Faculty Mentor of the Year Award
2019 Winners
Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and director of the Center for Translational Metabolism and Health within the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), and John Varga, MD, director of the Northwestern Scleroderma Program and the John and Nancy Hughes Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology
2018 Winners
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, chief of Epidemiology and vice chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine
Erin Hsu, PhD, research associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Wellington Hsu, MD, Clifford C. Raisbeck, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
2017 Winners
Rowland W. Chang, MD, MPH Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Division of Epidemiology Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Professor of Biomedical Engineering Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mentor of the Year Award
The Medical Faculty Council (MFC) established the Mentor of the Year Award in 2008 to:
- Recognize and celebrate the importance of mentorship within the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine academic community
- Encourage all departments and divisions to actively support and promote mentoring among their members
- Acknowledge established faculty members who foster the professional growth of junior, less experienced faculty to help them achieve their full potential
Each year, the MFC recognizes up to two faculty members with an award. These two annual Mentor of the Year award recipients will typically represent two different areas of mentorship at Feinberg (e.g., clinical care, basic science, clinical or social research). Recipients are announced on Feinberg's annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day, are recognized with a monetary award, and their names and the date are engraved on a plaque located in the Dean's office. In addition, the awardees will have the opportunity to share their mentoring tips and stories at a mentoring workshop. Learn what makes a great mentor.
Questions?
Please contact mfc@northwestern.edu.
Past Mentor of the Year Winners
2015-2016
Diane B. Wayne, MD
Kenzie A. Cameron, PhD, MPH
2014-2015
Jonathan D. Licht, MD
2013-2014
Ram Yogev, MD
2012-2013
Stephen Miller, PhD
2011
H. Steven (Hank) Seifert, PhD
A. Todd Davis, MD