2024 Outstanding Staff Award Recipients
overview
Staff Shout Outs
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The Department of Medicine Outstanding Staff Award aims to recognize and celebrate exceptional staff members and teams who are
dedicated to supporting our organization’s missions - teaching, healing, discovery, and diversity - and upholding core values.
A combination of individual staff members and teams will be honored each year.
Recipients will be put forward as nominees for the UW Distinguished Staff Awards, in addition to receiving $750 in professional development funds (teams will receive $750 per person, up to 3 people, or $2250 total).
eligibility
Nominees must be permanent full‐ or part‐time (at least 50% FTE) classified or professional staff for a minimum of one year prior to the nomination deadline.
Team nominations must be primarily composed of staff members.
submission process
To nominate, please complete the intake form. Nominations must be submitted by a full‐ or part‐time (at least 50% FTE) staff member or faculty member in the Department of Medicine.
The intake form includes the question as to how the candidate or team supports the mission of the department and upholds our core values.
At least one of the following four dimensions should be addressed, using specific examples of behaviors, interactions and accomplishments:
- Diversity and Inclusion. Bringing different lived experiences and a range of backgrounds into a shared environment where everyone has equal access to opportunity (staff Gender Equity Award nominees are included here)
- Learning. Exhibiting a culture of humility, continuous learning and striving for excellence in their field.
- Teamwork/collaboration. Working together and creating something greater than themselves as individuals.
- Passion/innovation/going above and beyond. Having a joy not just for the work itself but also the people around us, so that everyone can be confident, bold, innovative, and creative.
Selection Committee
- Jessica Belcher, Administrator, Medical Genetics and Rheumatology
- Sean Greenlee, DEI Program Manager
- Lori Joubert, Program Coordinator, Cardiology
- Kelly Uçkun, Administrator, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
- Bryn Vaswig, Staff HR Director
Note: Current members of the selection committee cannot be nominated for the award.
timeline
- Call for nominations: April
- Nominees announced: June/July
- Award recipients announced: August
Award recipients
2024
Mackenzie Keyse, Department of Medicine Central Staff
Emily Lamont, Department of Medicine Central Staff
Mary Webb, General Internal Medicine
2023
Kelsey Griffin, Gastroenterology
Susan Melhorn, General Internal Medicine
Shinetra Pryor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine