4 faculty named inaugural Hubbard-Walder honorees 4 faculty named inaugural Hubbard-Walder honorees By: Jack Rossi | 2021.04.28 | 09:24 am Four University of Iowa faculty members—Gail Bishop, Ray Fagenbaum, Cinda Coggins-Mosher, and Amy Strathman—were named winners of the inaugural Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching. The new award is presented to UI faculty who have participated in a variety of university teaching (undergraduate, graduate or professional, classroom, one-on-one) and have contributed to curriculum and/or program development. Each recipient has a minimum six years of teaching experience at Iowa and will receive a $1,000 honorarium. Gail Bishop Bishop is the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Holden Chair of Cancer Biology as well as the associate director for basic science research in the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. In her 32-year tenure, Bishop’s high-quality teaching has been consistently praised by students and peers in a variety of areas. Over the last five years, she has taught 13 courses for graduate, medical, and health-professional students while also serving as the course director for Graduate Immunology and Writing a Scientific Proposal. Bishop was part of a small group who developed the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology at Iowa and was an integral part of all aspects—overseeing training curriculum, research training, and more. Bishop has mentored 18 students for their research over the last five years and has served on 19 graduate thesis committees. Bishop remains a top-quality educator who has impacted all aspects of teaching.