Professional Highlights – Alexander J. R. Bishop, DPhil

2020               
Invited to become a full member of the NIH MCT1 study section.

2019               
Invited to participate in Alex Lemonade’s Stand Foundation Innovation Summit: Event to gather a group of childhood cancer leaders, advocates, and foundations to identify new innovations and future directions for research and funding.

2018
Mays Cancer Center 2018 Discovery of the Year

2018               
Invited to participate in the Sixth Rett Nearburg International Ewing’s Sarcoma Symposium: This “invite-only” event is for leaders in Ewing’s sarcoma research and treatment.

2018               
Invited to participate in Alex Lemonade’s Stand Foundation Crazy 8 event: Event for a group of childhood cancer thought-leaders assembled to create roadmaps to cures and better treatments for specific types of pediatric cancers that will have a clinical impact with $25 million investment based on recommendations.

2017               
AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award: To participate at the AACR Special Conference on Advances in Pediatric Cancer Research: From Basic Science to the Clinic

2017               
Member of the UT Shine Academy: This Academy is to promote all aspects of health science education, education scholarship and leadership across the UT system, nominated by the University and selected by the Academy.

2015               
AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award: To participate at the AACR Special Conference on Advances in Pediatric Cancer Research: From Mechanisms and Models to Treatment and Survivorship

2015               
Member UT Health Science Center of San Antonio’s Academy of Master Teachers

2015               
ATW2015 Travel Award: To participate at the Ataxia telangiectasia workshop 2015 in Beijing, China

2015               
UT Health Science Center of San Antonio 2015 Presidential Teaching Excellence Award

2013               
AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Award: To participate at the AACR Special Conference on Pediatric Cancer at the Crossroads: Translating Discovery into Improved Outcomes

2010               
Cellular and Structural Biology Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Education: Award for teaching contributions to the Department.

2010               
Voelcker Fund Young Investigator Award

2009               
NCI Travel Award: Award to attend and present at the 3rd US-EU workshop Systems Biology of the DNA Damage Response

2004               
K22 Transitions to Independent Positions: Fellowship from NIEHS (NIH).

2002
Keystone Scholarship: Scholarship to Replication and Recombination Conference

2001
Keystone Scholarship: Scholarship to Molecular Basis of Cancer Conference

1999               
ASM Travel Grant: Award to attend ASM DNA repair meeting

1999               
Keystone Scholarship: Scholarship to attend the Molecular Basis of Cancer Conference

1997
F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship: Fellowship from NIGMS (NIH)

1997
ACS Postdoctoral Fellowship (unable to accept due to F32 Fellowship award)

1993               
MRC (UK) Graduate Student Fellowship: Fellowship for PhD studies