John E. Jones Award for Academic Excellence, formerly known as the Merck Award

This award was renamed in 2012 after former School of Medicine Dean and HSC Vice President John E. Jones who died earlier that year. He was a long standing faculty member in the division of Endocrinology of the Department of Internal Medicine, and was an outstanding diagnostician. This award is sponsored by Merck & Company, Inc. to recognize scholastic achievement by senior students for outstanding performance in the clinical sciences during the third and fourth year of the curriculum. . The award consists of the Merck Manual for Diagnosis and Therapy.

Award Recipients

Morgantown

2023

Evan Abbey

2022

Nathan Mauck

2021

Justin Conte

2020

Kaitlin Woods

2019

Daniel Sprando

2018

Tyler Trump

2017

Daniel McClelland

2016

Lauren Giola

2015

Kyle Stinehart

2014

Jake D. Fagan

2013

Kristen Burton

2012

Lucas Heller

2011

Carl Seynnaeve

2010

Michael Ruffolo

2009

Brad P. Barnes

2008

Jeffrey K. Mullins

2007

Andrew Thomas

2006

Andrew Freeman

2005

Bill Cavatassi

2004

Bahair Ghazi

2003

Lisa Wood

2002

Jason Givan

2001

Douglas Haden

Eastern

2022

Grayson Mast

2021

Jasmin Tharakan

2020

Jonathan Mathes

2019

Ayita Verna

2018

Christina Provenza

2017

Joseph Hansroth

2016

Joshua Roach

2015

Casey McRoy

2014

Madison M. Humerick

2013

Roseann Nguyen

2012

Lindsey Robel

2011

Alyson Bell

2010

Lukas Shutler

2009

Michael R. Velez

2008

Keriann Van Nostrand

2007

Matthew Garrison

Charleston

2022

Ashlyn Brown

2021

Jasmine Shah

2020

Allison Cipriani

2019

Kristin Meigh

2018

Tyler Trump

2017

Brogan Walters

2016

Drew Burgess

2015

Douglas Campbell

2014

Chad T. Dean

2013

Richard Leach

2012

Joshua Briscoe

2011

Bryan Snelling

2010

Greg Hale

2009

Evan A. Doughtery

2008

Gregory Hickey

2007

Samual Swisher-McClure

2006

Rob Vickers

2005

Justin Haught

2004

Melinda Hooten

2003

Hassan Mir

2002

Cynthia Feltner

2001

Michael Albert