Spring Faculty Assembly set for May 19
Feb. 24, 2023, 10:24 AMThe School of Medicine’s Spring Faculty Assembly will be noon-1:30 p.m. May 19, in 208 Light Hall.
Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of VUMC and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will give his annual address to faculty to start the event, followed by faculty awards. The following awards are presented in odd years, and awards marked with an asterisk are new this year.
Awards for Excellence in Teaching
Frank H. Boehm, M.D., Award – For Contributions to Continuing Medical Education
Gerald S. Gotterer, M.D., Ph.D., Award – For Innovation in Educational Programming that has Proven to be Effective
Peter Guengerich, Ph.D., Award – For Mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows or Residents in the Research Setting
Thomas A. Hazinski, M.D., Award – For Effectiveness in Mentoring and Professional Development of Faculty
*Bonnie M. Miller, MD, Award – For Innovation in Undergraduate Medical Education
John S. Sergent, MD, Award – For Teaching Medical or Graduate Students in the Small Group Setting
Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service
Gottlieb C. Friesinger, II, MD, Award – For an Outstanding Early Career Clinician
Thomas P. Graham, Jr, MD, Award – For Dedicated Service to Patient-Centered Care
Noel B. Tulipan, MD, Award – For Clinical Excellence in a Surgical or Procedural Discipline
*Arthur P. “Art” Wheeler, MD, Award – For Clinical Excellence in the Delivery of Critical Care
Outstanding Contributions to Research
Richard M. Caprioli, PhD, Award – For Development, Implementation, and/or Creation of Technology that Elevates the Research and Science of Multiple Investigators
Sidney P. Colowick, PhD, Award – For Research that Serves as a Platform for Discovery in Diverse Areas
William J. Darby, MD, PhD, ScD, Award – For Translational Research that has Changed the Practice of Medicine Worldwide
Ernest W. Goodpasture, MD, Award – For Groundbreaking Research that Addresses the Pathogenesis of Disease at the Cellular and/or Molecular Level
*Lee E. Limbird, PhD, Award – For Innovation in Research Infrastructure That Facilitates Multiple Investigators
John A. Oates, MD, Award – For Two or More Faculty Working Collaboratively or in a Multidisciplinary Manner to Address Important Biological Processes and/or Diseases