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Richard Sifers to receive Baylor College of Medicine's highest award to faculty members for education efforts
HOUSTON, TX—A longtime Alpha-1 researcher will receive Baylor College of Medicine’s highest award to faculty members Friday.
Richard N. Sifers, PhD, associate professor, pathology and immunology, will receive the Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Presidential Award for Excellence in Education for his “stellar and enduring contributions to the educational mission of Baylor College of Medicine.”
This is the highest honor given to a Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) faculty member for their efforts in education.
According to BCM, “Many of these efforts stem from his long-term involvement with the Alpha-1 Foundation, in which he has served as a member of the Educational Materials Working Group that develops educational materials for worldwide distribution as a means to educate the public about the cause of numerous conformational diseases.”
Sifers is a full time faculty member in the Department of Pathology and Immunology and holds secondary appointments in the departments of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Bayloc College of Medicine.
He is an active member of several graduate programs, and has served as a formal lecturer in five different courses associated with the BCM graduate and medical schools, including Organization of the Cell, in which he is co-director.
Sifers has served as a member of over 40 graduate student committees. He has mentored 25 individuals in the pathology residency program, graduate programs, and the Summer Medical and Research Training programs.
Sifers has received numerous previous educational awards, including Best Course in the graduate school, and Best Lecturer in the graduate school core curriculum for three consecutive years.
These honors led to his receipt of a Fulbright and Jaworski Excellence in Teaching and Evaluation Award. He was recently inducted into the BCM Academy of Distinguished Educators.
Sifers has lectured at numerous international symposia and workshops.
