John S. Penn, Ph.D.

Education

• Ph.D., Biology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• M.S., Marine Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
• B.A., Biology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• International Society for Eye Research
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• National Perinatal Association

Honors and Awards

• Wilkins Scholar (1974 to 1978) University of the South, Sewanee, TN., full 4-yr. scholarship.
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Society (1975) University of the South, Sewanee, TN.
• NSF Graduate Student Fellowship (1979-1981) University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
• FSU Psychobiology Fellowship (1982 to 1984) Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
• V International Congress of Eye Research Travel Fellowship (1982) Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
• Outstanding Graduate Student in Neuroscience/Psychobiology (1984) Florida State University.
• VI International Congress of Eye Research Travel Fellowship (1984) Alicante, Spain.
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, NRSA (1984-1987) Baylor College of Medicine.
• Research to Prevent Blindness:  Dolly Green Scholar’s Award, July 1, 1992.
• Research to Prevent Blindness:  Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award, January 1996.
• Research to Prevent Blindness:  Senior Scientific Investigator Award, January 2005.
• Vanderbilt William J. Darby Award for Excellence in Translational Research, 2006.