Nominations are now open for the 2016 Dean’s Excellence Awards, an annual honor established to recognize the outstanding contributions made by faculty across the School of Medicine.Two awards will be given in each year—one to a junior faculty member (instructor or assistant professor) and the other to a senior faculty member (associate professor or full professor)—in the areas of service, teaching, research, diversity enhancement and mentorship. All full-time faculty members are eligible for nomination.
“We re-instituted the awards last year as we remain keenly aware that it is our faculty members that do the work that advance our mission,” said David Rogers, M.D., MPHE, senior associate dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development. “It was great fun last year to celebrate with the award winners, their families and colleagues. It was also inspiring to see what our faculty members are doing and the impact that they are having with their teaching, service and research.”
The awards will be selected in a peer-review process facilitated by a member of the Dean’s leadership team and will involve a selection committee, Rogers said. Any full time-faculty member may nominate a faculty colleague for any of the awards, and self-nominations will also be accepted.
Nomination letters should specify the award and not exceed a length of one page (11 point font, one inch margins). Submissions should be sent as paper or pdf documents by 11:59 p.m. on April 1 to Heather McGuire, faculty recruiting and awards program director (FOT 1207 or hmcguire@uab.edu). The nominees current Curriculum Vitae should be sent with the nomination letter.
“It’s important for us to recognize all the work being done across our academic missions. The Dean’s Excellence Awards gives leadership in the School of Medicine a chance to highlight faculty who’ve achieved at a level of excellence recognized by their peers,” said Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., senior vice president for Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine.
Winners of the 2016 Dean’s Excellence Awards will be announced in June. Click here to see a list of the 2015 awardees.