NJMS Faculty Organization Outstanding Graduate Student Award

The S.C. Joseph Fu Scholarship award is presented annually to a student studying for a doctorate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Fu was Professor Emeritus of biochemistry/molecular biology and ophthalmology at NJMS and assistant and acting dean at UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS). He also established Students for Medicine, a summer program for incoming minority students at UMDNJ-University Hospital. The $25,000 endowment supporting the scholarship is funded by gifts from his widow, Susan Fu, Dr. B.J. Wagner, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at NJMS, friends, family and colleagues.

2011 Recipient: Ganapathy Sriram
PhD Mentor: Raymond Birge
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

2010 Recipient: Khanh Nguyen
PhD Mentor: Raymond Birge
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

2009 Recipient: Veera D'Mello
PhD Mentor: Raymond Birge
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

2008:
Kenneth Wannemacher
PhD Mentor: Richard Howells
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

S. C. Joseph Fu.

Mrs. Susan Guthrie Fu and Robert Fu, widow and son, respectively, of the late Dr. S.-C. Joseph Fu, professor emeritus, and (middle) Kenneth Wannemacher, 2008 winner of the S.-C. Joseph Fu scholarship.	Professor Richard Howells with Ken Wannemacher and with Alexandra Terskiy