D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham Faculty Award
This award was established in 2018 by D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham, a member of the UTHealth Development Board and avid supporter of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, with sincerest appreciation of the dedication and hard work that faculty members put into training the next generation scientists.
The purpose of the award is to recognize an exceptional faculty member who consistently demonstrates excellence in service and leadership at the GSBS. The recipient will receive a $4,000 cash prize and a commemorative plaque. All cash awards are funded by D. Dudley and Judy White Oldham Faculty Award endowment.
Nominations & Eligibility
We encourage nominations from both GSBS faculty and students.
Faculty who have been members of the GSBS for less than one year are not eligible for nomination, nor are department chairs, division heads and members of the GSBS Dean's Office.
Your nomination of a GSBS faculty member using the form below should highlight their accomplishments in service and leadership and the impact those achievements have had on the GSBS.
For further information, please contact [email protected].
Oldham Faculty Award Nomination Form:
To submit your nomination, please complete this nomination form. If you are unable to access the form, please copy and paste this link:https://forms.gle/zsDVsa5VuPanwbe19. Nominations are being accepted through Friday, March 28, 2025.
Recipients of the Oldham Award:
- Candelaria Gomez-Manzano (2024)
- Mary Farach-Carson, PhD (2023)
- Francesca Cole, PhD (2022)
- David G. Johnson, PhD (2021)
- Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD (2020)
- Richard R. Behringer, PhD (2019)
- Ambro van Hoof, PhD (2018)
Every year GSBS students nominate and vote for the winner of the John P. McGovern Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award recognizes excellence in teaching based on the following criteria:
- Knowledge of the subject
- Interest in/enthusiasm for teaching
- Interest in and understanding of students
- Responsiveness to student questions and encouragement of independent thinking
- Accessibility to students
The call for nominations is made in February each year by the Graduate Student Association and the award is presented to the recipient at commencement.
Recipients of the McGovern Award:
- Michael Beierlein, PhD (2024)
- Michael C. Lorenz, PhD (2023)
- Jian Hu, PhD (2022)
- Jichao Chen, PhD (2021)
- Michael C. Lorenz, PhD (2020)
- Jian Hu, PhD (2019)
- Mien-Chie Hung, PhD (2018)
- M. Neal Waxham, PhD (2017)
- Russell R. Broaddus, MD, PhD (2016)
- Jill Schumacher, PhD (2015)
- Scott Lane, PhD (2014)
- Kevin Morano, PhD (2013)
- Joya Chandra, PhD (2012)
- Andrew Bean, PhD (2011)
- Stephanie Watowich, PhD (2010)
- Mong-Hong Lee, PhD (2009)
- Peng Huang, PhD (2008)
- Kevin Morano, PhD (2007)
- Russell Broaddus MD/PhD (2006)
- Joseph Alcorn, PhD (2005)
- Gilbert Cote, PhD (2004)
- Michelle C. Barton, PhD (2003)
- Henry Strobel, PhD (2002)
- David McConkey, PhD (2001)
- Alicia Dombroski, PhD (2000)
- Mien-Chie Hung, PhD (1999)
- Laurie Owen, PhD (1998)
- M. Neal Waxham, PhD (1997)
- Roger O'Neil, PhD (1996)
- Barry Shur, PhD (1995)
- Norman Karin, PhD (1994)
- Mien-Chie Hung, PhD (1993)
- Craig Hanis, PhD (1992)
- Gary Gallick, PhD (1991)
- Mien-Chie Hung, PhD (1990)
- Stephen Tomasovic, PhD (1989)
- Barry Shur, PhD (1988)
- George Weinstock, PhD (1987)
- N. Burr Furlong, PhD (1986)
- Peter Berget, PhD (1985)
- A. Joanne Bednarz-Prashad, PhD (1984)
- Tommy Douglas, PhD (1983)
Paul E. Darlington, Ph.D., served GSBS for many years as its Associate Dean and for a few years as Interim Dean. Though he made many valuable contributions to GSBS, Dr. Darlington is best remembered as a proponent of excellence in mentoring. Upon his retirement, this award was established in his honor to recognize, with an honorarium of $2,000, a current GSBS faculty member who has made an exceptional impact, as a mentor, on students and faculty. A call for nominations is made in the spring each year by the Dean's Office.
To be eligible for this award, the nominee must:
- Be a current GSBS faculty member (Associate or Regular)
- Have mentored at least two GSBS students to their terminal degrees; and
- Be currently mentoring at least one GSBS student
Note: Previous winners of the award are ineligible to be nominated; self-nominations will not be accepted.
Questions and nominations should be directed to [email protected].
Recipients of the Darlington Award:
- Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD (2024)
- Ambro van Hoof, PhD (2023)
- Carmen Dessauer, PhD (2021-2022)
- Jichao Chen, PhD (2021-2022)
- Louise D. McCullough, MD, PhD (2020)
- Paul Scheet, PhD (2019)
- Laurence E. Court, PhD (2018)
- Pierre D. McCrea, PhD (2017)
- Gary E. Gallick, PhD (2016)
- Guillermina Lozano, PhD (2015)
- Richard R. Behringer, PhD (2014)
- Kevin A. Morano, PhD (2013)
- Michelle C. Barton, PhD (2012)
- Michael R. Blackburn, PhD (2011)
- Sharon Y. R. Dent, PhD (2010 - tie)
- Theresa M. Koehler, PhD (2010 - tie)
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