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Eight receive $200,000 in teaching awards; Medellin honored

Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012

Glen Medellin, M.D., FAAP, of the School of Medicine was inducted into the UT Academy of Health Science Education.
Glen Medellin, M.D., FAAP, of the School of Medicine was inducted into the UT Academy of Health Science Education.

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SAN ANTONIO (July 11, 2012) — The University of Texas System Board of Regents, meeting in Austin, honored eight faculty of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio July 11 with the Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. Each winner received $25,000 in the highly competitive awards program.

The UT System offered the awards to faculty in the UT health-related institutions this year for the first time. Overall, 40 professors representing all six institutions were recognized.

UT Academy of Health Science Education induction
Also at the regents meeting, Glen Medellin, M.D., FAAP, of the School of Medicine at the Health Science Center, was honored with other 2012 inductees of the UT Academy of Health Science Education. Dr. Medellin is an associate chair of pediatrics and holds the Greehey Distinguished Chair in Palliative Care for Children. He is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and director of medical student education in the School of Medicine.

“We are so pleased with the recognition that these faculty members have received for their dedication and commitment to excellence in education. Each one of them has gone above and beyond the norm to offer innovation in the classroom or clinical setting to ensure that our students are getting the very best education possible before providing care in the community,” said Kenneth L. Kalkwarf, D.D.S., M.S., president ad interim of the Health Science Center.

Regents Outstanding Teaching Award winners
UT Health Science Center recipients of the Regents Outstanding Teaching Award include:

Sandra Adams, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care in the School of Medicine
Linda Johnson, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology in the School of Medicine
Richard Ludueña, Ph.D. , professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine
Susan Naylor, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology in the School of Medicine
William Rose, D.D.S., assistant professor in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry in the Dental School
Linda Smith, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences in the School of Health Professions
Patricia Wathen, M.D., clinical professor in the Division of General Medicine in the School of Medicine
Gail Williams, Ph.D., RN., professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Systems in the School of Nursing

“These awards demonstrate the board’s commitment to recognize outstanding faculty members for their exceptional performance and innovation in the classroom,” Regents Chair Gene Powell of San Antonio said. “The board is very pleased to offer these teaching excellence awards for the first time to faculty members at our outstanding comprehensive academic health science centers.”

At a reception in Austin on July 11, three UT Health Science Center faculty members who were inducted into the UT Academy of Health Science Education in 2011 were also honored. They include Linda McManus, Ph.D., professor of pathology; Charleen M. Moore, Ph.D., professor of cellular and structural biology; and Omid B. Rahimi, Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and structural biology and director of the Health Science Center’s Human Anatomy Program.

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