Honorees and Nominees
Honorees
Ammar Ammar
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Technology and Information Security Officer
Dr. Karen Derefinko
Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine
Dr. Bruce Keisling
Shainberg Professor and Executive Director of the Center on Developmental Disabilities, College of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Education
Dr. David Shibata
Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery and Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer of the UTHSC Cancer Program, College of Medicine
Nominees
Dr. Anne Alexandrov
Professor, Department of Acute and Tertiary Care, College of Nursing
Dr. Jeffrey Brooks
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry
Dr. Dustin Fulton
Assistant Dean of Admissions, College of Medicine
Dr. Teresa Hartnett
Senior Associate Dean of Finance and Administration, College of Medicine
Hilary Jasmin
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences Library
Dr. Michelle Martin
Professor, College of Medicine’s Department of Preventive Medicine
Jennesa LaSane Moore
Assistant Director of Student Life and Health Care Programs, Office of Student Success
Lyndsay Pittman
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of Enrollment Management
Dr. Ramesh Ray
Senior Biological Safety Officer, Office of Research Safety Affairs
Honorees
Dr. James Bailey
Robert S. Pearce Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine and Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
Patricia Page
Senior Program Manager, Electronic Research Administration
Melissa Smith
Coordinator of Student Services, College of Pharmacy
Nominees
Dr. Bradley Boucher
Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy
Ronald Davis
Manager, Teaching and Learning Center
Sherry Frazier Warford
Supervisor, Laboratory Animal Care Unit
Dr. Neil Hayes
Director of the Center for Cancer Research, Professor and Division Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
Charles Hicks
Operations Manager, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine
Nury Magana
Bilingual Community Health Navigator, Office of Community Health Engagement
Dr. David Shibata
Professor and Harwell Wilson Alumni Endowed Chair in Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
Dr. Natascha Thompson
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Dr. Gabor Tigyi
Harriet Van Vleet Endowed Professor in Basic Oncology, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Industry Relations and Global Cooperation
Honorees
Dr. Orpheus Triplett
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry-Community Oral Health and Assistant Dean of Community Health and Outreach, College of Dentistry
Nominees
Damon Davis
Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer and Compensation Director, Department of Human Resources
Dr. Alejandro Dopico
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology, College of Medicine
Debbie Jackson
Benefits Director, Department of Human Resources
Dr. Phyllis Richey
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine
Dr. David Shibata
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine
Dr. Gabor Tigyi
Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine
Honorees
Dr. Altha Stewart
Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, College of Medicine
Dr. Colleen Jonsson
Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, Van Vleet Chair of Excellence in Virology, Director of the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Host Pathogen Systems, College of Medicine
Nominees
Dr. Bradley Boucher
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, College of Pharmacy
Dustin Fulton
Assistant Dean for Admissions, College of Medicine
Derek Wilcox
Senior Evaluation and Assessment Analyst, College of Medicine
Honorees
Dr. Michael Alston
Chief Diversity Officer, Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Title IX Coordinator
Dr. Robert Williams
Professor and Chair of the Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, College of Medicine; and UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair in Computational Genomics
Nominees
Teresa Britt
Director of Education for the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS)
Dr. Andrea Franks
Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy
Dr. Margaret (Peg) Hartig
Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, College of Nursing
Rosalind (Roz) Jackson
Administrative Specialist II, College of Medicine
Honorees
Dr. Karen Johnson
Professor Endowed Professor of Women's Health, College of Medicine
Kathy Gibbs
Assistant vice chancellor for student academic support services and inclusion
Nominees
Dr. Anne H. Zachry,
Assistant Professor and Department Chair, Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions
Dr. Orpheus Triplett
Associate Professor and Program Director of Head Start Outreach, Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health, College of Dentistry
Dr. Michael Alston
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Title IX Coordinator, Office of Equity and Diversity
Honorees
Dr. Trevor Sweatman
Professor of pharmacology and medical education
Dr. Samuel Dagogo-Jack
Professor of medicine and chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism
Nominees
Dr. David Stern
Vice Chancellor, Statewide Health Initiatives
Dr. Chandra Alston
Associate Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
Honorees
Dr. Guy Reed
Lemuel Diggs Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine
Steve Butler
Instructional Technology Director
Nominees
Dr. Trevor Sweatman
Professor, Pharmacology and Medical Education
Nominees
Dr. Robert Nolly
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ruby Bland
Coordinator II