The Mizzou Alumni Association and Alumni Association Student Board has named the 2023 Mizzou 18 Award and Mizzou ’39 Award recipients. The Mizzou 18 honorees include six students from the MU School of Medicine and two staff members, the most of any school or college this year.
The School of Medicine student winners include Abdoulie Njai, Chidinma Vivian Haffner, Hannah Tonner, and Madeline Sharp. Graduate student winners from the Department of Health Management and Informatics include Humayera Islam and Cynthia Tang.
School of Medicine staff members Andrea Simmons and Robin Clay, who are pursuing graduate degrees in the College of Education and Human Development, were also among those honored.
The Mizzou 18 Award is dedicated to honoring 18 University of Missouri graduate and professional students in the last year of their degree eligibility. Recipients are chosen for their world-class research, collaboration with faculty and staff and their demonstrated leadership with undergraduate students.