A mentor is not just an educator. A mentor is a person who inspires and motivates. A mentor is committed to excellence.
The UAB Graduate Dean's Excellence in Mentorship Award recognizes full-time regular UAB faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments as mentors of graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows.
Ten were honored with the 2019 mentorship award April 2 at 4:00 p.m. at the UAB National Alumni Society House. Award winners were presented with a handcrafted, blown-glass green and gold candy dish, as well as a framed certificate and a copy of the letters their mentees and colleagues wrote to nominate them for the honor.
From left to right: Lanzi, Thomas, Day, Yusuf, Cofield, Dean McMahon, Amsler, Ladores, Smith Jr., and Reuter. (Not pictured: Alecia Gross.)
The Dean’s Mentorship Awards reception is one of several activities that take place during Mentoring Week.
Congratulations to all the 2019 excellent mentors:
- Charles Amsler, Ph.D., Biology
- Stacey Cofield, Ph.D., Biostatistics
- Jeremy Day, Ph.D., Neurobiology
- Alecia Gross, Ph.D., Optometry
- Sigrid Ladores, Ph.D., Nursing
- Robin Gaines Lanzi, Ph.D., Health Behavior
- Tina Kempin Reuter, Ph.D., Anthropology/Political Science
- Daniel Smith Jr., Ph.D., Nutrition Sciences
- Vinoy Thomas, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
- Nabiha Yusuf, Ph.D., Dermatology