Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Award in Biomedical Research
The Distinguished Faculty Lectureship, which was first awarded in 1979 to Professor Vincent Massey, continues to be the highest honor bestowed by the Medical School upon a faculty member in the biomedical sciences. Each recipient has made outstanding contributions, locally and nationally, in the areas of teaching, research, and university service.
Award - An award in discretionary funds and a public lecture and reception held in the Spring. Recipient is also honored at the Dean's Awards Banquet held in the Fall.
Eligibility - Open to all UM research faculty in the health sciences schools and colleges and the Medical School.
Source of Nominations - Chairs and Directors from all Medical School Departments and Units, and the Chairs or Deans of Schools and Colleges which include health science faculty are invited to make nominations.
Selection Criteria - The Biomedical Research Council selects the annual recipient of this prestigious honor and hosts the lecture and reception for the winner.
Nomination Deadline - Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Guidelines for preparation of nominations:
- Letters of Support
- Letter of support from the Department Chair or Unit Director.
- Two or more letters of support from University of Michigan faculty.
- Two or more letters of support from outside the University.
- Research Description - A three-page (maximum) summation of the nominee's research work.
- Current curriculum vita for the nominee.
Previous nominations may be resubmitted with letter from a Department Chair, Dean, or Unit Director and updated information (summation of research and curriculum vita) by the stated deadline. Re-nominations may include previous support letters.
Application materials should be submitted in a single PDF format in the order listed below.
- Chair, Dean, or Unit Director nomination letter
- Research Description
- Curriculum Vita
- All other support letters
Please submit all materials as a single PDF electronically to DFLsubmit@umich.edu. Please note that e-mail submissions are not error-proof. We acknowledge receipt of all electronic submissions. If you do not receive a response from us by the end of the next business day, please call us at 615-8802.
Please direct any questions to Camille Mrozowski at cmrozow@umich.edu or 615-8802.
Previous Winners:
2007 Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.
2006 Miriam H. Meisler, Ph.D.
2005 Sally A. Camper, Ph.D.
2004 David Engelke, Ph.D.
2003 Don B. Clewell, Ph.D.
2002 Christin Carter-Su, Ph.D.
2001 Steven L. Kunkel, Ph.D.
2000 Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D.
1999 David Ginsburg, M.D.
1998 Robert L. Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.
1997 Jack E. Dixon, Ph.D.
1996 William B. Pratt, M.D.
1995 Laurence A. Boxer, M.D.
1994 Rowena G. Matthews, Ph.D.
1993 Wendell W. Weber, Ph.D., M.D.
1992 David E. Kuhl, M.D.
1991 C. William Castor, M.D.
1990 Benedict R. Lucchesi, M.D., Ph.D.
1989 Peter A. Ward, M.D.
1988 Irwin J. Goldstein, Ph.D.
1987 Myron Levine, Ph.D.
1986 Bernard W. Agranoff, M.D.
1985 Frederick C. Neidhardt, Ph.D.
1984 William N. Kelley, M.D.
1983 David Bohr, M.D.
1982 Minor J. Coon, Ph.D.
1981 James V. Neel, M.D., Ph.D.
1980 Rolf Freter, Ph.D.
1979 Vincent Massey, Ph.D.
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