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.
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
2009 - School of Medicine
Winner: Dr. Jackie Collins, Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Runner Up: Dr. Daneshvari Solanki, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
2010 - School of Health Professions
Winner: Dr. Vicki Freeman, Professor and Chair, Clinical Laboratory Sciences
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
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
2013 – School of Medicine
Winners: Dr. Steven A. Lieberman, Professor, Internal Medicine
Dr. Alice Ann O'donell, Professor, Family Medicine
2014 – School of Health Professions
Winner: Dr. Christine Baker, Professor, Physical Therapy
2015 – School of Nursing
Winners: Dr. Carol M. Wiggs, Track Administrator, School of Nursing
Dr. Yolanda Davila, Professor, School of Nursing
2016 – Graduate School of Biomedicial Sciences
Winner: Dr. Laura Rudkin, Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health
2017 – SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Winner: Dr. Karen Szauter, Professor, Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs and Medical Director of the Office of Clinical Simulation
2018- SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Winner: Dr. Carolyn J. Utsey, Professor, Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy
2019- SCHOOL OF NURSING
Winner: Mary O'Keefe, PhD, JD, RN, Professor, School of Nursing
2020 - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Winner: Dr. Victor E. Reyes, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology
2021 - SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Winner: Dr. Michael Ainsworth, MD, Senior Associate Dean Educational Performance , Professor, Department of Internal Medicine