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Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and award winners pose for a group photo at the Spring Faculty Assembly in front of a floral backdrop.
June 17, 2026

School of Medicine Spring Faculty Assembly honors 14 ‘outstanding’ teachers, clinicians and researchers

Awards were presented during the annual Spring Faculty Assembly on May 29.

By Bill Snyder
Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, speaks during the Spring Faculty Meeting. (photo by Susan Urmy)
June 6, 2025

Spring Faculty Meeting provides important updates on School of Medicine’s progress

During Vanderbilt University School of Medicine’s Spring Faculty Meeting and Awards Program, held May 30, Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Dean of the School of Medicine, shared important updates.

By Jill Clendening and Bill Snyder
Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, speaks during the spring faculty meeting. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
April 15, 2024

Spring Faculty Assembly — VUMC sees continued gains in research funding and reputation

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine continues to make impressive strides in research funding, rankings and faculty accomplishments, Dean Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, said Friday during the spring faculty meeting.

By Paul Govern
Group portrait of faculty award winners in two rows at the 2023 VUSM Spring Faculty Assembly, posed before a backdrop reading “Spring Faculty Assembly.”
May 24, 2023

Faculty Awards honor teaching, clinical, research excellence

The 2023 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service, and Outstanding Contributions to Research were presented May 19 during the annual spring faculty meeting. Awards and recipients are listed below.

By Bill Snyder
Award winners and faculty pose for a photo before last week’s School of Medicine Spring Faculty Meeting.
May 5, 2022

Faculty awards honor teaching, clinical, research excellence

The 2022 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Academic Enterprise Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service, and Outstanding Contributions to Research were presented April 29 during the annual spring faculty meeting.

By Bill Snyder
Tree-lined courtyard facing a brick-and-stone institutional building with an ornate arched entrance and carved lettering above the doorway.
December 23, 2021

New faculty awards announced; deadline for nominations is Jan. 21

By Vanderbilt Health News