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Past Lifetime Achievement Award Recognition 

This Lifetime Achievement Award in Education was first conferred in 2008 to recognize UTMB faculty who have made long-standing, important, and high-quality contributions to the educational missions of their respective UTMB schools throughout their careers. Elements for nomination and selection included the nominees' teaching quality and quantity, educational scholarship, and recognition and honors for educational efforts.

2023 - SCHOOL OF NURSING
Winner: Cheyenne "Darlene" Martin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Department SON Graduate Studies

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • 2022

    SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

    Winner: Dr. Patricia Fingerhut, PhD, OTR, Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy 

  • 2021

    SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

    Winner: Dr. Michael Ainsworth, MD, Senior Associate Dean Educational Performance , Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

  • 2020

    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

    Winner: Dr. Victor E. Reyes, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology

  • 2019

    SCHOOL OF NURSING

    Winner: Mary O'Keefe, PhD, JD, RN, Professor, School of Nursing

     

  • 2018

    SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

    Winner: Dr. Carolyn J. Utsey, Professor, Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy

  • 2017

    SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

    Winner: Dr. Karen Szauter, Professor, Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs and Medical Director of the Office of Clinical Simulation

  • 2008-2016

     

    2016 – Graduate School of Biomedicial Sciences

    Winner: Dr. Laura Rudkin, Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health

    2015 – School of Nursing

    Winners: Dr. Carol M. Wiggs, Track Administrator, School of Nursing
    Dr. Yolanda Davila, Professor, School of Nursing

    2014 – School of Health Professions

    Winner: Dr. Christine Baker, Professor, Physical Therapy

    2013 – School of Medicine

    Winners: Dr. Steven A. Lieberman, Professor, Internal Medicine
    Dr. Alice Ann O'donell, Professor, Family Medicine

    2012 – Graduate School of Biological Sciences

    Winner: Dr. Anne Hudson Jones, Professor, Institute for the Medical Humanities
    Runner Up: Dr. Darrell Carney, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    2011 - School of Nursing

    Winner: Dr. Nonie Mendias, Associate Professor, SON Nursing Doctoral Program
    Runners Up: Dr. Karen Brykczynski, Professor SON Master’s Program and Dr. Charlotte Wisnewski, Associate Professor, SON Baccalaureate Program

    2010 - School of Health Professions

    Winner: Dr. Vicki Freeman, Professor and Chair, Clinical Laboratory Sciences

    2009 - School of Medicine

    Winner: Dr. Jackie Collins, Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
    Runner Up: Dr. Daneshvari Solanki, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology

    2008

    School of Medicine: Dr. Robert Beach, Professor, Internal Medicine - Nephrology
    School of Health Professions: Dr. Richard Rahr, Professor and Chair, Physician Assistant Studies
    School of Nursing: Dr. Linda Rounds, Professor, SON Master’s Program
    Graduate School of Biological Sciences: Dr. William Willis, Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience & Cell Biology