The MHERC Training Program relies on dedicated mentors who go above and beyond to help guide young investigators in the field of health disparities research.
The MHERC invites students, scholars, alumni, and MHERC Research Award recipients to nominate candidates for the Excellence in Mentoring Award. The $500 award recognizes faculty members who not only have provided outstanding mentoring but have contributed substantially to the career development and retention of students and scholars.
Faculty members eligible for consideration are those who mentor undergraduate or graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, junior faculty scholars, or grant recipients. Previous Excellence in Mentoring Award recipients are eligible to be nominated again to encourage continued excellence. Three mentors will be selected to receive this award.
Trainees in the UAB MHERC Training programs (2020 - 2023) are invited to nominate your mentors for the 2024 Mentoring Excellence Awards – by Thursday, February 1, 2024. Please click here to nominate your mentor. If you have any questions regarding mentor nominations, please contact Ann Smith at annsmith@uab.edu.
Excellence in Mentoring Award Recipients
Please select a year below to view winners.
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2023
Pariya Wheeler, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Nominated by Mayah Seal (Oakwood University)Nabiha Yusuf, PhD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Professor, Dermatology, Heersink School of Medicine
Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Nominated by: Brittany Isaac (UAB)
Karlene Ball, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University Professor, Psychology
Professor, Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
Roohi Andrabi, PhD, MSN, BSN (UAB) -
2022
Lily A. Gutnik, MD, MPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Assistant Professor, Biology
Nominated by Sindhu Dwarampudi (UAB)
Shailesh Singh, PhD
Morehouse School of Medicine
Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry, & Immunology
Nominated by: Briana Brock (MSM)
Kaala Berry (MSM)
Olivio Clay, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Associate Professor, Psychology
Nominated by: Maya Martin, DSW, LMSW (Tuskegee University)
Tamika Smith, PhD (UAB) -
2021
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2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no awards were given during this period.
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2019
Chasity Bradford, PhD
Tuskegee University
Assistant Professor, Biology
Nominated by: Kennedy Harris, TU
Markus Bredel, MD, PhD
UAB
Professor and Sharon A. Spencer Distinguished Endowed Chair in Translational Radiation Oncology
Nominated by: Zachary White, UAB | Currently at University of South Alabama
Sigrid Ladores, PhD, RN, PNP, CNE
UAB
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Nominated by: Leigh Ann Bray, PhD, UAB -
2018
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD
UAB School of Health Professions
Professor and Webb Endowed Chair of Nutrition Sciences
Nominated by: Jennifer Bail, PhD, RN, at UAB
Brian M. Rivers, PhD, MPH
Morehouse School of Medicine
Director, Cancer Health Equity Institute
Nominated by Zakiya Haji-Noor and Ashley Ojeaga, MPH at MSM -
2017
Henry E. Wang, MD, MS, MPH
UAB School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Nominated by: Allison Jones, PhD, MS, at UAB
Clayton Yates, PhD
Tuskegee University
Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research
Nominated by: Anusha Angajala and Tewodros Endalew at Tuskegee University -
2016
Marie A. Bakitas, DNSc, CRNP
UAB
for mentoring J. Nick Dionne-Odom, PhD
Roberta M. Troy, PhD
Tuskegee University
for mentoring Devin Jacob and the Tuskegee University Summer Cancer Research Training Program participants
Danielle K. Powell, MD, MSPH
UAB
for mentoring Edinam Kokutse -
2015
Turner Overton, MD
UAB School of Medicine
for mentoring Ricardo Franco, MD -
2012
Lourdes Sanchez-Lopez, PhD
UAB School of Arts and Sciences
for mentoring Jonathan Casiano
Monika Safford, MD
UAB School of Medicine
for mentoring Haiyan Qu, PhD -
2011
Andrea Cherrington, MD, MPH
UAB School of Medicine
for mentoring Amanda Willig, PhD
John C. Higgenbotham, PhD, MPH
UA Department of Community and Rural Medicine
for mentoring Leah Yerby, PhD
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD
UAB School of Health Professions
for mentoring Krista Casazza, PhD, RD -
2010
Felix Aikhionbare, PhD
Morehouse School of Medicine
for mentoring Gregory Adams, Jr.
Linda Moneyham, DNS, RN, FAAN
UAB School of Nursing
for mentoring Comfort Enah, PhD and Carrie Ann Long Gakumo, PhD
Nefertiti Durant, MD, MPH
UAB Department of Pediatrics
for mentoring Chelsea Marion -
2009
Maja Altarac, MDMPH, PhD
UAB Health Care Organization & Policy
for mentoring Keokunthea Dy, MPH
Upender Manne, MS, PhD
UAB Pathlogy
for mentoring Harvey L. Bumpers, MD, FACS
Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN
UAB School of Nursing
for mentoring Angela Jukkala, PhD, RN -
2008
David B. Allison, PhD
UAB Biostatistics
for mentoring Olivia Thomas, PhD
Jose Fernandez, PhD
UAB Nutrition Sciences-Physiology & Metabolism
for mentoring Akilah Dulun Keita, PhD, Krista Casazza, PhD, Dana Marie Thomas, PhD and Jennifer Williams
Sheri Spaine Long, PhD
UAB Foreign Languages
for mentoring Lorena Vasquez -
2007
Edward W. Hook, MD
UAB Medicine
for mentoring Mirjam-Colette Kempf, PhD
James A. Mobley, PhD
UAB Surgery for mentoring Senait Asmellash, PhD
Isabel Scarinci, Phd, MPH
UAB Preventive Medicine
for mentoring Lorena Loran-Pothuisje