Frank J. Toth Award

Call for Nominations & Support Letters: Wednesday, March 10, 2025, at 4 p.m.

Deadline for Nominations & Support Letters: Thursday, April 21, 2025, at 4 p.m.

This award honors the memory of Frank J. Toth, who worked for many years as a chemist for the federal Environmental Protection Agency. His work and life in support of health-related science and research inspired this recognition of research personnel (non-faculty) whose work contributes to the research mission of SIU School of Medicine. Dr. Linda Toth, former Associate Dean for Research, established the award.

The Research Policy Committee (RPC) invites nomination packets to be submitted by faculty and supervisors for review and selection. All SIU School of Medicine research support personnel who do not hold a faculty rank are eligible. Trainees (students, residents, and clinical or postdoctoral fellows) and past recipients are not eligible.

The award consists of a plaque and a monetary travel award to assist the recipient in attending a professional meeting/conference, continuing education event, or in receiving other training related to their job responsibilities as approved by the award recipient’s supervisor. The recipient will have one year to use the award funds.

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Past award recipients

Year    Awardee & Department
2012    Robert Meech - Surgery
2013    Kathleen Groesch - Center for Clinical Research
2014    Heather Westrick - Center for Clinical Research
2015    Christopher Chambers - Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology
2016    Julie Baumgardner - Simmons Cancer Institute
2017    Whitney Zahnd - Center for Population Health
2018    Lisa Volk-Draper - Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology
2019    Melissa Roberts - Associate Dean for Research
2020    Cassie Vorachek - DLAM, Associate Dean for Research
2021    Amanda Fogleman - Population Science & Policy
2022    Kristal Adams - Center for Clinical Research
2023    Lynne Ling - Research Laboratory Coordinator, Pharmacology
2024    Barbara Lokaitis - Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, CCR
2025    Wei Du - researcher in the Core Research Lab