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(from left) Women’s Faculty Committee co-chair Sarah Cutrona, MD; award winner Ann Salerno, MD; Women’s Faculty Awards subcommittee co-chairs Tatyana Shteinlukht, MD, and Nancy Byatt, DO; and award winners Mary Ellen Lane, PhD; Kavita Babu, MD; Luanne Thorndyke, MD; and Judith Savageau, MPH. |
For their individual achievements in academic medicine and collective contributions to the advancement of women in science and health care, eight UMass Medical School faculty were honored at the annual Women’s Faculty Committee Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 11.
Hosted by the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Diversity & Equal Opportunity Office on behalf of the Women’s Faculty Committee, the event featured a keynote talk about civility in academic medicine from Lori Pbert, PhD, who in 2011 was the inaugural recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence in Civility.
”Can we be civil and succeed in academic medicine?” asked Dr. Pbert, professor of medicine. “Yes, we can.”
After accepting this year’s Outstanding Mentor Award, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Luanne Thorndyke, MD, provided an update on promotions, granting of tenure and other recognition for women faculty in the past year.
“These numbers are very, very impressive,” said Dr. Thorndyke, professor of medicine, citing three new department chairs in basic and clinical science; two new deanships; two endowed chairs and a term chair; a Chancellor’s medal and a Chancellor’s award; numerous Faculty Scholar grants and Educational Recognition Awards; and 26 promotions to associate and full professorships, including three newly tenured professors.
The 2016 Women’s Faculty Awards and recipients are:
Sarah Stone Excellence in Education Award
Kavita Babu, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine
Mary Ellen Lane, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology and associate dean of curriculum and academic affairs for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Outstanding Community Service Award
Judith Savageau, MPH, associate professor of family medicine & community health
Women in Science and Health Achievement Award
Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD, professor of medicine and co-director of the Program in Innate Immunity
Jean Frazier, MD, the Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff Chair in Autism, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, vice chair and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMMS
Early Career Achievement in Science and Health Award
Jessica Griffin, PsyD, assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics
Excellence in Clinical Services Award
Ann Salerno, MD, clinical associate professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric nephrology at UMass Memorial
Outstanding Mentoring Award
Luanne Thorndyke, MD, professor of medicine and vice provost for faculty affairs
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Women Faculty Awards granted for service, education, research, clinical care and mentorship
Fitzgerald named again in Thomson Reuters Report on most influential scientific minds
Richter, Fitzgerald named to newly endowed chairs
UMMS toxicologists Babu, Boyer discuss complexities of opioid crisis on WBUR’s Morning Edition
Jean Frazier named director of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMMS
Thorndyke wins national award for advancing women in medicine
