Program Award for Culture of Excellence in Mentoring

PROGRAM AWARD FOR CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE IN MENTORING 

2022 RECIPIENTS

Career Catalyst
Harvard Catalyst
The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center

Program Leaders:
Francine (Fran) Grodstein, ScD, HSPH Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, and Professor of Internal Medicine, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush Medical College
Christine B. Sieberg, PhD, EdM, MA, HMS Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of PsychiatryCo-Director, Pain & Affective Neuroscience Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, & Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital

Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research Mentoring
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Program Leader:
Robert W. Yeh, MD, MSc, HMS Katz-Silver Family Associate Professor of Medicine in the Field of Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Director, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research Cardiology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP, HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine; Section Head, Health Policy and Equity Research, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Cardiology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Special Innovation Award: Recognizing a New Student-Emphasis Program

Pediatric Dermatology Student-Faculty Collaborative
Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Program Leaders:
Jennifer Huang, MD, HMS Associate Professor of Dermatology; Section Chief, Dermatology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Sadaf Hussain, MD, HMS Instructor of Dermatology; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School has established this mentoring award to recognize the efforts of a department, division, office or program to foster innovation and sustainability in mentoring while building a culture of mentoring. This award provides an opportunity to learn from successful formal mentoring programs and allows others in the community to adopt model programs. This award is not intended to recognize individuals.

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Award Guidelines and Criteria

PACEM was established to recognize departments, divisions, offices or programs for efforts to foster innovation and sustainability in mentoring while building a culture of excellence in mentoring. This award is not intended to recognize individuals.

Criteria and Eligibility

• Formal mentoring programs for students, trainees, faculty, and leadership at all levels.
• Units include departments, divisions, offices, centers and programs at HMS, HSDM and HMS-affiliated institutions.

Nominations should:

o demonstrate the mentoring program has been effective and successful at creating a sustainable culture of mentoring within a particular HMS/HSDM or HMS-affiliated unit.
o emphasize well-established or highly innovative models of programs, initiatives, or policies that address areas, such as:

▪ changing the culture of mentoring;
▪ engaging more people in mentoring;
▪ establishing best practices;
▪ advancing diversity inclusion;
▪ providing training in mentoring;
▪ providing mentoring for population(s) (e.g. student, trainees, faculty).

o address program evaluation, outcomes assessment and/or continuous improvement.
o Include the names and contact information of 3-5 individuals who have participated in the program and can provide a testimonial about their mentoring program experiences, if contacted.

For more information, please contact:

Email: dicp_pace_mentor@hms.harvard.edu

Terésa J. Carter
Program Manager
Career Development
Tel: 617-432-4697

Photos by Jeff Thiebauth unless otherwise noted.