The College of Medicine celebrates the dedication of our exceptional faculty and staff and their commitment to innovative education, transformative patient care and life-altering research with the Dean’s Excellence Awards.
The awards recognize the inspiring care our colleagues show for one another, for this organization and for the communities we serve. Their compassion, expertise and spirit of collaboration have led to outstanding professional achievements and lasting contributions to their fields.
Consider nominating your colleague to highlight the remarkable impact they have on our college and beyond.
Special thanks to the members of the college’s Education Awards Review Committee, Staff Advisory Committee and Faculty Awards Committee for their thoughtful review of nominations and the important role they play in the selection process each year.
Award nominations:
The nomination deadline has been extended to July 11
- Self-nominations are not accepted
- The nominee must be in good standing with at least a 75% FTE
Staff and Faculty Award Nomination packets must include:
- Nominating Statement: A nominating statement citing specific accomplishments and services of the nominee (maximum three pages, single-spaced). The nomination letter should be from a College of Medicine employee and addressed to the dean of the College of Medicine, describing the contributions and accomplishments that qualify the individual for the award. Note: For faculty, this letter must come from the faculty member’s chair or division chief. If a chair is being nominated, a vice-chair or another chair may serve as the primary nominator. For staff, this letter must come from the staff member's immediate supervisor.
- Supporting Materials: No more than two additional letters (maximum two pages, single-spaced). Letters of support should represent the diverse group of colleagues/customers (faculty, staff, students, or other individuals) who have personal knowledge of and who have benefited from the nominee’s services.
- Resume or CV
- Documents must be organized in a PDF in this order:
- Nomination Statement
- Up to two additional letters of support
- Resume/CV
To submit a staff nomination, email SAC@osumc.edu. To submit a faculty nomination, email facultyawards@osumc.edu.
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College of Medicine Awards Information
Selection process and announcement:
For staff awards: The College of Medicine Staff Advisory Committee will review all staff nominations and will make recommendations for two to three finalists per award for the dean’s consideration.
For faculty awards: The College of Medicine Faculty Awards Committee will review all faculty nominations and make recommendations for two to three finalists per award for the dean’s consideration.
For education awards: The Education Awards Review Committee will review all education award nominations and will make recommendations for finalists for the dean’s consideration.
The Dean of the College of Medicine will make final selections in October of each year.
Recipients will be notified, confidentially, in October of each year.
Nominees will be announced at the Dean's State of the College in early October. Award recipients will be announced at the Dean’s Winter Forum. Awards will be given at the Dean’s Excellence Awards Gala in early spring.
List of awards and descriptions
Recognizes an employee who
demonstrates superb leadership in the
management of staff within their unit or the
college.
This award is open to an employee who has
been at the college for at least one year.
Criteria:
- Demonstrates excellence in their work
- Creates a positive work environment for all employees
- Collaborates creatively and productively with other units/departments across the college
- Shows great attention to detail that results in a recognizable impact
- Serves as a resource to peers
- Actively participates in local and national organizations
- Shows investment in their work and the mission of the unit and college
Recognizes a long-term employee of the College of Medicine who has exhibited ongoing performance excellence through their service. Minimum 15 years of service total to The Ohio State University, with at least 10 of those years spent with the College of Medicine. This award recognizes an employee who has made a significant impact on the unit/college/university through outstanding dedication and accomplishments.
Criteria:
- Demonstrates exceptional service/leadership over a significant period of time
- Makes contributions of lasting impact
- Exhibits commitment to serve the unit or college
- Displays wisdom and depth of service/leadership that has made a significant difference to individuals or groups
- Motivates and inspires those around them to strive for excellence
- Assists others in achieving professional goals
- Demonstrates a high degree of initiative and dependability
- Upholds the values of the unit or college
- Demonstrates leadership qualities
- Enhances the unit or college’s image via representation
Recognizes an employee who strives to uphold the strategic pillars of the College of Medicine. The awardee demonstrates exceptional leadership and commitment to the values and mission of the unit or college. The awardee may be adept at carrying out the strategies of one or more of these pillars: Talent; Discovery; Education; Care; Health Access and Engagment; and Resource Stewardship. This award is open to an employee who has been at the college for at least one year.
Criteria:
- Exemplifies the core values of the College of Medicine
- Demonstrates excellence in their work
- Contributes to a positive work environment
- Embodies exceptional dependability
- Displays a high level of initiative and innovation
- Enhances the unit or college’s image through service to professional organizations
- Criteria are based upon the achievement of one or more of the strategic aims of the Dean’s Pillars
- Is a strong team contributor
Description: This award recognizes a professional staff member within the College of Medicine who has been in their position for up to five years and has had, in that time, a significant impact on their unit and/or the college. This award will be conferred upon a staff member who demonstrates a high level of achievement in their role within a short period of time. Example 1: Someone who entered into a newly created position and created, cultivated and helped that position to grow. Example 2: Someone who was newly promoted or stepped into a new role and sought opportunities for improvement and created positive changes in the workplace.
Criteria:
- Demonstrates excellence in their work
- Made significant contributions to the college in the early stage of their career or new role
- Track-record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contribution to the profession and increased levels of responsibility and sphere of impact
- Track record reflects a strong career trajectory with the possibility of forward advancement and leadership
- Contributes to a positive work environment
- Positive attitude, resiliency, persistence
Recognizes a scientist or group of scientists (including employees and/or students) identified as having made outstanding contributions to the College of Medicine in basic biomedical science research.
- Basic Science Research Award
- Translational Science Research Award
- Health Services Research Award
- Team Science Research Award
Criteria:
- A continuous record of long-term research
- Significance, volume and quality of research
- Research or scholarly work that brings recognition to the college
- National or international stature of the candidate's creative activity: critically reviewed papers, presentations, books, monographs, invited presentations, awards or honors
- Competitive for grants at the national and/or international level
Presented annually to one basic science and one clinical faculty member who has shown extraordinary commitment to teaching and the promotion of educational excellence. The award continually acknowledges the importance of excellence in teaching in the overall mission of the College of Medicine.
Criteria:
- Dedication to quality teaching
- Positive role model for learners (undergraduate, graduate, professional or residents/fellows)
- Quality of teaching and mentoring
- Enthusiasm for teaching
- Pursuit of excellence in educational scholarly activity
- Leadership in educational programming
Recognizes educators who have dedicated their careers to educating the next generation of the biomedical workforce. It’s given annually to one faculty member who has devoted a significant portion of their professional career to excellence in education.
Criteria:
- Dedication to and longevity of teaching
- Positive role model for learners within the College of Medicine (undergraduate, graduate, professional or residents/fellows)
- Quality of teaching and mentoring
- Enthusiasm and passion for teaching
- Pursuit of excellence in educational scholarly activity
- A lifelong pursuit of excellence in education
- Recipient of educational awards (distinguished educator award, alumni teaching award, departmental or university teaching awards)
Description: The dean annually awards a permanent, honorific title on a competitive basis to one faculty member who has a truly exceptional record of accomplishment appropriate to their track. This honor carries a $5,000 honorarium.
Criteria:
- Primary appointment in the College of Medicine at the rank of professor and a minimum of five years of employment at The Ohio State University
- Distinguished achievement in teaching, research and scholarship and/or service, as appropriate to the nominee’s track
- Record of distinction in exhibiting the values of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center