Awards & Recognition

Marion Downs

2011 - 10 Years of Service Award, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
2011 - Bonfils Stanton Foundation Award for Science and Medicine
2008 - The Volta Award from AG Bell
2007 - Secretary's Highest Recognition Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2006 - Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
2006 - Golden Rainbow Award from Rainbow Bridge
2004 - Girl Scout's Women of Distinction
1993 - AAA Foundation Legend Award
1984 - International Audiology Society Aram Glorig Award
1980 - American Auditory Society Carhart Memorial Lectureship Award
1979 - The Honors of the Association Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Year Unknown - Medal of the Ministry of Health of South Vietnam

Stephen P. Cass, MD, MPH

1998 to Present - The Best Doctors in America
2010 - University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Professor of the Year

Janet DesGeorges

2009 - Antonia Bracia Maxon for EHDI Excellence
1998 - Developmental Disabilities Center Advocacy Award

Carol A. Foster, MD

2007 - Guide to America's Top Physicians

Sandra Abbott Gabbard, PhD

2005 - Colorado Academy of Audiology Peak Performance Award
1995 - Colorado Academy of Audiology Peak Performance Award
1994 - Colorado Academy of Audiology Service Award
1982 - Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology, ASHA

Herman A. Jenkins, MD

2010 - Gordon Smyth Lecturer, ENT-UK, Coventry, UK
2010 - ENTER Fellow 2010, Ear, Nose, Throat and Eye Research Foundation, Middlesborough, UK
2010 - UK Member of Honour, Sociedad Espanola de Otorrinolaringologia Y Pathologia Cervico-Facial, Madrid
2010 - Presidential Citation, American Academy Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Boston, September
2007 - AAO-HNS Board of Governors Member Excellence in State Advocacy Award
2002 - George Davies Howell Award, University of London, "Most outstanding contribution to otolaryngology in the last five years", Atlas of Otological Surgery, Coker NJ and Jenkins HA.
1997 - Academy Award, Scientific Exhibit, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting: Coker NJ, Jenkins HA:Intraoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring: Facial Electromyography
1990 - Academy Award, Scientific Exhibit, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting: Coker NJ, Jenkins HA:Traumatic Injury To The Facial Nerve
1987 - Presidential Award, Best Overall Scientific Exhibit, Facial Nerve Disorders Committee Exhibit, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting: Jenkins HA, Coker NJ: Bell's Palsy Update

Cheryl Johnson

2006 - University of Northern Colorado Alumni Association Trailblazer Award
2006 - Phonak Cheryl DeConde Johnson Award for Excellence in Educational Audiology
2005 - Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Academy of Audiology
2003 - Peak Performance Award, Colorado Academy of Audiology
2001 - Fred Berg Educational Audiology Association Award
2000 - American Academy of Audiology - Professional Achievement Award
2000 - Families First Award, Colorado Families for Hands and Voices
1993 - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Foundation Rolland Van Hattum Award for outstanding service by a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in the schools
1992 - Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association Colorado Clinical Achievement Award (DiCarlo nominee to ASHA)
1990 - Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association Public School Program of the Year

Vickie Thomson

2010 - Antonia Bracia Maxon for EHDI Excellence
2008 - Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Award
1995 - Marion Downs National Award
1995 - Colorado Academy of Audiology Peak Performance Award

Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD

2008 - American Academy of Audiology- President's Distinguished Service Medal
2001 - American Academy of Audiology- Research Award
2000 - Colorado Academy of Audiology Peak  Performance Award
1999 - Colorado Hands and Voices Recognition Award
1996 - Colorado Academy of Audiology Peak  Performance Award
1995 - Equality and Excellence Award, University of Colorado, Boulder