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Christopher N. Honda, Ph.D.
Winner of the 2004 Faculty Mentorship Award

Honda's made significant contributions in Committee service…
  • Steering Committee
  • Founding the Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee
  • Curriculum and Examination Committee
  • Generating Preliminary Exams (making sure they are graded appropriately)

Also Important work in…

  • Brain Awareness Week (Consistent Contribution)
  • Contributions in recruitment
  • Made contributions in Advising
  • Served on more then 30 thesis committees (20 in GPN)

Heather Wenk a recent graduate student of Chris'
Now at Vollum Institute at the Oregon Health Sciences Center in Portland

Finally comes Chris' contribution in teaching

  • Several years ago the steering committee decided we needed a Systems Neuroscience Course.
  • Even though Chris had a large teaching load at the time he volunteered to run the course
  • If he is not giving lectures he is sitting in many of the classes
  • Taught laboratory sessions single handedly
  • Every year students would have to look at dull MRIs
    This year he brought them to imaging facility and imaged the brains of many students


Presentation of the first Faculty Mentorship Award to
Christopher N. Honda, Ph.D., February 28, 2004.

 
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