{"id":109509,"date":"2022-12-13T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=109509"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:38:02","slug":"deia-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/offices-services\/faculty-affairs-office\/deia-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine Community Service &#038; Engagement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Community Service &amp; Engagement Award recognizes BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine faculty and staff who has done an extraordinary job at addressing and improving diversity and a culture of inclusion, equity and accessibility throughout the BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine community.<\/p>\n<p><em>More than one award allowed in a given year<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine faculty and staff<\/li>\n<li>Past recipients are not eligible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Criteria for nomination: <\/strong>Though these criteria are not exhaustive, competitive nominees will have demonstrated some of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promotes recruitment of diverse students, trainees, staff, and\/or faculty<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship and sponsorship of underrepresented faculty, staff, or students, including student groups<\/li>\n<li>Creating or running programs designed to improve community service &amp; engagement, including pathway programs<\/li>\n<li>Educational Innovation in health inequities and\/or inclusive pedagogy<\/li>\n<li>Impactful scholarship\/research on community service &amp; engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who can nominate:<\/strong> Faculty, Students and Staff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nomination Process:<\/strong> A formal nomination letter addressing above criteria should be submitted to BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Awards Committee (camedfao@bu.edu).<\/p>\n<p>The nomination letter should not exceed one page with minimum font 11 point and must include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nominee&#8217;s name, Department, and Title<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Past Award Recipients<\/h2>\n<table width=\"642\" height=\"52\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Last Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>First Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Degree<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>Chapman<\/td>\n<td>Sheila<\/td>\n<td>MD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td>Klings<br \/>\nKaplan<\/td>\n<td>Elizabeth S.<br \/>\nSamantha E.<\/td>\n<td>MD<br \/>\nMD, MPH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2024<\/td>\n<td>Khan<br \/>\nCruz<\/td>\n<td>Shamaila<br \/>\nRicardo<\/td>\n<td>PhD<br \/>\nMD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2025<\/td>\n<td>So-Armah<\/td>\n<td>Kaku<\/td>\n<td>PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Service &amp; Engagement Award recognizes BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine faculty and staff who has done an extraordinary job at addressing and improving diversity and a culture of inclusion, equity and accessibility throughout the BU Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine community. More than one award allowed in a given year Eligibility: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15961,"featured_media":0,"parent":122591,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109509"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139960,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109509\/revisions\/139960"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=109509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}