2021 Awards

The MD Program recognizes that teaching and mentorship are central to our success. We administer several awards as part of our commitment to support and recognize excellence and leadership in education.

2021 Recipients

The W. T. Aikins Awards are the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's most prestigious awards for sustained commitment and excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Individual Teaching Performance in Clerkship

• Tamina Eapen, Department of Psychiatry

Excellence in Course Development/Program Coordination

• Seetha Radhakrishnan, Department of Paediatrics

Excellence in Development and Use of Educational Innovations

• Laurence Biro, Joyce Nyhof-Young and the LGBTQ Clinical Skills Team; Department of Family and Community Medicine

The Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education recognizes MD Program faculty members and administrative staff for their commitment to diversity and health equity.

• Anita Balakrishna, Office of Inclusion and Diversity
• Joyce Nyhof-Young, MD Program and Department of Family and Community Medicine

The Norman Rosenblum Award for Excellence in Mentorship in the MD/PhD Program recognizes faculty members, residents or administrative staff who exhibit an exemplary level of leadership and commitment to mentorship and role modeling for MD/PhD students in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.

• Allison J. McGeer, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology
• Aaron D. Schimmer, Department of Medical Biophsyics; Department of Medicine; Institute of Medical Science