Distinguished Community Service and Advocacy Award
Nominations for the 2022 BSD Distinguished Community Service and Advocacy Award are now closed.
Overview:
The objective of this award is to recognize faculty members who have enhanced the quality of life in the community by contributing personal time, effort, resources, and expertise and/or by leveraging institutional resources and collaborations for the betterment of the community. The award can recognize either service to the local community and/or to other communities. Each faculty member may nominate one junior and one senior faculty member in this category.
Awardees:
- One Junior Faculty Award: Instructors, Assistant Professors, early Associate Professors (4yrs or less)
- One Senior Faculty Award: Late Associate (more than 4 years) or Full Professors
Eligibility:
- Candidate must be a current member of the employed (non-voluntary) faculty at the University of Chicago and hold their primary appointment in a BSD department.
- The work for which the candidate is being nominated must have occurred while a faculty member at the University of Chicago.
- The candidate’s work must be acknowledged within the community that has benefited from it.
- Current elected members of the Faculty Advisory Committee are ineligible; see list of members here.
Nomination Submission Requirements:
- Nominee’s CV
- Two Nomination Letters (250-500 words) describing the basis for the nomination:
- One Nomination Letter from a faculty member describing the candidate’s contribution(s) and impact on the community as well as details about the nature, extent, duration, and impact of community service.
- One Nomination Letter from a member of the community describing the candidate’s contribution(s) with details about the nature, extent (number of people served), duration, and impact on the community. Note: It is the responsibility of the nominator to collect and submit the letter from the community member supporting the nomination.
Award Winners
2021
- Elizabeth Tung, MD, Medicine (General IM)
- Katherine Thompson, MD, Medicine (Geriatrics)
- Tanya Zakrison, MD, Surgery (Trauma)
2011 - 2020
2020
- Oluwakemi Onajin, MD, Medicine
- Stacy Lindau, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
2019
- Mai Pho, MD, Medicine
- Rita Rossi-Foulkes, MD, Medicine
2018
- Shellie Williams, MD, Medicine
- Deborah Burnet, MD, Medicine and Pediatrics
2017
- Anna Volerman, MD, Medicine and Pediatrics
- Bradley Stolbach, PhD, Pediatrics
2015
- Jill Glick, MD, Pediatrics
2014
- Monica Vela, MD, Medicine
2013
- Arshiya Baig, MD, MPH, Medicine
- Daniel Johnson, MD, Pediatrics
2012
- Monica Peek, MD, MPH, Medicine
- Karen Kim, MD, Medicine
2011
- Doriane C. Miller, MD, Medicine