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Awards & Honors

2026 Faculty and Staff Award Recipients

The end of the academic year presents an opportunity to recognize members of our community for their excellence in mentoring, teaching and service.

Congratulations to these distinguished 2026 awardees!

Metcalf Award

Monica Pessina, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology

Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching

Paige K. Curran, MA
Assistant Professor, Medical Sciences & Education

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

Christine Campbell Reardon, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine/Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care

Educators of the Year

Preclerkship

Ruby Bartolome, DO
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Clinical

Radha Govindraj, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine/GIM

Master’s

Vanessa Xanthakis, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine/Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

PhD

Matthew Jones, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine/Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care

Excellence in Research Mentorship – MD

Thanh N. Nguyen, MD
Professor, Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology

Excellence in Research Mentorship – PhD

Andrew Henderson, PhD
Professor, Medicine/Infectious Diseases and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology

Excellence in Faculty Mentorship: Early-Career

Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Excellence in Faculty Mentorship: Senior

Elisha M. Wachman, MD
Professor, Pediatrics

Community Service & Engagement: Faculty

Sabrina A. Assoumou, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine/Infectious Diseases

Community Service & Engagement: Staff

Raymond C. James, RN, MSCR
Clinical Research Nurse Specialist, Neurology

Resident of the Year

Cassandra Chua, MD
Resident, General Internal Medicine

Above & Beyond Staff Award

Nichole Ciccarelli, EdM
Director of Student Affairs, MD Program

Ray Nicks, MS
Research Fellow, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

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