First Faculty-To-Faculty Research Mentoring Awards Announced
Building a research program at a major urban university requires both personal and institutional investments, as well as expertise, dedication and time. But one other critical elementsupport and encouragement from peersbenefits generations of faculty while it builds relationships and inspires retention.
This spring for the first time ever, the offices of the Provost and of Research teamed up to reward faculty members who take the time to support peers at different stages in their careers. Each of the University of Cincinnatis colleges could nominate a single faculty member for the Faculty-to-Faculty Research Mentoring Awards, based on the following criteria:
- History of demonstrated research mentorship (discipline-specific)
- Activities to support the success of peer faculty in clinical, translational or basic science research
- Evidence of mentees success in research endeavors.
Faculty selected to receive the first Faculty-to-Faculty Research
Mentoring Award were recognized at a special ceremony and also received
$1,000 in faculty development funding.
As an urban, research-intensive institution, we expect a lot from our faculty, said Ohio Eminent Scholar Pat Limbach, vice president of research and professor of chemistry. With this new initiative, we set out to recognize faculty dedicated to helping other faculty succeed. In the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost, we deeply understand how important it is to nurture productive relationships between facultyit not only makes our University more welcoming, it can lead to new and exciting research discoveries.
We greatly value our research faculty and admire how many of them go the extra mile to support their peers, says Provost Peter Landgren. This new award lets us highlight and reward the important and essential work of fostering the next generation of researchers.
Members of the inaugural class of Faculty-To-Faculty Research Mentoring Awards are:
College of Arts and Sciences
Ashley Currier, Womens, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Carl Lindner College of Business
Yan Yu, Business Analytics
College of Allied Health Sciences
Suzanne Boyce, Speech & Language Pathology
College-Conservatory of Music
Jonathan Kregor, Musicology
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Karen Davis, Electrical & Computer Engineering
College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services
Keith King, Health Promotion and Education
UC Clermont College
Ron Leslie, Psychology & Sociology
College of Law
Robert Solimine
Libraries
Elna Saxton, Content Services, Langsam Library
College of Medicine
Glenn Talaska, Environmental Health
College of Nursing
Tamilyn Bakas
Winkle College of Pharmacy
Pam Heaton
UC Blue Ash College
Keen Wilson, Biology
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- College of Engineering and Applied Science
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services
- College of Allied Health Sciences
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- College-Conservatory of Music
- College of Nursing
- Blue Ash College
- Graduate School
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