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. Twenty-eight will be honored with the 2017 mentorship award April 6 at 2 p.m. in the Edge of Chaos.
Jabbar R. Bennett, Ph.D., Associate Provost and Chief Diversity Officer at Northwestern University, who will visit UAB's campus to participate in 2017 Mentoring Week activities, will share his remarks on the importance of mentorship at the awards ceremony. Award winners will be presented plaques as well as memory books that contain the letters their mentees and colleagues wrote to nominate them for the honor.
Before the awards ceremony, Dr. Bennett will deliver a keynote address at a lunchtime Mentoring Week event in the Edge of Chaos. Lunch will be provided at the noon event, and any honorees and their guests are welcome to attend the earlier event as well.
Congratulations to all the 2017 excellent mentors:
- Stephen G. Aller, PhD
Pharmacology/Toxicology - Marie A. Bakitas, DSN
Nursing Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care - William J. Britt, MD
Ped - Infectious Disease - Cynthia J. Brown, MD
Med-Gerontology/Geriatrics/Palliative Care - Pi-Ling Chang, PhD
Nutrition Sciences - Qiang Ding, PhD
Med - Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care - Retta R. Evans, PhD
Human Studies - James F. George, PhD
Surgery - Cardiovascular/Thoracic - Orlando Gutierrez, MD
Med- Nephrology - Mohammad Hassan, PhD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - Karen L. Heaton, PhD
Nursing Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care - Virginia J. Howard, PhD
Epidemiology - Suzanne E. Judd, PhD
Biostatistics - Rajesh Kana, PhD
Psychology
- David C. Knight, PhD
Psychology - Farah Lubin, PhD
Neurobiology - Tonya Perry, PhD
Curriculum Instruction - Marti Rice, PhD
Nursing Family, Comm & Health Systems - Linda Roussel, PhD
Nursing Family, Comm & Health Systems - Nitesh Saxena, PhD
Computer & Information Sciences - Lalita Shevde-Samant, PhD
Molecular & Cellular Pathology - Yuhua Song, PhD
Biomedical Engineering - Despina Stavrinos, PhD
Psychology - Nasim Uddin, PhD
Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering - Kristina M. Visscher, PhD
Neurobiology - C. Roger White, PhD
Med - Cardiovascular Disease - Martha Wingate, DrPH
Health Care Organization & Policy - Frank Wolschendorf, PhD
Med - Infectious Diseases
Information about the call for 2018 nominations will be posted on the Dean's Award for Mentorship page when it is open (in fall 2017).