Overview
This award recognizes the importance of mentoring of women faculty by all faculty.
Two awards are presented each year: one focused on outstanding mentorship by an early-to-mid career faculty member (assistant or associate professor) and one recognizing the cumulative impact of a more senior faculty member’s mentoring (associate or full professor).
Honors for the faculty chosen include $500 each, award presentation at their department meeting or grand rounds, a Dean’s Annual Mentoring Lunch, and a featured article in the UW Medicine Huddle.
Nominations
Nominations should include at least one letter of nomination from a senior supporter (e.g., department chair, division chief) as well as 2-4 letters (two-page maximum length each) from mentees speaking to the nominee’s experience and exceptionalism in mentorship of women faculty.
Potential topics to cover in the support letter include evidence of exceptional career mentorship, how the nominee is a role model to mentees, and how the nominee provided sponsorship opportunities and fostered collaboration with mentees.
The award selection committee is the Dean's Standing Committee on Women in Medicine and Science; committee members are not eligible for the award.
Submission guidelines
Submit all documents for each nominee by email in a single pdf file, if possible, to Kat McGhee Drummond at kmcghee@uw.edu.
Past recipients
Past award recipients from the Department of Medicine:
2021 Abby Rosenberg
2017 Andrea Kalus
2016 Moira Aitken
2013 Carey Farquhar
2009 Dedra Buchwald
2008 Grace John Stewart and Lynn Schnapp
2007 Catherine Otto
2006 Anna Wald
2004 Ed Boyko
2003 Nora Disis