2025 College of Health Sciences Award Recipients

Professional Achievement Award
Dr. Daniel P. Mahoney, H Sci ’06
Houston, Texas

As a pediatric palliative physician at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH), Dr. Daniel Mahoney specializes in providing relief to children who are suffering. He identifies the Jesuit idea of cura personalis as a defining characteristic of his work: “Care for the whole person is what I strive to do every time I meet a new child and their family.”

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Service Award
Karen George Niego, H Sci ’03, Grad ’05
Lake Bluff, Ill.

Karen Niego co-founded Therapy Volunteers International (TVI) to provide critical pediatric therapies to children in Central and South America. Through TVI, children without access receive cost-free speech, occupational, physical and behavioral therapy, transforming lives one step at a time. Karen and her team are living out Marquette’s values of excellence, faith, service and leadership by serving under-resourced communities in Central and South America.

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Young Alumna of the Year Award
Dr. Elizabeth Traudt Conrath, Arts ’10, H Sci ’12
Milwaukee, Wis.

As a pediatric physical therapist, Dr. Elizabeth Conrath feels privileged to walk alongside families during challenging and uncertain times. Lizzie’s favorite part about her work at Little Light Pediatric Therapies is partnering with families to develop meaningful and realistic goals for their child and then celebrating as they work together to meet those goals.

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