Dear Colleagues:
The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the 2025 call for nominations for our fifth annual faculty mentoring awards to recognize excellence and innovation in mentoring at UCI School of Medicine — specifically in the domain of faculty mentoring other faculty (not students). Each awardee will receive $1,500 and a plaque. Winners’ names will be added to enduring plaques displayed in Irvine Hall.
We are looking for ongoing excellence in mentoring over the past several years, not necessarily restricted to the past 12 months. Submissions from individual mentees or small groups are encouraged. Departments may nominate up to two individuals per category. Nominations from individual mentees/small groups are not counted against the department limits.
1. Innovation in Mentoring Award – An individual who exemplifies the most current and innovative approaches to mentoring other faculty
2. Equity and Diversity in Mentoring Award – An individual who exemplifies a commitment to equity and diversity in mentoring other faculty
3. Basic Science Faculty Mentor of the Year – An individual who excels in providing mentorship to basic science faculty
4. Clinical Faculty Mentor of the Year – An individual who excels in providing mentorship to faculty who are clinicians or clinician-scientists
Department chair and/or mentee nominations for each award category are due by Monday, March 24, 2025, to Associate Dean Brian Cummings, cummings@hs.uci.edu, and Sophie Wong, snwong1@hs.uci.edu.
Nominations should include an up to one-page letter addressed to Dr. Cummings specifying which of the four awards the candidate is being nominated for and highlighting the nominee’s mentoring efforts over the past several years. Optional: The nominee’s CV, AP-10, or other supporting material.
The associate deans will review the recommendations, and the awards will be announced in May ahead of an awards ceremony planned for June 5, 2025. We look forward to receiving your nominations.
Sincerely,
Geoffrey W. Abbott, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Personnel
Brian J. Cummings, PhD
Associate Dean, Faculty Development – Senate
Kyoko Yokomori, PhD
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Senate
Nimisha K. Parekh, MD
Associate Dean, Faculty Development – Non-Senate
Mohammad Helmy, MD
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs – Non-Senate
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