{"id":2629,"date":"2020-12-24T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/?page_id=2629"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:24:46","slug":"dr-richard-simon-excellence-in-clinical-neurosciences-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/education-and-training\/dr-richard-simon-excellence-in-clinical-neurosciences-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award<\/a> will be given annually to celebrate Dr. Richard Simon\u2019s distinguished career at UConn Health and his pioneering contributions to medicine. The award will be given to a clinician, staff member, or student who exemplifies excellence in any area of the neurosciences at UConn Health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Award Winners<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2026<\/h3>\n

Evening of Excellence Honors Legacies<\/a><\/p>\n

Gracia C. Mui, MD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2025<\/h3>\n

Peter Canning Recognized for EMS Role in Stroke Care<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Canning<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2024<\/h3>\n

Students, Nurse Anesthetists Share Neuroscience Honors<\/a><\/p>\n

Nathan Leclair, Matthew Scoggins, Susan Shafer, Jasmin Williams, and Lily Zhong<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2023<\/h3>\n

3 UConn Health Nurses Recognized for Outstanding Care<\/a><\/p>\n

Tara Holm, Jennifer Pickert, and Meagan Zolla<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2022<\/h3>\n

3rd Simon Award Honors Leaders in Nursing and Postdoctoral Training<\/a><\/p>\n

Susan Bongiorni and Martha Wilkie<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2021<\/h3>\n

2nd Simon Award Recognizes Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis Providers<\/a><\/p>\n

Josauris Rivera, Kristen Vavrek, Jennifer Sposito, Kimberly Fofana, Karen Nelson, and Marina Creed<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020<\/h3>\n

OR Team Shares 1st Dr. Richard Simon Award<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellen Benson, Shevonne White, and\u00a0Georgia Priestley<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award The Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award will be given annually to celebrate Dr. Richard Simon\u2019s distinguished career at UConn Health and his pioneering contributions to medicine. The award will be given to a clinician, staff member, or student who exemplifies excellence in any area […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":1071,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 04:44:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2986,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2629\/revisions\/2986"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neurosurgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}