2012-2013 Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards
Distinction In Teaching Awarded to Thuan Le, DDS, PhD & Sharad Jain, MD
Distinction In Mentoring Awarded to Shari L. Dworkin, PhD, MS & R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA
The Academic Senate is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Distinction In Teaching and the Distinction In Mentoring Awards.
Recipients of the Academic Senate Distinction In Teaching Awards and the Distinction In Mentoring Awards will be honored at the Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony to be held Thursday, April 11, 2013 in the Lange Room of the UCSF Library (Parnassus Campus).
Distinction in Teaching
Category 1 (UCSF Faculty Less Than 5 Years): The 2013 Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award for faculty at UCSF five years or fewer goes to Thuan Le, DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orofacial Sciences/Pediatric Dentistry.
Category 2 (UCSF Faculty More Than 5 Years): The 2013 Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award for faculty at UCSF more than five years goes to Sharad Jain, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, SFGH.
To select each year’s recipients the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel designates a selection committee comprised of faculty and student representatives from all four schools. Student representatives are assigned by Associate Deans from each of the respective Schools. This award honors teaching efforts with both students and residents.
Distinction in Mentoring
Category 1 (Faculty at the Assistant or Associate rank): The 2013 recipient of the Academic Senate Distinction In Mentoring Award for faculty at the Associate rank is Shari L. Dworkin, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Category 2 (Faculty at the rank of full Professor): The 2013 recipient of the Academic Senate Distinction In Mentoring Award for faculty at the rank of full Professor is R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, Professor In Residence, Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
Date/Location: Thursday, April 11, 2013 in the Lange Room of the UCSF Library (Parnassus Campus)
Video: A YouTube video of the event can be viewed by clicking here. The first part is an introduction of the Academic Senate's Faculty Awards by the Chancellor's office (0:01-1:26), the second part is Pat Fox's introduction and the four Distinguished Faculty Award presentations (1:27-20:00).
The Distinction In Mentoring Award Selection Committee is appointed by the Associate Deans in the respective Schools, and is Chaired by a member of the Committee on Academic Personnel. The review committee has equal representative from all four schools, and is comprised of four professor-level faculty and four at the level of associate professor. This award honors mentoring efforts with both faculty and fellows.