Deans' Award for Excellence in Mentoring Recipients

Kent Leach, Ph.D.

Nomination Highlights:

• Provides multiple forums for faculty and trainees alike to develop research ideas, improve their academic rigor, develop a better understanding of the scientific process, and communicate best practices in winning peer-reviewed funding.
• Initiated a monthly meeting of investigators developing research projects in the musculoskeletal health arena, giving priority to junior investigators to present their ideas to a community of mechanistic and clinical faculty.
• Dr. Leach is an effective collaborator and mentor for junior faculty.
• A role model for faculty and trainees alike. He is an ambassador for our program and campus, evidenced by his engagement in the community and how he positively represents UC Davis Health.
• Deeply committed to his trainees, colleagues, and University, while also striving to achieve work/life balance. He intentionally and openly shares his struggles and successes in balancing these activities with his trainees in order to serve as an example to them for their own careers.