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Chancellor's Faculty Award

The Office of Access and Compliance (OAC) has developed the university-wide Chancellor's Faculty Award.

Each year, OAC will recognize a UT Health Science Center faculty member who demonstrates exemplary leadership and support of the strategic plan through performance and conduct.

Nominees may demonstrate this commitment across a range of possibilities: student-centered or trainee-centered inclusion initiatives; efforts to support recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, trainees, and/or students; teaching, service/outreach, research, and/or service that expands and embraces our understanding of inclusiveness; programming or related initiatives; community outreach activities; or several other possibilities. UT Health Science Center community members, including students, trainees, staff, and faculty, are encouraged to nominate one or more candidates.

The award presentation will take place at the annual Impact Awards Ceremony and will include $1,500 and a recognition plaque.

2023 Recipient: Dr. Michelle Martin, PhD, FACSM

Dr. Michelle Martin

Dr. Martin is a Professor in Preventive Medicine. She is also the Director of the Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research and Co-Director: Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute (TN-CTSI), Department of Preventive Medicine.

Previous Recipients

Nomination and Selection Information

Eligibility
  1. Candidates must be regular instructor or faculty members with a minimum of three (3) years of consecutive UTHSC service. 
  2. Self-nominations and nominations by members of the Advisory Council for Access and Culture (ACAC) will not be considered. Members of the ACAC cannot write letters of endorsement for the award on behalf of nominees.
  3. Members of the ACAC are not eligible to win the award. See the list of members of the Advisory Council for Access and Culture.
Criteria
Criteria for selection may include a broad range of access and engagement-centered initiatives, efforts to support recruitment and retention of all faculty, staff, trainees, and/or students; teaching, mentoring, service/outreach, clinical practice, and/or research that expands and embraces our understanding of inclusiveness; multicultural programming or related initiatives; community outreach activities; or several other possibilities that enhance inclusion. Nomination letters should focus on how the nominee’s actions align with UT Health Science Center’s cross-cutting strategic goals and with supplemental documentation addressing stated cross-cutting strategic goals of the nominee’s respective college and department.
Nomination Process

A letter of nomination, paying particular attention to how the nominee’s activities reflect the criteria noted above (Max 750 words).

2024 Nominations are now closed.

Selection Process

Candidates selected to move to the final selection stage will have to submit: 

  1. A letter of support from the chair and dean of the nominee.
  2. At least two (and no more than five) letters of support from individuals who can provide testimony to the transformational impact and sustained effectiveness of the nominee’s contributions; at least one letter should be from a member of the UTHSC community.
  3. A CV demonstrating the track record of the nominee in the addressing the areas described above.
Any supporting documents as appropriate (e.g., media coverage, teaching evaluations). 
Sep 12, 2024