Jennifer Fairman, CMI, FAMI is the Founder and Principal of Fairman Studios, LLC and holds a faculty appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine where she previously received her Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration. Jennifer’s background includes experience in medical and scientific illustration for publication and patient education, 2D animation, web publishing and interactive and graphic design. Jennifer is a professional member and served on the Board of Governors of the AMI and was recently inducted as a Fellow. She also received the AMI’s Outstanding Achievement Award. She is member of the GNSI, The Illustrators Club of Washington, DC, and serves on the Board of the Vesalius Trust. She has received Awards of Merit and Excellence from the AMI, a Smithsonian Women’s Committee Grant, the James Smithson Society Fellowship, and a Vesalius Trust Research Grant. She is also the 1999 recipient of the Inez Demonet Award.