The Committee on Prestigious Awards and Honors University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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The Committee on Prestigious Awards and
HonorsUniversity of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
WILLIAM N. KELLEY, M.D., ChairNovember 2006
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School of Medicine Awards Committee

• Mission Identify the Schools most outstanding
  faculty and ensure that they are nominated for
  the awards and honors they deserve
• Establishment precursor formed in 1991,
  expanded in 2002, restructured in 2005
• Frequency of Meetings three times per year
  (October, February, June)
• Reporting Relationship directly to the EVP/Dean
• Committee Membership distinguished faculty
  selected to represent basic and clinical
  sciences, as well as learned societies

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School of Medicine Awards CommitteeMembership
FY2007
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School of Medicine Awards CommitteeIdentification
of Deserving Faculty

• Knowledge of faculty by Dean, Department
  Chairs/Directors of Centers and Institutes,
  members of the Awards Committee and, in fact, any
  and all faculty, who are encouraged to suggest
  candidates, as well as to nominate candidates on
  their own
• Review of recipients of internal and external
  awards in the School of Medicine
• Review of especially outstanding faculty
  identified at the time of promotion by COAP
• Analysis of outstanding patents and licenses
  generated through Center for Technology Transfer
• Interview of rising stars by Dr. Kelley as
  Chair of Awards Committee.

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School of Medicine Awards CommitteePublicizing
the Committees Work

• Dr. Kelley met with Standing Committee of
  Department Chairs and Directors of Centers
  Institutes on May 25, 2005
• Dr. Kelley met individually with Chairs and
  Directors to solicit names of deserving faculty
  for major national awards and to encourage
  departmental nominations for awards in their
  subspecialty areas
• Chairs and Directors are made aware, via e-mail,
  of upcoming deadlines for national and selected
  subspecialty awards
• Web site in planning stages to post award
  descriptions and deadline information for faculty
  reference

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School of Medicine Awards CommitteeSociety
Membership/Award Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee

• Awards Committee met in June 2005 to formalize
  list of major national/international awards, as
  well as selected major subspecialty awards, and
  learned society memberships for which it would
  orchestrate nominations

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School of Medicine Awards CommitteeSociety
Membership/Award Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee

• Multidisciplinary Learned Societies

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Society Membership Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee

• Learned Societies Membership Nominations
• American Society for Clinical Investigation
  (ASCI)
• Association of American Physicians (AAP)
• Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
• American Academy of Arts Sciences (AAAS)
• American Philosophical Society (APS)

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Society Membership Nominations Managed by the
Awards CommitteeSchool of Medicine IOM
Nomination Process

• SOM IOM members have met annually since 1991 to
  review previous nominations and plan nominations
  for current election cycle (Current Chair Brian
  L. Strom, MD, MPH)
• New approach instituted for 2006 election cycle
  analogous to IOM Section-oriented process
• Current IOM members review previously submitted
  nominations and suggest new nominees
• Revised total nominee list returned to IOM
  members to rank in priority order those nominees
  in the members IOM section
• Final ranking list prepared for discussion at
  meeting of SOM IOM members nominee list
  finalized and nomination facilitators assigned
• Follow-up with facilitators to provide assistance
  if necessary and ensure that nominations are
  completed and submitted on time
• Primary goal is to ensure that the strongest
  candidates are nominated process does not
  preclude IOM members from nominating faculty not
  designated through this process

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Society Membership Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee School of Medicine IOM Election
Outcomes

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Society Membership Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee School of Medicine IOM Election
Outcomes
includes faculty recruited and departed
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Society Membership Nominations Managed by the
Awards CommitteeOther Society Membership
Nominations

• ASCI, AAP
• Dr. Kelley consults with relevant Department
  Chairs to encourage nominations of worthy faculty
  and follows up on re-nominations as required
• NAS
• Nominations facilitated by current SOM NAS
  members
• AAAS
• Process similar to that in place for IOM
  nominations adopted for 2007 nomination cycle
• 14 nominations submitted for 2007 nomination
  cycle
• APS
• Goal is to submit one nomination per relevant
  Class
• 4 nominations submitted for 2007 nomination cycle

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Society Membership Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee School of Medicine Membership
Election Outcomes
formalized process begun by Committee
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School of Medicine Awards CommitteeSociety
Membership/Award Nominations Managed by the
Awards Committee

• Multidisciplinary Learned Societies
• Prestigious Awards

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeNomination Process

• Goal is to submit superb nominees from Penn for
  each award
• Dossiers are prepared for a number of the most
  outstanding faculty.
• These dossiers are refined over time as progress
  permits and they are customized for each award.

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeAwards/Honors Nomination Guidelines

• If Penn Faculty Member Receives Award in Current
  Nomination Cycle
• Wait one year before submitting new nomination
• If Penn Faculty Member Nominated for First Time
  in Current Nomination Cycle
• Renominate/supplement nomination for two years
  (or for the period designated by the award)
• No new nominations from the School of Medicine
  orchestrated by the Committee for these prizes
  during two-year period
• Subspecialty Awards
• Inform relevant Department Chairs of upcoming
  deadlines and encourage them to submit nominations

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeList of Awards/Honors (56)Nominations
Submitted 2005-2006 (36)

• Albany Medical Center / Albany Medical Center
  Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
• Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
• Basic Medical Research Award
• Clinical Medical Research Award
• American Chemistry Society, Biological Chemistry
  Division
• Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
• Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
• American College of Physicians (ACP)
• ACP Award for Outstanding Work in Science as
  Related to Medicine
• John Phillips Memorial Award
• William C. Menninger Memorial Award for
  Distinguished Contributions to the Science of
• Mental Health
• American Federation for Medical Research /
  Outstanding Investigator Award
• American Philosophical Society (APS) / Judson
  Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in
  Clinical Investigations
• American Society for Clinical Investigation /
  ASCI/Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM) / Eli
  Lilly and Company Research Award in Microbiology
  and Immunology

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeList of Awards/Honors (56)Nominations
Submitted 2005-2006 (36)

• Association of American Medical Colleges
• A O A / Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher
  Award
• Abraham Flexner Award
• Award for Distinguished Research in the
  Biomedical Sciences
• Herbert W. Nickens, M.D. Award
• Outstanding Community Service Award
• Women in Medicine Leadership Development Awards
• David E. Rogers Award (co-sponsored by RWJF)
• Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and
  Research / Daniel C. Tosteson Award for
  Leadership in Medical Education
• Franklin Institute
• Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
• Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
• Gairdner Foundation / Gairdner International
  Award
• Inamori Foundation
• Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
• Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
Committee List of Awards/Honors (56)Nominations
Submitted 2005-2006 (36)

• Indiana University School of Medicine / Steven
  C. Beering Award
• Institute of Medicine (IOM) / Gustav O. Lienhard
  Award
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science /
  International Prize for Biology
• JCAHO John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety
  and Quality Awards / Individual Achievement Award
• Keio University Medical Science Fund / Keio
  Medical Science Prize
• King Faisal Foundation
• King Faisal International Prize in Medicine
• King Faisal International Prize in Science
• Lemelson-MIT Program
• Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
• Lemelson-MIT Prize
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation / March
  of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
• Millennium Prize Foundation / Millennium
  Technology Prize
• National Academy of Sciences (NAS
• Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
• Richard Lounsbery Award (biology and medicine)
• National Science Foundation / National Medal of
  Science
• Nobel Foundation / Nobel Prize in Physiology or
  Medicine

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeList of Awards/Honors (56)Nominations
Submitted 2005-2006 (36)
Passano Foundation / Passano Award Prince Mahidol
Award Foundation / Prince Mahidol Award in
Medicine Robarts Research Institute / J. Allyn
Taylor International Prize in Medicine Robert J.
and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research
Award in Cancer Medical Research Award in
Cardiovascular Disease Medical Research Award in
Neuropsychiatry Shaw Prize Foundation / Shaw
Prize in Life Science and Medicine Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology / Harvey Prize The
Philadelphia Award Board of Trustees /
Philadelphia Award University of Pennsylvania /
Honorary Degree Outside Nominations SOM
Emeriti Faculty Nominations University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine / Dickson Prize in
Medicine Vanderbilt University School of
Medicine / John E. Chapman Medal Award Warren
Alpert Foundation (w/ Harvard Medical School) /
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Wiley Foundation
/ Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Wolf
Foundation / Wolf Prize in Medicine
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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeAwards Received, 2001-2005 (5)

• 2001 - Clay M. Armstrong, MD, Gairdner
  International Award
• 2003 - Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD, Judson Daland
  Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical
  Investigations, APS
• 2004 - Steven L. Galetta, MD, A O A / Robert J.
  Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award, AAMC/RWJF
• - FOCUS on Health Leadership for Women, Women
  in Medicine Leadership Development Award, AAMC
• 2005 - Dewey G. McCafferty, PhD, Eli Lilly Award
  in Biological Chemistry

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Award/Honor Nominations Managed by the Awards
CommitteeAwards Received, 2001-present (12)
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School of Medicine Awards CommitteeSummary

• A committee of the School of Medicine (Awards
  Committee) is in place to identify and facilitate
  the nominations of outstanding faculty for
  membership in honorific academic societies and
  for prestigious national and international
  awards.
• Based on a 15-year experience with the Institute
  of Medicine, an organized approach to nominating
  faculty for membership appears to be helpful.
• Initial experience with other honorific societies
  and selected major national and international
  awards is also positive.
• Much remains to be done.