Yuxiang Zheng, right, discusses her poster with fellow graduate student Juan Xing at last week’s Student-Invited Pharmacology Forum. (photo by Susan Urmy)
The 2007 Faculty Awards, presented at Tuesday's Spring Faculty Meeting, recognize excellence in teaching and in research.
They are given by the faculty to their fellow faculty members. The individual awards for Excellence in Teaching in the School of Medicine are named in honor of faculty who exemplify the specifics of the award. The awards for Outstanding Contributions to Research are named in honor of current and past Vanderbilt faculty who were recognized during their careers by election to the National Academy of Sciences.
Excellence in Teaching
School of Medicine
Elaine Sanders-Bush Award — Mentoring Graduate and/or Medical Students in the Research Setting
Joey Barnett, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmachology, Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
F. Peter Guengerich Award — Mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows or Residents in the Research Setting
James Crowe Jr., M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Robert D. Collins Award — Teaching Medical and/or Graduate Students in the Lecture Setting
Terence Dermody, M.D., director, Elizabeth Lamb Center for Pediatrics Research and the Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program; professor of Pediatrics
Gerald S. Gotterer Award — Innovation in Educational Programming that has Proven Effective
Denis O'Day, M.D., professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; and Gerald Gotterer, M.D., Ph.D., senior associate dean for Faculty and Academic Administrative Affairs
Frank H. Boehm Award — Contributions to Continuing Medical Education
Robert Ossoff, M.D., D.M.D., chair of the Department of Otolaryngology
John S. Sergent Award — Teaching Medical or Graduate Students in the Small Group Setting
Cathleen Pettepher, Ph.D., professor of Cancer Biology and Cell and Developmental Biology
R. Michael Rodriguez Award — Teaching Medical Students, Residents and/or Fellows in the Clinical Setting
William Walsh, M.D., professor of Pediatrics
School of Nursing
Teaching in the Small Group Setting
Roberta Bradley, M.S.N., R.N., assistant professor of Nursing
Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Sarah Fogel, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor of Nursing
Educational Innovation — Group Award
Thomas Christenbery, Ph.D., R.N., assistant professor of Nursing
Terri Crutcher, M.S.N., R.N., assistant professor of Clinical Nursing
Pam Jones, M.S.N., R.N., assistant dean; assistant professor of Clinical Nursing
Susan Newbold, Ph.D., R.N., lecturer in Nursing
Bonnie Pilon, D.S.N., R.N., senior associate dean; director, Health Systems Management Program
Cynthia Waller, M.S.N., R.N., instructor in Clinical Nursing
Outstanding
Contributions
to Research
Stanley Cohen Award — For Research Bridging Diverse Disciplines, such as Chemistry or Physics, to Solve Biology's Most Important Fundamental Questions
Walter Chazin, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry; Ingram Professor of Cancer Research; director, Center for Structural Biology
Sidney P. Colowick Award — For Research that Serves as a Platform for Discovery in Diverse Areas
Daniel Liebler, Ph.D., professor of Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Bioinformatics; director, Jim Ayers Institute for Precancer Detection and Diagnosis
William J. Darby Award — For Translational Research that has Changed the Practice of Medicine Worldwide
Gordon Bernard, M.D., assistant vice chancellor for Research; professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care
John H. Exton Award — For Research Leading to Innovative Biological Concepts
Louis De Felice, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Ernest W. Goodpasture Award — For Groundbreaking Research That Addresses the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases or Important Biological Problems in Immunity
James Crowe Jr., M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology; Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Grant W. Liddle Award — For Outstanding Contributions in Clinical Research
Marie Griffin, M.D., M.P.H., professor of Medicine, Preventive Medicine
Charles R. Park Award — For Basic Research Revealing Insights into Physiology and Pathophysiology
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology; director, Program in Translational Neuropharmacology; director, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Drug Discovery Program