Four Women Academics Are Honored

Marilyn R. Gugliucci, director of geriatric education and research at the College of New England, received the Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

Dr. Gugliucci holds a bachelor’s degree from Keene State College in New Hampshire, a master’s degree from Montclair State College in New Jersey, and her doctorate in gerontology from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jennifer Thomas, associate professor in the department of pathobiology and diagnostic investigation at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2011 Education Award from the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology.

Dr. Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree, a Ph.D., and a doctor of veterinary medicine degree, all from Michigan State University.

Mary Beth Poston, associate professor of clinical internal medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, received the Clinical Educator of the Year Award from the Southern Society for General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Poston joined the faculty at the University of South Carolina in 2004. She earned her medical degree in 1999 at the University of South Carolina.

Harriet Hamilton, associate professor of health and human performance at Alabama A&M University, was selected to receive the 2012 Dr. Neil C. Jackson Award from the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport. She will be presented the award at the organization’s annual convention in Boston in March.