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Lia Bruner

Bruner
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Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UGA/AU Medical Partnership
Education

B.S with distinction in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State, 1995

B.A. Physiological Sciences from University of Oxford (England), 1997

MD from Harvard Medical School, 2001

Family Medicine Residency at Boston University Medical Center, 2004

Honors / Awards / Achievements

Gold Humanism Honor Society Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Medical College of Georgia Athens Faculty, Gold Humanism Honor Society (2023)

AY2021/22 MCG Exemplary Teaching Award, Medical College of Georgia (2023)

Gender Equity Champion, MCG Group on Women in Medicine and Science (2022)

2020-2021 Excellence in Faculty Leadership Award, AU/UGA Medical Partnership (2022)

AY2020/21 MCG Exemplary Teaching Award for Athens, Medical College of Georgia (2022)

AY2019/20 MCG Exemplary Teaching Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Medical College of Georgia (2021)

AU/UGA Medical Partnership 2018 MCG Exemplary Teaching Award recipient for Athens Small Group

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation New Faculty Scholar Award (2007)

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Dean’s Educational Innovation Award (2008)

BUMC Residency: Chief Resident (2003-2004), Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teacher Award (2004)

University of Oxford: Rhodes Scholar (1995-1997), Physiological Society Prize (awarded to top undergraduate physiology student) (1997)

Iowa State University Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) National Laureate (1995), Iowa Alpha President (1994)

Senior Scholastic Award (top-ranking engineering scholar) (1995)

Wallace E. Barron All-University Senior Award (1995)

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