A Message from the Senior Vice President, Provost, and Chief Academic Officer, UTMB
Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the recipients of the UTMB 2026 Faculty Excellence and Lifetime Achievement Awards. Please join me in sharing congratulations with these outstanding UTMB faculty members!
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Lifetime Achievement in Clinical Service
Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon)
Professor, Department of Surgery
John Sealy School of Medicine
Lifetime Achievement in Education
Claudia Sealey-Potts, PhD, RD, LD, FAND
Professor and Director, Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition Program
Department of Nutrition Sciences and Health Behavior
School of Health Professions
Lifetime Achievement in Research
Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health and Health Disparities
School of Public and Population Health
Scott C. Weaver, MS, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
John Sealy School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
Scientific Director, Galveston National Laboratory
FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Excellence in Clinical Service
Alvin Carlos Camacho, MD, DABR
Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice and Director of Pediatric Radiology
Department of Radiology
John Sealy School of Medicine
Excellence in Education
Amber High, DNP, CRNA, APRN, NC-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Assistant Program Director and Clinical Director, DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program
Department of Graduate Studies
School of Nursing
Excellence in Mentoring
Soham Al Snih, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health and Health Disparities
School of Public and Population Health
Excellence in Research
Neil K. Mehta, PhD, MA, MSc
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Associate Dean for Research
School of Public and Population Health
Director, Health and Clinical Outcomes Research Center (H-COR)
I extend my sincere gratitude to all who nominated their colleagues for these honors. We look forward to our Third Annual Faculty Recognition Reception, where we will celebrate these and other noteworthy faculty accomplishments in FY26.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, 5 to 7 p.m.
Levin Hall Dining Room
We invite all faculty members to join us for this very special event!
Sincerely,
Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, MS
Senior Vice President, Provost, and
Chief Academic Officer of the University of Texas Medical Branch
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, John Sealy School of Medicine
Thomas N. and Gleaves T. James Distinguished Chair