Junior Faculty Mentoring Award

The Department of Medicine Junior Faculty Mentoring Award was established in 2009, and is intended to recognize “Excellence in Mentoring of Peers and trainees by a Junior faculty member in our Department.” It is intended to acknowledge the value of mentoring trainees and peers in technical, scholarly, clinical, educational and other intangible aspects required for a successful career at an academic medical center.

This award is given by the Department of Medicine. Any member of the Department, resident, fellow, or faculty can nominate faculty for this award. For the purposes of this award, Junior Faculty is defined as an individual holding the academic rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor who has accumulated no more than seven (7) total years in faculty appointments at this or any other institution. The seven years may be consecutive or nonconsecutive.

Nomination letters should include a detailed justification of the faculty member’s contributions to mentoring.  The Awards Committee will then ask nominees to comment on their mentoring and identify 3 additional persons, preferably mentees, who can attest to the nominee’s contribution to mentorship.