Dean's Faculty Awards

Rising Star Awards

This award recognizes a junior basic science and a junior clinical science faculty member who excels in at least one of the academic activity areas of teaching, research or institutional service. Faculty nominees must:

  • Demonstrate commitment to NYMC SOM’s mission, vision, and values
  • Participate through significant effort in the education of medical students as shown by the creation/support of curriculum, outstanding evaluations for teaching performance/clinical supervision, and/or assessment
  • Establish a recognized research program evidenced by extramural funding, invited presentations, abstracts and publications; essential criteria for basic science faculty
  • Make significant improvements to clinical care and/or to a clinical program related to the clinical teaching programs as shown by increased/new patient visits, recognition through peer-review and/or the community, impact on population health/patient outcomes/social determinants of health, support of resident education and development
  • Contribute in a major way to committees and/or administrative functions affecting the mission, goals and welfare of the College
  • Seek opportunity to improve or gain new skills

Research Excellence Award

This award recognizes a basic science and a clinical science faculty member who are emerging or established in their field as leaders.

  • Demonstrate commitment to NYMC SOM’s mission, vision, and values
  • Surpass performance requirements of their position with distinction and merit 
  • Evidence of significant high-quality scholarship and discovery impacting the field/society, and as acknowledged by their peers
  • Contribute directly or indirectly to the advancement of research as evidenced by abstracts, presentations, publications or fellowships etc.
  • Provide outstanding service to the NYMC SOM community; contribute in a major way to committees and/or administrative functions affecting the mission, goals and welfare of the College
  • Promote or improve the image and research reputation of the College

Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Award

This award recognizes a basic science and clinical science faculty member who excels in their work by consistently performing beyond expectations in teaching/mentoring areas of students/residents/post-doctoral fellows/faculty/colleagues. Faculty nominees must:

  • Demonstrate commitment to NYMC SOM’s mission, vision, and values
  • Surpass performance requirements of their position with distinction and merit
  • Advanced their own career development through advising, counseling, and serving as a professional role model
  • Shows exceptional commitment to, and involvement in mentoring and advising that promotes professional development of the mentee/advisee
  • Promote research as evidenced by training mentees/advisees in the laboratory and/or clinical specialty areas
  • Contribute directly or indirectly to the advancement of the mentee/advisee as evidenced by abstracts, presentations, publications or fellowships etc.
  • Provide outstanding service to the NYMC SOM community
  • Promote or improve the image and standing of NYMC SOM

Outstanding Achievement Award

This award is presented to a faculty member whose efforts have sustained significant achievement in combined areas of teaching, research and institutional service. Faculty nominees must:

  • Demonstrate leadership, accomplishment and recognition in academic areas of endeavor
  • Demonstrate outstanding reliability and cooperation; collaborative/team-based/translational etc. achievements are essential criteria
  • Exemplify outstanding conduct and exceed expectations in the performance of duties over multiple years of service to the College
  • Be well known as an exemplar of the institution’s core values at a superior level, continually fostering pride, professionalism, and standing of the College and School of Medicine