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Fairman Studios is proud to be the recipient of many awards and honors for exceptional
accomplishment in medical and scientific illustration, animation, graphic design,
web-site development, patient education, research, academic excellence and service to the profession of biomedical communications.
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2009, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Excellence
At the 64th Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Bozeman, MT, an
Award of Excellence in the Instructional Tone category was awarded for
Laparoscopic Gastric Band Placement
from the Hunter Atlas for Minimally Invasive Surgery.
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2008, AMI Outstanding Service Award
On July 18, 2008, at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, Jennifer Fairman received the Outstanding Acheivement Award, "for
outstanding service to the Association, excellence as an artist and educator, and bringing honor to the profession."
The Outstanding Service Award is presented to a Professional or Associate Member who has served
the AMI in an official capacity and who deserves special recognition. No more than two such awards may be presented in one year.
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2008, Illustrators Club of Washington, DC, Certificate of Merit for Systems of Pneumococcaal Infection
The IC Exhibition features the best recent work of Washington DC area illustrators,
selected by a distinguished three-judge panel, and is held in a local art gallery,
typically for 8 weeks, widely advertised and open to the public.
Jennifer Fairman's Systems of Pneumococcaal Infection, was awarded a Certificate of Merit from IC and will displayed
at the exhibition. The exhibition scheduled for May 8 through June 27, 2008, with an opening reception on May 8
at PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery, 701 9th Street, NW (enter on 8th Street, between G & H), Washington, DC 20068.
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2008, Illustrators Club of Washington, DC, Silver Award for The Genetic Journey
The IC Exhibition features the best recent work of Washington, DC area illustrators,
selected by a distinguished three-judge panel, and is held in a local art gallery,
typically for 8 weeks, widely advertised and open to the public.
Jennifer Fairman's The Genetic Journey was awarded a Silver Award from IC and will displayed
at the exhibition. The exhibition scheduled for May 8 through June 27, 2008, with an opening reception on May 8
at PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery, 701 9th Street, NW (enter on 8th Street, between G & H), Washington, DC 20068.
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2007,The Genetic Journey Honored in the NSF International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge
Judges appointed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science for the Science and Engineering Visualization
Challenge selected winners in each of five categories: photographs, illustrations,
informational graphics, interactive media and non-interactive media. In the Information Graphics Category
the spread entitled The Genetic Journey: Following DNA form Cell to Society was awarded a Semifinalist Honor. This competition recognizes outstanding achievements
by scientists, engineers, visualization specialists, and artists who are innovators in the use of visual media to promote understandingof research
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2007, Association of Medical Illustrators Fellow Convocation
On July 19, 2007 at the 62nd Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Bozeman, MT, Jennifer Fairman was inducted into the Fellows of the Association
of Medical Illustrators. The designation of Fellow is a formal
and public recognition of those AMI members who have generously contributed considerable time and effort to the Association in volunteer participation and service.
The AMI Fellow Program was established to (1) foster the volunteerism concept for the good of the Association, and
(2) recognize those members who have generously given of their time and talents to AMI activities.
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2007, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Excellence
At the 62nd Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Bozeman, MT, an
Award of Excellence in the Instructional Tone category was awarded for
Biliopancreatic Diversion with Lateral Gastrectomy and Duodenal Switch
from the Hunter Atlas for Minimally Invasive Surgery.
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2007, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Excellence
At the 62nd Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Bozeman, MT, an
Award of Excellence in the Editorial category was awarded for
The Genetic Journey: Following DNA form Cell to Society. The piece is featured in the Spring
2007 issue of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Magazine.
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2006, 5th Annual IC Members Show at the Art Institute of Washington, DC
Juried Exhibition
Jennifer Fairman's work entitled Systems of Pneumococcal Infection
will be on exhibit at the very popular IC Members Show at
The Art Institute of Washington. This is a members-only exhibit and
offers an excellent opportunity for local illustrators to show their best work from the past year. |
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2006, Honorable Mention
People's Choice Competition
Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators Conference
Jennifer Fairman's work entitled Systems of Pneumococcal Infection
was awarded "Honorable Mention" at the Mid-Atlantic Biocommunicators Conference People's Choice Competition. |
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2006, Jennifer Fairman named 1 of 10 semi-finalists in the J.Jill, then voted Second Place.
Nature of Compassion Design Contest.
Over 2000 of J. Jill customers entered their artwork into the 2006 Nature of Compassion Design Contest.
It was up to the public to help J.Jill pick the winner. Voting was open to the public daily
between July 12 and July 31, 2006. Jennifer Fairman was named 1 of the 10 semi-finalists, and then voted to Second Place.
Later her design was also chosen to be part of a greeting card set featuring all 10 designs.
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2006, Illustrators Club of Washington, DC, Silver Award for Penguins of the World
The IC Exhibition features the best recent work of Washington, DC area illustrators,
selected by a distinguished three-judge panel, and is held in a local art gallery,
typically for 8 weeks, widely advertised and open to the public.
Jennifer Fairman's Penguins of the World was awarded a Silver Award from IC and will displayed
at the exhibition. The exhibition will run from April 27 through June 30, 2006. Opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2006
at PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery, 701 9th Street, NW (enter on 8th Street, between G & H), Washington, DC 20068.
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2006, Illustrators Club of Washington, DC, Certificate of Merit for HIF-1 Inhibition
The IC Exhibition features the best recent work of Washington DC area illustrators,
selected by a distinguished three-judge panel, and is held in a local art gallery,
typically for 8 weeks, widely advertised and open to the public.
Jennifer Fairman's HIF-1 Inhibition, published on the cover of the March issue of Cell Metabolism, was awarded a Award of Merit from IC and will displayed
at the exhibition. The exhibition will run from April 27 through June 30, 2006. Opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2006
at PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery, 701 9th Street, NW (enter on 8th Street, between G & H), Washington, DC 20068.
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2004, UrologyHealth.org Wins Silver Award
The Consumer Health Publishers Association and Online Health Association have awarded
UrologyHealth.org a Silver Award for Best Online Health Information.
The Spring 2004 World Wide Web Health Awards
recognizes the best health information Web sites for consumers and professionals. The winning entry was among more
than 300 entries judged by a panel of health information experts.
UrologyHealth.org is the AUA's on-line patient information resource, both built and illustrated by Fairman Studios.
UrologyHealth.org was written and reviewed by urology experts in partnership with the American Urological Association Foundation.
Visitors can search for urologic information from adult or pediatric conditions. Content is accompanied by medical illustrations when appropriate.
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2003, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Merit
At the 58th Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in New Orleans, LA, an
Award of Merit in the Professional Marketing and Promotional category was awarded for Kyphon's
Balloons for Bones lenticular card ad campaign.
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2002, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Merit
At the 57th Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Austin, TX, an
Award of Merit in the Professional Editorial category was awarded for the Women's Health Magazine,
January 2002 cover art,
"Managing Mixed Connective Tissue Disease. The piece is featured in the "Winning Ways"
section of the Nov/Dec 2002 issue of the AMI newsletter.
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2001, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Merit
At the Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Asilomar, Montery Bay, CA, an
Award of Merit in the Professional Editorial category was awarded for the Lahey Clinic Health Magazine,
Spring 2001 cover art,
"Headache: Heading off Pain." The piece is featured in the "Winning Ways" section of
the Nov/Dec 2001 issue of the AMI newsletter as well as the
gallery section of the 2002 issue
of the Journal of Biocommunications,
Volume 28, Number 4.
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2001, NEWD Awards Finalist
The 2000-2001 version of the Fairman Studios Website was named as
one of the top five "Best Individual Promotional Portfolios" in the North East at the
2001 New England Web Design Awards. The NEWD Awards took place on
February 15th 2001 at Avalon in Boston.
A crowd of almost 1,000 creative and web professionals
appeared to meet 5 nominees each from 11 categories.
The show recognizes the best interactive design talent in New England.
Unlike other Web awards programs, the NEWD Awards recognizes
cutting-edge creativity of all designers, regardless of whether
they work in or outside of the corporate community.
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1999, Vesalius Trust Research Grant
At the 53rd Annual Meeting of the AMI in Atlanta, Georgia, Donald
Biggerstaff, President of the Vesalius Trust, presented a
Vesalius
Trust Research Grant to Ms. Fairman for her thesis entitled,
"Prosauropod and Iguanid Jaw Musculature: a Study on the Evolution of Form and Function.
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1999, The Vesalius Trust Inez Demonet Award
The honor of the Inez Demonet Award is given annually to the graduate student who
exhibits the most outstanding merit and potential in the field of medical illustration. This prestigious award was designated
by bequest of Inez Demonet, a well known and respected medical illustrator and a long-time member of the AMI.
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1999, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Merit
At the Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Atlanta, GA, an
Award of Merit in the Student Continuous Tone category was awarded for the plate entitled,
"Iguanid Jaw Musculature, Superficial and First depths, from the thesis, "Prosauropod and Iguanid Jaw Musculature: a Study on the Evolution of Form and Function.
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1998, Association of Medical Illustrators Annual Salon, Award of Merit
At the Annual Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators, held in Toronto, Ontario an
Award of Merit in the Student Continuous Tone category was awarded for the piece entitled,
"Turtle Flipper: The anatomy of the manus and antebrachium of the Kemp's Ridley Sea turtle (lepidochelys kempii).
The piece is featured in the "Winning Ways" section of the Jan/Feb 2000
issue of the AMI newsletter.
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1998, Association of Medical Illustrators Regional Salon, Best of Show
At the Eastern Seaboard Regional Conference of the Association of Medical Illustrators,
held in Richmond, VA,
Best of Show was awarded for the piece entitled,
The Pterygopalatine Fossa.
1997 & 1998 William P. Didusch Scholarship
Awarded from the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, for graduate studies at the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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1997, The Smithsonian Women's Committee Grant
The Flea Beetle Website was created with funds provided by the
Smithsonian Women's Committee Grant as an on-line version of the Handbook of Palearctic Flea Beetles. The Handbook
provides valuable information on flea beetle identification, morphology, distribution, and host plants.
This information contributes to present and future biological control endeavors, as well as urban pest
management and conservation efforts. The online handbook serves as an entertaining and educational resource
for young people with a burgeoning interest in entomology.
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1996, The James Smithson Society Grant, Fellow
With funds provided by a
James Smithson Society Fellowship, The Diptera Unit,
(Fairman, F. Christian Thompson and Wayne N. Mathis) conducted a
pilot study on the dissemination and repatriation of specimen-based natural history information.
Costa Rica was selected as the target to aid their national effort towards the sustainable use and
conservation of wild biodiversity. A database was constructed using specimen-label-data of selected groups of flies
from Costa Rica were documented by images of typical specimens. This inventory can be seen on the current
Smithsonian/USDA Diptera Site.
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1995, Senior Summer Scholar, University of Maryland
The Senior Summer Scholars Program is a competitive grant sponsored by the Office
of Undergraduate Studies. It provides an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students to enhance
their academic experience by spending the summer working closely with faculty mentors on scholarly
research or artistic projects. Each summer, the program provides scholarships of $2,500 to approximately 30 outstanding
seniors university-wide. Fairman completed research in systematic entomology for the Fruit Fly Expert System and Biosystematic Information Database
created at the United States Department of Agriculture's Systematic Entomology Laboratory located within the National Museum of Natural History.
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1994, Phi Sigma Biological Honors Society
University of Maryland, Chapter Vice President
Phi Sigma recognizes the benefits derived by students, faculty, and others working in the biological sciences from
an organization acting as a stimulus to research and academic excellence in the biological sciences. At the discretion of a Chapter, sophomore students enrolled in a college or university
who show outstanding interest and ability in the biological sciences may be elected to the society. In addition, any person who
is a competent biologist and who is engaged in biological activity at or near an institution with an active Chapter of Phi Sigma
may be eligible for Active membership at the discretion of the Chapter. All persons elected to membership must rank
in the upper 35 percent of their class in general scholarship. The Greek letters Phi and Sigma,
signify FELLOWS IN SCIENCE.
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1994, Golden Key National Honor Society
Golden Key
an academic honor society which recognizes and encourages scholastic
achievement and excellence among college and university students from all academic disciplines. Membership is
granted by the chapter to undergraduate students in all academic disciplines who,
are recognized by their academic institution as ranking at least among the top 15% of their
class based on cumulative grade performance, or a comparable alternate standard
approved by the International Leadership Council. The Society
awards its members nearly $500,000 annually through 17 different scholarship and award programs.
Members are connected to exclusive career opportunities and assistance through Golden Key's
partnerships with major corporations and graduate programs. The Society provides campus and
community service opportunities enabling personal growth and leadership development as well as collaborating with
university faculty and administrators to develop and maintain high standards of education.
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