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Laurie E. Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA

• Member, Culinary Nutrition Advisory Board, Johnson and Wales University, 2005-present

Ellen Roy Elias, MD

• Favorite Clinical Correlate Award, First and Second-year Medical Students, UCSOM, 2011
• Citation for seven years of service, Committee on Children with Disabilities (COCWD), AAP, 2010
• Member, Autism Subcommittee, AAP, 2010-2011
• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2011-2012

Katheleen Gardiner, PhD

• Chair, MNG Study Section, NIH, 2010
• Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting, Society for Neuroscience, 2010
• Invited Speaker, "The Genetics of Intellectual Disability" Conference, Fondation Jerome Lejeune, Paris, France, 2011
• Member, Science, Research and Practice Advisory Board, Down Syndrome Educational Trust, 2007-present
• Chair, Molecular Neurogenetics Study Section, NIH, 2010-present

Stephen I. Goodman, MD

• Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 2011

Jan P. Kraus, PhD

• Chair, Session, Society of Inherited Metabolic Disease Meeting, 2011
• Invited Lecturer, International Symposium on Cytochrom P450 Biochemistry, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2011

Paul S. MacLean, PhD

• Board Member, Organizing Committee, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Summer Research Conference on Obesity, 2010-2012

David K. Manchester, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2008-2012

John R. Sladek, Jr., PhD

• Section Editor, Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Cell Transplantation: The Regenerative Medicine Journal, 2008-present
• Chair, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Grants Working Group, 2010-2016
• Member, President's Review Panel, University of Colorado, Boettcher Foundation, Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards, 2010-2012

Elaine B. Spector, PhD

• Secretary, American College of Medical Genetics, 2007-present

Richard Spritz, MD

• Seiji Memorial Lectureship, International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies, 2011

Johan L. Van Hove, MD, PhD

• Board of Directors, Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, 2010
• Editorial Board, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, 2004-present
• Board of Directors, Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 2007-present
• Member, Advisory Board for Mountain States Genetics Regional Collaborative Center, 2008-2011

Carol S. Walton, MS, CGC

• Vice President, Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors, 2011-2012
• Teaching Scholars Program, CU School of Medicine, 2011-2012

Erica L. Wright, MS

• 2nd Place Poster Award, 2010 Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium, 2010

Gary A. Bellus, MD, PhD

• Member Making a Difference Award, American Academy of Dermatology, 2009

Laurie E. Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA

• Member, Culinary Nutrition Advisory Board, Johnson and Wales University, 2005-present
• Invited Speaker, Dietary Management of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, London, England, 2009

Ellen R. Elias, MD

• Guest Editor and Author, Special Issue, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 2009

Katheleen Gardiner, PhD

• Member, Science, Research and Practice Advisory Board of the Down Syndrome Educational Trust, 2007-present
• Member, Molecular Neurogenetics Study Section, NIH, 2008-present

Jan P. Kraus, PhD

• Honorary Lecturer, 7th International conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, Prague, Czech Republic, 2009
• Invited Lecturer, International Fulda-Symposium of Homocysteine, Folate and Cobalamin Disorders, Fulda, Germany, 2009

David K. Manchester, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2008-present

Karl Pfenninger, MD, PhD

• Visiting Professor, Ecole Des Neurosciences in Paris, France, 2010

John R. Sladek, Jr., PhD

• Section Editor, Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Cell Transplantation: The Regernerative Medicine Journal, 2008-present
• Chair, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences External Advisory Board, NIH INBRE (Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence) Grant, 2008-present
• Chair, Carthage College Natural Sciences Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees, 2009
• Member, External Advisory Board, NIA Program Project Grant 5 PO1 AG023630, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Neurosciences, 2009
• Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, NIDA, Baltimore, Maryland, 2009
• Member, NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel / Fellowships: Brain Disorders and Related Neuroscience (ZRGF 1 FO1), 2009
• Member, NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel /ARRA Supporting new Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources (ZMH1 ERB-X A2 S), 2009
• Member, NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Challenge Grant Panel 11/ Scientific Review Group (ZRG1, BDCN-T (58) R), 2009
• Chair, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Grants Working Group, 2010-2016
• Member, Presidents Revew Panel, University of Colorado, Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards, 2010
• Elected Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, 11th International Conference on Neural Therapy and Repair, May 2011, Clearwater, Florida, 2009

Elaine B. Spector, PhD

• Secretary, American College of Medical Genetics, 2007-present

Johan L. Van Hove, MD, PhD

• Editorial Board, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, 2004-present
• Scientific Advisory Board, The European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2005-present
• Board of Directors, Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 2007-present
• Member, Advisory Board for Mountain States Genetics Regional Collaborative Center, 2008-present

Carol S. Walton, MS, CGC

• Board of Directors, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2005-2009

Gary A. Bellus, MD, PhD

• Gold Leadership Circle for Volunteerism, American Academy of Dermatology, 2007
• The President’s Volunteer Service Award, U.S. Government, 2007
• Member Making a Difference Award, American Academy of Dermatology, 2009

Laurie E. Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA

• Member, Culinary Nutrition Advisory Board, Johnson and Wales University, 2005-present
• Creative Nutrition Education Award, American Dietetic Association/Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group, 2008
• Invited Speaker, Dietary Management of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, London, England, 2009

Katheleen Gardiner, PhD

• Chair, Genes, Genomes and Genetics Study Section, NIH, 2002-2007
• Member, Science, Research and Practice Advisory Board of the Down Syndrome Educational Trust, 2007-present
• Member, Molecular Neurogenetics Study Section, NIH, 2008-present

Stephen I. Goodman, MD

• American Board Medical Genetics Representative, Assembly of American Board of Medical Specialties, 2006-2008
• Florence Sabin Award, UCSOM, 2008

Jan P. Kraus, PhD

• Honorary Lecturer, 7th International conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, Prague, Czech Republic, 2009
• Invited Speaker, Propionic Acidemia Workshop, Freiburg, Germany, 2008

Ying Jin, MD, PhD

• Postdoctoral Fellow Training Fund Award for Frontiers in Statistical Genetics, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases Researchers, 2006

David K. Manchester, MD

• 5280 Magazine’s Top Doctors in Denver, 2005-2006, 2008

John R. Sladek, Jr., PhD

• Sanberg Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Neural Therapeutics and Repair, 2007
• Member, Grants Working Group and Chair of the Review Board, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, 2008
• $3 Billion Stem Cell Grants Program, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, 2008
• Special Review Committee, NIH Eureka Awards, 2008
• Section Editor, Neuroscience and Tissue Engineering, Cell Transplantation: The Regernerative Medicine Journal, 2008-present
• Chair, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences External Advisory Board, NIH INBRE (Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence) Grant, 2008-present
• Trustee of Carthage College, Wisconsin, 2004-2008
• Chair, Carthage College Natural Sciences Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees, 2009
• Member, External Advisory Board, NIA Program Project Grant 5 PO1 AG023630, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Neurosciences, 2009
• Member, Board of Scientific Counselors, NIDA, Baltimore, Maryland, 2009
• Member, NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel / Fellowships: Brain Disorders and Related Neuroscience (ZRGF 1 FO1), 2009
• Member, NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel /ARRA Supporting new Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources (ZMH1 ERB-X A2 S), 2009
• Member, NIH Study Section, Special Emphasis Challenge Grant Panel 11/ Scientific Review Group (ZRG1, BDCN-T (58) R), 2009
• Invited Speaker, International Symposium: A Tribute to Nils-Ake Hillarp and His Students, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden, 2008

Elaine B. Spector, PhD

• Secretary, American College of Medical Genetics, 2007-2009
• Invited Speaker, 4th International Conference of the Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan, 2008

Johan L. Van Hove, MD, PhD

• Editorial Board, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, 2004-present
• Scientific Advisory Board, The European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2005-present
• Board of Directors, Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, 2007-present
• Member, Advisory Board for Mountain States Genetics Regional Collaborative Center, 2008-present
• Invited Speaker, American College of Medical Genetics (Seizures in Neonates and Infants, Metabolic Causes), 2008
• Member, National Workgroup: Long-Term Follow-Up of Newborn Screening, HRSA, 2007

Carol S. Walton, MS, CGC

• Re-elected to a third term, Chair of the Credentials Committee, Board of Directors of the American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2008

2005-2006

Laurie Bernstein, MS, RD, FADA

• Creative Nutrition Education Award, American Dietetic Association, Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group, 2005-2006
• Culinary Nutrition Advisory Board, Johnson and Wales University, 2005-present
• Founding Member, Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International, 2005-2006

Ellen R. Elias, MD

• Member, Executive Committee of the Section on Children with Disabilities of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004-2007
• Member, Pediatric General Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

David K. Manchester, MD

• America's Top Pediatricians, 2004-2005
• 5280 Magazine's Top Doctors in Denver, 2005

Elaine B. Spector, PhD

• Board of Directors, American College of Medical Genetics, 2005-2011

Richard A. Spritz, MD

• Tanioku Memorial Lectureship, Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology, 2005

Eva Sujansky, MD

• Who's Who of American Women, 1995-present

Chun-Hui (Anne) Tsai, MD, MSc

• Excellent Abstract, 1st Asian Society for Pediatric Research, Taiwan Pediatric Association, 2005
• Travel Award, 1st Asia Pediatric Research Conference, 2005

Johan L. Van Hove, MD, PhD

• Editorial Board, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2004-present
• Advisory Editorial Board, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2001-2003

Carol S. Walton, MS, CGC

• Chair of the Credentials Committee, Board of Directors, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2006
• Board of Directors, American Board of Genetic Counseling, 2005-2009

2003-2004

Linda S. Crnic, PhD

• Editorial Board, Developmental Psychobiology, 1994-2004

Ellen R. Elias, MD

• Member, Executive Committee of the Section on Children with Disabilities of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004-2007
• Member, Pediatric General Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

Cynthia Freehauf, RN, MS, GCG

• Silver Award, Health and Science Communication Association Media Festival for Network PKU, 2004

Stephen I. Goodman, MD

• Nominating Committee Member, American Society of Human Genetics, 2004

David K. Manchester, MD

• America's Top Pediatricians, 2004-2005

Eva Sujansky, MD

• Who's Who of American Women, 1995-present

Johan L. Van Hove, MD, PhD

• Editorial Board, Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2004-present
• Associate Editor, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2001-2003

Carol S. Walton, MS, CGC

• Chancellor's Teaching Recognition Award, University of Colorado Denver Graduate School, 2004