CGCB), CTEP/NCI
National Institutes of Health
2011 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Charles S. Peskin, Ph.D. '72
Silver Professor; Professor of Mathematics Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
2010 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Lucy Shapiro, Ph.D. '66
Professor, Department of Developmental Biology and Director, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
2009 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Carl Franzblau, Ph.D. '62
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Associate Dean of the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
Boston University School of Medicine
2008 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D. '81
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Distinguished Professor, Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
2007 Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Recipient
Joan Heller Brown, Ph.D. '73
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine