Awards and Prizes
Clark premedical students are eligible for awards and prizes:
- The Dr. Kenneth A. Senter '43 Endowed Award for Premed Undergraduates provides an award to a premedical undergraduate student who is of high academic standing and deserving of financial assistance.
- The Edward N. Trachtenberg Endowed Prize provides an award to a health professions applicant based on such factors as academic record, suitability for the profession, and financial need.
- Students applying to Clark who are interested in careers in medicine may qualify for Carlson or Traina merit-based scholarships that provide substantial tuition discounts and financial support for doing research during the summer following the student's junior year at Clark.
List of Previous Award and Prize Winners:
David Doran Trager '64 Memorial Prize for Excellence in Biology was awarded each year through 2010 to a senior accepted to a medical school:
- 2010 - Papiya Sinha
- 2009 - Salvatore Pezzella (University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine)
- 2008 - Shyamal Asher (The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University)
- 2007 - Peter Abdalla (U. of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine)
- 2006 - Kasmir Ramo (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
- 2005 - Mary Badon (Yale University School of Medicine)
- 2004 - Andrew Max Somberg (Albert Einstein School of Medicine)
- 2003 - Julia Crawford (Tufts University School of Medicine)
- 2002 - Victoria Byfield (Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine)
- 2001 - Rachel Peragallo (Harvard Medical School)
- 2000 - Amy Pritchard (Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine)
Dr. Kenneth A. Senter '43 Endowed Award for Premed Undergraduates:
- 2012 - Brianna Anthony (Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine) and Simone Palladino (Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine)
- 2011 - Margo Sheck (Stony Brook University School of Medicine)
- 2010 - Tara Devaraj (Jefferson Medical College)
- 2009 - James Wilson (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine)
- 2008 - Miranda Simon (Medical College of Wisconsin)
- 2007 - Rebecca Louzan
- 2006 - Peter Abdalla (University of New England College of Osteopathic Med.)
- 2005 - Kasmir Ramo (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Edward N. Trachtenberg Endowed Prize:
- 2011 - Alexa Navasero (U. of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry)
- 2010 - Papiya Sinha
- 2008 - Shyamal Asher (The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University)
- 2007 - Sara McNiff (New England College of Optometry)
- 2006 - Matthew Phillips (University of Texas Medical School at Galveston)