Mentor of the Year Award
The annual CTSI Mentor of the Year Award, Outstanding Junior Mentor of the Year Award, and Data Scientist Mentor of the Year Award recognize outstanding research mentors, using nominations provided by the mentees themselves.
Mentors are evaluated based on the research guidance they provided as well as their interpersonal and motivational skills, promotion of career development, mentor training record, and NIH biosketch.
Mentors for any current or past CTSI-Ed Scholar are eligible for these awards.
Award Winners
Mentor of the Year
2025: Lisa Chow, MD, MS, Medical School
2024: David Boulware, MD, MPH, Medical School
2023: Jeffrey Wozniak, PhD, LP, Medical School
2022: Pamala Jacobson, PharmD, FCCP, College of Pharmacy, and Robert Straka, PharmD, FCCP, College of Pharmacy
2021: Cathy Carlson, DVM, PhD, DACVP, College of Veterinary Medicine
2020: Jayne Fulkerson, PhD, School of Nursing
2019: Jeff Bishop, PharmD, MS, BCPP, FCCP, College of Pharmacy
2018: Kathryn Cullen, MD, Medical School
2017: Michele Allen, MD, MS, Medical School
2016: Christine Wendt, MD, Medical School
2015: James Cloyd, III, PharmD, College of Pharmacy
2014: Kelvin Lim, MD, Medical School
2013: Carol Lange, PhD, Medical School
2012: Betsy Seaquist, MD, Medical School
Data Scientist Mentor of the Year
2025: Julian Wolfson, PhD, School of Public Health
2023: Erich Kummerfeld, PhD, Institute for Health Informatics
2019: Rachel Isaksson Vogel, PhD, Medical School
2018: Cavan Reilly, PhD, School of Public Health
2017: John Connett, PhD, School of Public Health
2016: Kyle Rudser, PhD, School of Public Health
2015: Lynn Eberly, PhD, School of Public Health
Outstanding Junior Mentor of the Year
2025: Rachel Hawe, PhD, DPT, School of Kinesiology
2024: Catherine (Casey) Burrows, PhD, LP, Medical School
2023: Forum Kamdar, MD, PhD, FACC, Medical School
2022: Alik Widge, MD, PhD, Medical School
2021: Kurt Prins, MD, PhD, Medical School
2020: Glenn Simmons, Jr., PhD, Medical School
2019: Beshay Zordoky, MSc, PhD, College of Pharmacy
2018: Elizabeth Rogers, MD, MAS, Medical School
2017: Reena Kartha, PhD, College of Pharmacy
2016: Lisa Coles, MS, PhD, College of Pharmacy
2015: Rebecca Shlafer, MPH, PhD, Medical School
2014: Alicia Allen, PhD, Medical School
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