Dean Kenneth Polonsky recently announced the Biological Sciences Division 2021 Distinguished Faculty Awards. The winners were carefully selected by the Faculty Advisory Committee, the Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association, and the Professional Environment Steering Committee, from a pool of exceptional nominees submitted by colleagues and trainees.
Awardees from the Department of Medicine are:
Distinguished Clinician:
Junior
Lauren Gleason, MD, MPH-Assistant Professor, Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Senior
Carol Semrad, MD-Professor, Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Distinguished Community Service and Advocacy
Junior
Elizabeth Tung, MD, MS-Assistant Professor, Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
Senior
Katherine Thompson, MD-Associate Professor, Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Distinguished Leader in Diversity and Inclusion
Senior
Mary Eileen Dolan, PhD-Professor, Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology
Christine Babcock, MD-Associate Professor, Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine
Distinguished Educator and Mentor
Senior
Mark Siegler, MD-Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, Medicine and Surgery
Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE-Professor, Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine
Distinguished Investigator
Junior
A. Murat Eren, PhD-Assistant Professor, Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Distinguished Leader in Program Innovation
Senior
Anna Zisman, MD-Associate Professor, Medicine, Section of Nephrology
Michael Reese Lectureship
The lectureship is underwritten by the Michael Reese Research and Education Foundation as a memorial to the Michael Reese Hospital, a world renowned Chicago South Side institution that was a leader in medical care, research and education for over 100 years. It recognizes outstanding faculty who have developed novel teaching, training, bench or clinical research techniques, or other topics relevant to advancing health or healthcare.
Michelle Le Beau, PhD-Arthur and Marian Edelstein Professor, Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology