Honors & Awards

Recognize members of our Medical School community for their outstanding work by nominating a faculty member, peer, student or mentor for a Medical School award or scholarship.

The Medical School recognizes and celebrates the members of our community who are making significant advances within our mission areas of research, education, and clinical care. We strive to attract a diverse pool of nominees for awards. We strive to sponsor and include nominations that reflect the broad range of identities in our Medical School, including race, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, religious practice, and socioeconomic status.

Award winners themselves, this committee is composed of professors who are active and productive researchers, educators, and clinicians. The committee is responsible for the screening, reviewing, and recommendation of award nominees for the Dean of the Medical School. This committee is responsible for internal University of Minnesota awards (University level), and all national and international awards. Internal Medical School education awards will continue to be managed by the Office of Medical Education.

Nomination Review Process

Please let the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) know if you have eligible faculty members for nomination for these prestigious prizes/awards by filling out this form. OFA will assist departments with assembling the materials for review by the Medical School Awards and Nominations Committee and the final submission material if any nominee(s) are selected to move forward.

For questions or more information, please contact ms-ofa@umn.edu.

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AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Karen Ashe, MD, PhD, NAM member, Professor, Tenured, Neurology
Germaine Cornelissen-Guillame, PhD, Professor, Academic Track, Integrative Biology and Physiology
Ashley Haase, PhD, NAM member, Professor, Tenured, Microbiology
Kristin Hogquist, PhD, Professor, Tenured, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Marc Jenkins PhD, NAS member, Professor, Tenured, Microbiology and Immunology
Catherine McCarty, PhD, MPH, Professor, Tenured, Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health
Jeffrey Miller MD, Professor, Tenured, Medicine
Laura Niedernhofer, PhD, Professor, Tenured, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
Harry Orr, PhD, NAM member, Professor, Tenured, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Deborah Powell, MD, NAM member, Professor, Tenured, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Kamil Ugurbil, PhD, NAM member, Professor, Tenured, Radiology

Amanda Termuhlen, MD - ex-officio, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Office of Faculty Affairs
Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD - ex-officio, Dean of Medical School, Vice President for Clinical Affairs

UMN CWIMS Nominations & Letters of Support Toolkit

This toolkit includes key considerations, helpful resources, and templates to be utilized by award/recognition nominators and individuals preparing a letter of support. See an introduction video of the toolkit below.