Michael Reese Lectureship

The Michael Reese Lectureship recognizes outstanding faculty who have developed novel teaching, training techniques, bench or clinical research, or other topics relevant specifically to advancing health outcomes or healthcare.  The winner will be expected to deliver a public lecture and will receive a $2,500 honorarium.

University of Chicago faculty are eligible to nominate one faculty member in this category.

Nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Awards cycle have closed.

Awardees

BSD Faculty Member at any rank. 

Previous Award Winners

2024

Michelle A. Josephson, MD Professor of Medicine and Surgery

2023

Richard Larson, MD Professor of Medicine

2022

David Rubin, MD, Joseph B. Kirsner Professor of Medicine

2021
  • Michelle Le Beau, PhD, Medicine (Hem/Onc)
2018-2020

2020 

  • Candice Norcott, PhD, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience

2019 

  • Sarosh Rana, MD, MPH, Obstetrics & Gynecology

2019 

  • Tara Henderson, MD, MPH, Pediatrics

 

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 taken place while the person was a faculty member at the University of Chicago.
  • Current elected members of the Faculty Advisory Committee are ineligible; see list of members here.

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Nomination Requirements

Nominee’s CV

    • Highlighted with activities and achievements that are relevant to this award

Nomination Letter (250-500 words)

  • The nominee’s novel contribution to advancing healthcare or healthcare outcomes
  • Why the novel contribution is innovative and important
  • How it specifically advances health outcomes or healthcare.

 

Nomination Submission Process

  1. Complete the Google form to notify us of your nomination HERE https://forms.gle/DyNAKH2DPyq5SgZ58
  2. Upload all required materials to BOX, HERE https://uchicago.app.box.com/f/0e2dcf68c4e6497689357768e8ba6cf3