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The '''Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education''' is awarded annually by the [[Genetics Society of America]] to recognize individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to [[genetics]] [[education]]. It was founded in 2007 as the '''Genetics Society of America Award for Excellence in Education'''. Its first recipient was [[Elizabeth W. Jones]], after whom the award was renamed following her death in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/excellenceeducation.shtml |title=The Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education |website=Genetics Society of America |access-date=2019-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331033231/http://www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/excellenceeducation.shtml |archive-date=2019-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newlon |first=Carol S. |date=2009-03-25 |title=Elizabeth W. Jones, 8 March 1939-11 June 2008 |journal=Yeast |language=en |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=299–302 |doi=10.1002/yea.1664|pmid=19322900 }}</ref>
==Recipients==
Source: [https://genetics-gsa.org/awards/elizabeth-w-jones-award-for-excellence-in-education/ Genetics Society of America]
*2007: [[Elizabeth W. Jones]]
*2008: [[R. Scott Hawley]]
*2009: [[Sarah Elgin]]
*2010: [[Utpal Banerjee]]
*2011: Peter J. Bruns
*2012: David A. Micklos
*2013: A. Malcolm Campbell
*2014: Robin Wright
*2015: Louisa A. Stark
*2016: William Wood
*2017: Sally G. Hoskins
*2018: [[Steven A. Farber]], Carnegie Institute for Science & Jamie Shuda
*2019: [[Bruce Weir]]
*2020: Seth Bordenstein, Vanderbilt University
*2021: Edward J. Smith, Virginia Tech
*2022: [[Alana O'Reilly]] and [[Dara Ruiz-Whalen]], Fox Chase Cancer Center and eCLOSE Institute
==See also==
* [[List of genetics awards]]
==References==
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[[Category:Genetics awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2007]]
[[Category:Genetics education]]
[[Category:American education awards]]
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