The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education Innovations in Health Science Education: Awards AWARDS CONFERENCES GRANTS MEMBERS & COMMITTEES A highlight of the annual "Innovations in Health Science Education" conference is the presentation of the Innovations in Health Science Education awards. The Awards recognize an individual or individuals who have implemented a project or program with a documented record of innovation and achievement in the last five years in undergraduate or graduate health science education, encompassing all of the health science disciplines, including educational programs for medical students, medical residents, undergraduate and graduate nursing students, dental students, public health professionals, and allied health professionals. The 2008 Awards will be presented at the annual "Innovations in Health Science Education" conference in Austin on October 2-3, 2008. Finalists for the Award made presentations at the Conference. Final evaluation and presentation of the Award took place at the Conference. First place winners will receive a monetary award of $7,500 second place $5,000, and third place $2,500 in the 2008 competition.   APPLICATION INFORMATION (PDF opens in new window) Next Deadline: July 15, 2008 2007 recipients were: Thomas King, Ph.D and colleagues The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "Virtual Microscopy for Health Professionals" (first place) Manuel Angel Oscós-Sánchez, M.D. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "The Teen Medical Academy: Using Academic Enhancement and Instructional Enrichment to Address Ethnic Disparities in American Health Science Education" (second place) Charles Patrick, Jr, Ph.D. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center "Multidisciplinary Summer Research Internship in a Comprehensive Cancer Center" (third place) UTHC Tyler UTHSC Houston UTHSC San Antonio UTMB Galveston UT M.D. Anderson UT Southwestern Note: Links to academic health science campuses open in new windows