LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Teresa Woodruff, former interim president at Michigan State College, turned the primary MSU school member to obtain the Nationwide Medal of Science, the very best recognition the nation can bestow on scientists and engineers.
Woodruff was introduced with the nationwide medal at a ceremony on the Eisenhower Government Workplace Constructing in Washington, D.C.
Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D., Director of the White Home Workplace of Science and Expertise Coverage (OSTP), awards Teresa Kaye Woodruff the Nationwide Medal of Science throughout an awards ceremony on the Eisenhower Government Workplace Constructing in Washington, DC, January 3, 2025. Photograph by Ryan Okay. Morris
“I’m humbled to receive this award,” Woodruff mentioned. “I have had the honor and pleasure to work with so many students and collaborators throughout my career. My fundamental belief is science should help tomorrow’s patients be treated better than today’s. This means we need to take our discoveries and turn them toward patient needs. And that includes broadening the pipeline of researchers in the field, advancing our discoveries from the bench to the bedside, and expanding the corridors of communication between physician groups and others who are in health care.”
In accordance with MSU, Woodruff acquired a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Arithmetic, and Engineering Mentoring in 2011.
President Barack Obama greets the 2010 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Arithmetic and Engineering Mentoring recipients within the Oval Workplace, Dec. 12, 2011. (Official White Home Photograph by Pete Souza)
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Woodruff is an MSU Analysis Basis Professor within the Division of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at MSU’s Faculty of Human Drugs and the Division of Biomedical Engineering at MSU’s Faculty of Engineering.
“Those who earn these awards embody the promise of America by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. These trailblazers have harnessed the power of science and technology to tackle challenging problems and deliver innovative solutions for Americans and for communities around the world.”
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