The Biological Sciences Division honored faculty members for research excellence, professional service, and leadership at the 13th Annual Distinguished Faculty Awards Reception on June 28, 2023. Since 2011, the BSD Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) has been honoring fellow faculty members for their contributions to the BSD's collective missions of excellence in education, research, diversity and inclusion, program innovation, service to the community and patient care.
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine, Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, presided over the reception and presented awards to 17 faculty members who were nominated by their colleagues, former trainees, and community partners. The FAC reviewed nominations for many excellent candidates and selected this year’s winners for the following awards:
- Distinguished Clinician
- Andrea Shogan, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Catherine Harth, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Distinguished Investigator
- Paschalis Kratsios, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology
- Carole Ober, PhD, Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Human Genetics
- Distinguished Educator and Leader
- James Ahn, MD, MHPE, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Fuad Baroody, MD, Professor of Surgery
- Distinguished Community Service and Advocacy
- Aniruddha Hazra, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Marion Henry, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP, Professor of Surgery
- Distinguished Leader in Program Innovation
- Christina Ciaccio, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Priti Jani, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Distinguished Leader in Diversity and Inclusion
- Ayodeji Adegunsoye, MD, MS, FACP, FCCP, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Keme Carter, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Francis H. Straus Mentorship Award
- Wendy Stock, MD, Anjuli Seth Nayak Professor of Medicine
- Michael Reese Lectureship
- Richard Larson, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Gold Key Award
- Harvey M. Golomb, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Jaideep Singh, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
- Keyoumars Soltani, MD, Allan L. Lorincz Professor of Medicine
The award guidelines and a list of previous award winners are available on the Office of Faculty Affairs website. The Faculty Advisory Committee is co-chaired Neda Laiteerapong, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Betty Theriault, DVM, Professor of Surgery, and Sandra Valaitis, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The winners will be commemorated in a display located in the lobby of the Surgery Brain Research Pavilion on the UChicago campus.
