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26 Madam CJ Walker Scholarship A’Lelia Bundles, the great-great granddaughter of Madam CJ Walker, along with 2022 SCC President Michelle Hines, PhD (representing scholarship sponsor, Mary Kay) presented each winner with a $5,000 SCC Madam CJ Walker Scholarship award (pictured below from L-R: 2022 President Michelle Hines, PhD Scholarship Winner Imani Elaine Porter A’Lelia Bundles Scholarship Winner Joy Rutherford and 2021 President Liz Streland). Awards 2021 Frontiers of Science Lecture Award, sponsored by NuSkin was presented to Edwin D. Lephart, PhD (Brigham Young University) for his presentation entitled, “Phytoestrogens – Controversies and Misinformation versus In Vitro and Clinical Efficacy Evidence”. Edwin Lephart received his PhD in Physiology (Molecular Biology) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC) in Dallas. His postdoctoral training continued at UTSWMC and subsequently was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in Dallas, when he took a position at Brigham Young University as professor of Physiology and Neuroscience. Dr. Lephart has authored over 100 publications in international scientific peer-reviewed journals and has over 8 book chapters covering reproductive biology, neuroscience, phytoestrogen research and served in several editorial board/consulting positions. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the United States Department of Agriculture and 15 US/Worldwide patents. The Frontiers of Science Lecture Award recognizes a speaker who has achieved exceptional national or international stature in the scientific community and for delivering a lecture at the 75th Annual Scientific Meeting.