Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute, met in November with some of MMI’s Silver and Gold U winners at a luncheon to recognize their accomplishments.
Silver U winners Leslie Van Winkle of the MMI Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Liz Konopasek, D.P.T, of the MMI Department of Physical Therapy, and Gold U winner Heidi Reelfs of the MMI Department of Physical Therapy, joined Dr. Mirnics at the luncheon.
The rest of MMI’s 2019 Gold and Silver U awardees will meet with Dr. Mirnics in January.
The luncheon was held in place of the monthly MMI Standouts luncheon, which honors top MMI performers. The Standouts program currently is being revised and will be re-implemented in 2020.
MMI’s Silver U winners in 2019 were:
- January: Kari Price, MMI Departement of Education and Child Development;
- February: Dr. Konopasek;
- April: Kristen Hembree, Ph.D., MMI Departement of Psychology;
- June: Van Winkle;
- August: Annie Woodruff Jameson, D.P.T., MMI Departement of Physical Therapy;
- October: Sarah Simmons, MMI Business Department; and
- December: Rebecca Gilbert, Human Genetics Laboratory.
Gold U winners were:
- Reelfs; and
- Diane Pickering, Human Genetics Laboratory.