The Office of Diversity and Inclusioninvites nominations for the 2019 “Pioneers in Diversity” Awards
Deadline for applications: January 31, 2019
Each recipient will receive a $1,000 prize and a plaquein honor of their contributions to diversity. Nominations should include the following:
- Nominee’s curriculum vitae highlighting his/her contributions
- Nominee’s description of up to one page of how the nominee fulfills the selection criteria for this award
Instructions on how to apply:
- Documents should be emailed in PDF format with subject heading “Nominees for Pioneers in Diversity Award” to Elizabeth Omondi (elo2010@med.cornell.edu)
- Please state each one of the four awards you are applying for in thesubject heading of the PDF
- Please provide the following items in the order listed as a single PDF file (single spaced, 12- point font, Arial with 1-inch margins)
- Curriculum vitae (CV) /resume
- Nomination (1 page document)
- All PDF applications submitted should have the following document heading for the award you are applying for:“LastName.FirstInitial_PID_Award Name”
- Examples:
- Jones.F_PID_Ida Sophia Scudder.pdf
- Jones.F_PID_Louis Wade Sullivan.pdf
- Jones.F_PID_Bruce Laine Ballard.pdf
- Jones.F_PID_Administrative Staff.pdf
Self-nominations are welcome.
Presentations of the award to recipients will be made at the 2019 Celebration of Diversity during Diversity Week April 22-26, 2019
Award winners will present posters of their research proposals at the celebration
Four “Pioneers in Diversity” Awards will be granted:
- The Ida Sophia Scudder, M.D. Award for Excellence in Public Service awarded to a student.
- The Bruce Laine Ballard, M.D. Award for Excellence in Mentorship awarded to a faculty member.
- The Administrative Staff Award for a staff member who embodies the spirit of cultural diversity and service.
- The Louis Wade Sullivan, M.D. Award for Excellence in Public Health Advocacy awarded to aresident or postdoctoral fellow.
The criteria for the awards are as follows:
The Ida Sophia Scudder, M.D. Award will be presented to an MD, PhD, MD\PhD, or PA student who has made significant contributions in the field of community service and providing care to the underserved.
Dr. Ida Scudder was a graduate of the first medical class that accepted women at Weill Cornell MedicalCollege. After witnessing Indian women die needlessly in childbirth, Dr. Scudder was motivated to pursue acareer in medicine to help them. Upon graduating from Cornell Medical College, she returned to India andfounded a small clinic for women that gradually grew and became the Mary Taber Schell Hospital. Recognizingthe dire need for more providers, she began training women, initially as nurses. In 1918, she started a medicalschool for girls which eventually became coeducational and is now one of India’s premier hospitals, theChristian Medical College & Hospital in Vellore. Dr. Scudder dedicated her life to the plight of Indian womenand the fight against bubonic plague, cholera and leprosy, by providing services for patients as well aseducating thousands of nurses and doctors in underserved areas to carry on her work. Dr. Scudderexemplified compassion, courage and extraordinary service to patients in need.
The Louis Wade Sullivan, M.D. Award will be presented to a resident or a postdoctoral fellow who has been an outspoken champion for health promotion and a public health advocate, especially for medically underserved populations.
Dr. Louis Wade Sullivan is a former house officer in the Department of Medicine at the New York PresbyterianHospital. Dr. Sullivan was appointed Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Servicesby President George H.W. Bush. He was also the founding dean, director, and president emeritus of theMorehouse School of Medicine. His current positions include serving as the chairman of the board of the National Health Museum in Atlanta, Georgia and as a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill CornellMedical College. As a policymaker, Dr. Sullivan advocated for a tobacco-free society, improving food labels,expanding the Head Start Program, advocating for funds for HIV/AIDS, and increasing the NIH researchbudget. As an educator, Dr. Sullivan has worked tireless to improve medical education and increase diversityin medicine. In addition to founding the Medical Education Program which later became a full-fledged medicalschool at the historically African-American Morehouse College, Dr. Sullivan also founded the Boston UniversityHematology Service and the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools. Dr. Sullivan exemplifies acommitment to promoting medical education, research, and public health.
The Bruce Laine Ballard, M.D. Award will be presented to a faculty member who demonstrates commitment to improving student life and to fostering a nurturing and supportive environment where students are able to thrive and succeed.
Dr. Bruce Ballard is the former Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Equal Opportunity Programs at WeillCornell Medical College. Dr. Ballard directed students training in psychiatry first at Harlem Hospital Center, andlater at New York Hospital-Westchester. He also directed the Travelers Summer Research FellowshipProgram, which aims to increase the number of underrepresented minorities enrolled in medical schools. Dr.Ballard has chaired the Committee of Black Psychiatrists of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) andthe Selection and Advisory Committee for the National Institute of Mental Health Minority Fellowship Programof the APA, published numerous scholarly articles, served on the editorial boards of several textbooks, andgiven presentations to various groups on ethnicity and psychiatry. As the Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Ballardmentored, provided career guidance and often, emotional support to all students. Dr. Ballard is known forhaving an open-door policy and for giving his home telephone number to students in the event they needed tocontact him. Dr. Ballard exemplifies the nurturing and supportive qualities of a mentor.
The Administrative Staff award will be presented to a staff member who embodies the spirit of cultural diversity and service.
The staff award is a new award which will go to an administrator or a staff person whose work has helped builda culture of service and diversity at Weill Cornell. This award honors staff members who have gone beyond thecall of duty to make sure the environment is inclusive, engaging and welcoming, and whose efforts may oftengo unnoticed. Working with patients, students, residents, and/or faculty, the recipient of this award provides theglue that binds the institution together, and helps create the supportive and nurturing environment that isneeded to pursue Weill Cornell's tripartite mission of education, research and high-quality patient care.
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