American Society of Microbiology Awards Dr. Amy Stone Two Travel Awards
Dr. Amy Stone, Assistant Professor in the 91制片厂 Department of Basic Sciences, was recognized for her dedication to education and research with a pair of Travel Awards from the (ASM).
For winning the awards, Stone will attend a scientific meeting called ASM Microbe in San Francisco in June, followed by a pedagogical meeting during the American Society of Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (AMSCUE) in Washington D.C. in August.
During the ASM Microbe Conference, Stone will present her abstract entitled 鈥淩IG-I Like Receptors Lead to Macrophage Polarization and Viral Control in West Nile Virus Infection,鈥� the same poster she presented during Touro鈥檚 Research Day in March.
Stone won the AMSCUE Travel Award for her excellence in teaching. According to AMSCUE, the Travel Award Committee found Stone鈥檚 application to be a 鈥渟tellar example of firm commitment to teaching undergraduate microbiology and biology.鈥�
She described ASMCUE as the 鈥榝orefront of microbiology and immunology education for undergraduate medical education faculty.鈥�
鈥淚 am incredibly honored to have been selected for these two awards, especially because I鈥檓 so new in the field,鈥� she said. 鈥淚鈥檝e only been faculty at Touro for six months, so it鈥檚 really exciting to be acknowledged as someone at the forefront of my generation鈥檚 educators and researchers.鈥�
Stone gained a penchant for teaching while completing her PhD. Part of her post-doc work included teaching both undergraduate and medical students. She said she enjoys taking extremely complex ideas and distilling them down to understandable chunks for students.
鈥淚t encompasses what I envision myself to be and what Touro is: a leader in medical education and development research,鈥� she said.
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