The Hugh and Jan Harelson Award for Teaching Excellence is given annually by the school to an instructor who exemplifies the highest quality of teaching, based on nominations from students. The winner is chosen by a committee composed of the school director and at least two people from outside the school (the director can provide additional information for the committee, including teacher course evaluation scores). The winner is given $1,000 and a trophy, generously provided by the Harelson family, handed out at the Just Desserts gathering in May. The winner is kept secret until the award is given out at Just Desserts.
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Hugh and Jan Harelson Award for Teaching Excellence – 2020
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Hugh and Jan Harelson Award for Teaching Excellence – 2019
The Hugh and Jan Harelson Award for Teaching Excellence is given annually by the school to an instructor who exemplifies the highest quality of teaching, based on nominations from students. The winner is chosen by a committee composed of the school director and at least two people from outside the school (the director can provide additional information for the committee, including teacher course evaluation scores). The winner is given $1,000 and a trophy, generously provided by the Harelson family, handed out at the Just Desserts gathering in May. The winner is kept secret until the award is given out at Just Desserts.
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Science Awards and Fellowships

Extramural
- NIH Individual NRSA Fellowship – (1F32HD055143-01) (2007-2008)
- NIH Training Grant (trainee) – UC Davis MIND Institute – Interdisciplinary Training Program for Autism Researchers (2005-2007)
- American Foundation for Aging Research Fellowship (2005)
- Reduced Fee Award: EMBO/58th Harden Conference-Telomeres and Genome Stability (2004)
- Travel Award: 13th North American Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics & Gene Mapping (2003)
- Glenn/AFAR Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging (2003)
Intramural
- Kinsella Memorial Dissertation Prize, UC Davis (2006)
- Hart/Cole/Goss Summer Research Fellowship (2005, 2001)
- Austin Lyons Fellowship (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005)
- Herbert Kraft Fellowship (2001-2002)
- Jastro Shields Research Award (2003)
- UC Davis and Humanities Graduate Research Award (2002)
- Phi Sigma Honor Society (2001)
- UC Davis Departmental Fellowship Awards and Research Assistantship (2000-2001)
- Sigma Xi Honor Society
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