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Our Outstanding Staff Awards recognize and celebrate exceptional staff members who are dedicated to supporting our organization’s mission of teaching, healing, discovery, and diversity, and upholding our core values. Meet the nominees of our 2024 awards, and learn a bit about them from their nominators.
nominees
Kyle Craven
| Rapid and thorough response to requests for help with innovative approaches to going above & beyond the call of duty |
Human Resources and Administrative Specialist, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
"Rapid and thorough response to requests for help with innovative approaches to going above & beyond the call of duty."
Kimberly Dill-McFarland
Senior Bioinformatician, Allergy and Infectious Diseases
"Kim is an exceptional colleague and supervisor, but I think she particularly deserves consideration this year because of her work in creating UWISDOM. This is a resource that provides bioinformatics resources to University researchers, including staff time and expertise. This is not only an amazing step to fostering collaboration with other University research groups, departments, and divisions, but also will create opportunities for members of our bioinformatics staff to expand our portfolios and build professional skills."
Monica Fawthrop
Division Administrator, Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine and Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
"Monica is a tour de force. She upholds the highest ideals of teamwork and collaboration and shows clear commitment to go above and beyond. She cares deeply about the administrative team and takes many opportunities for team-building by celebrating, elevating and advocating for individuals on the team. She has an inherent and exemplary high level of integrity. She is a natural leader, an indispensable member of the team and has gone above the call of duty. We are truly fortunate to have her as an administrative leader in the Department of Medicine."
Meg Frazer
Manager of Grant Operations, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
"Meg Frazer is unshakeable. With all the changes and difficulties these last few years with grants support, financial stresses and people changing jobs, Meg has been our rock. She has taken on so many different roles to keep the research infrastructure going. She has been able to navigate working with multiple other Divisions and funders to ensure grants are successfully started and accounted for."
Mackenzie Keyse
Communications Specialist, Department of Medicine
"Mackenzie was key to the launch of our 75th Anniversary communications, heading up our 75 changemakers and 75 emerging leaders project, and the creation of and distribution of our anniversary swag items. She also helped with our division spotlights and content editing for the book of milestones that we created for the anniversary. She produces and edits dynamic pieces of content for our department, including video and visual assets. She taught herself photoshop and is our resident expert in creating logos and graphics, as well as visually stunning cards for our social media platforms. Last year she created over 200 visual assets for websites, display monitors, and social media."
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Emily Lamont
Assistant Director of Operations, Department of Medicine
"One of Emily’s most commendable attributes is her unwavering positivity and ability to foster a collaborative and supportive work environment, especially under stress and high work volumes." "She is always focused on understanding the problem and then outlining the process to fix it. Her ability to breakdown massive issues into smaller, more manageable tasks is admirable and makes it a joy to work with her." " In my 30 plus years in academic bio-medical research I have rarely if ever worked with someone as dedicated, professional and committed to excellence as Emily Lamont."
Kelsey Nakano
Academic HR Manager
"Kelsey Nakano is an indispensable member of the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine team and an asset in the Department of Medicine. She has a deep commitment for excellence in her contributions, an infallible work ethic and is meticulous in her approach to her work. She has also gone above and beyond to cover Division responsibilities as needed during a leadership transition period. We are incredibly grateful and fortunate to have Kelsey on our team."
Bao Anh Phan
Research Scientist/Laboratory Manager, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute
"Bao has trained and mentored more than 30 University of Washington undergraduate research assistants as well as new full-time research technicians who are hired. She has been the engine and the heart of our team here for the last 7 years, and she has become our absolutely irreplaceable staff. Also, not only does she excel in staff training and appreciation, but also in lab safety. Last year she was awarded the Laboratory Safety Innovator Award by EH&S for excellent practices in laboratory safety."
Mary Webb
Research Study Coordinator, General Internal Medicine
"Mary epitomizes the qualities you seek in scientific staff in terms of her rigorous approach to confidentiality, detailed follow-through, and exceptional organization and communication. She has been instrumental in the smooth running of several collaborative projects with the UW and Fred Hutch. She regularly elevates questions of inclusion and access to research with a thoughtfulness that centers the study participant experience." "Mary’s expertise in clinical research ethics has been a major influence in the way we conduct our work. She has contributed to important growth in the way we interact and communicate with research participants. She is extremely aware of social and cultural differences, and has fostered conversations on important topics related to social interactions which have greatly contributed to us, individually and as a team, being better human beings and professionals."