The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) recognizes the most creative and effective approaches to promoting academic medicine.
Below are the awards and recognition received by the WashU Medicine writers and creative team since 2019.
2024 NASW Honorable Mention
Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards: Long-form
“Equity for African Americans in Alzheimer’s disease”
Tamara Schneider, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2024 Bronze
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: General Staff Writing
“Real-World Reflections: WashU Nephrologist Has Risen to Prominence, Uncovering Society’s Biggest Health Issues”
Kristina Sauerwein, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2024 Bronze
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: Solicited Articles
“Tick-borne Bourbon virus infects people, wildlife in St. Louis area”
Jacquelyn Kauffman, Science Writing Intern and WashU Student
AAMC 2024 Honorable Mention
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: General Staff Writing
“Equity for African Americans in Alzheimer’s disease: For 20 years, the Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center has worked to boost diversity in clinical trials”
Tamara Schneider, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2023 Silver
Awards for Excellence: Electronic Communications – Audio and Video
“Match Day 2022: Back Together Again”
Huy Mach, Video Producer & Storyteller
Elizabethe Durando, Director of Medical News
Kristina Sauerwein, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2023 Bronze
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: News Releases
“Race of people given Alzheimer’s blood tests may affect interpretation of results”
Tamara Schneider, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2022 Gold
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: News Releases
“Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness”
Julia Evangelou-Strait, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2022 Silver
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: Basic Science Staff Writing
“Mice with hallucination-like behaviors reveal insight into psychotic illness”
Tamara Schneider, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2022 Bronze
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: General Staff Writing
“Scientists discover rare genetic condition that attacks kids’ immune systems”
Kristina Sauerwein, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2021 Honorable Mention
Awards for Excellence: Print and Digital Publishing – Internal Audience
WashU Medicine COVID-19 Update newsletter and website
Office of Medical Public Affairs
AAMC 2020 Gold
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: General Staff Writing
“‘I understand people feeling desperate’: Nontraditional med student with low-income roots heads to a career as an ER physician”
Kristina Sauerwein, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2020 Bronze
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: News Releases
“Mind’s quality control center found in long-ignored brain area”
Tamara Schneider, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2020 Honorable Mention
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: General Staff Writing
“Unending trauma: With scarce resources, doctors address mental health needs of 1 million refugees”
Elizabethe Holland Durando, Director of Medical News
AAMC 2020
Distinguished Service Award
Joni Westerhouse, Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean for Medical Public Affairs
AAMC 2019 Silver
Robert G. Fenley Writing Awards: General Staff Writing
“Leading with empathy: The transformative influence of a doctor who hasn’t forgotten his past”
Kristina Sauerwein, Senior Medical Science Writer
AAMC 2019 Honorable Mention
Social Media Communications
Instagram takeover with second-year medical student
Sydney Miller, Social Media Coordinator