UC Davis School of Medicine Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring

A mentor plays a critical role in the successful development of others to realize their full academic potential. However, often an individual’s effort to provide mentorship is not reflected or adequately recognized in the mentor’s professional record. The goal of this award is to recognize and reward School of Medicine faculty (Academic Federation and Academic Senate) who excel in mentoring and thus contribute to the success of our faculty and UC Davis Health. We wish to focus recognition of this activity on those mentors that have specifically helped early career faculty to succeed.

Faculty at the level of Associate Professor and Full Professor are eligible to be nominated for this award. The mentoring awards recognize excellence in Teaching, Clinical Care or Research mentoring.

We encourage multiple nominations to be submitted for individual nominees, including from mentees, if possible. Nominations that include multiple perspectives are encouraged and helpful to the review committee in reviewing nominations.

Awardees receive a cash award and are honored at a special reception.