Society of Distinguished Mentors

2011 Awardees

L-R :
Excellence in Mentoring Award -- Mojataba Olyaee, MD, Professor of Medicine & Surgery and Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (over 10 years experience)
Lifetime Mentoring Award, "The Jayhawk" -- Barbara Lukert, MD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine (over 40 years on our faculty)
Lifetime Mentoring Award, "The Jayhawk" -- Jared Grantham, MD, FACP, University Distinguished Professor of Medicine (over 42 years on our faculty)
Honorary Mentoring Award -- Susan Carlson, PhD, A.J. Rice Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, School of Health Professions (over 10 years experience)
Achievement Award for Mentoring Post-docs -- Cary Savage, PhD, John H. Wineinger Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Center for Health Behavior Neuroscience (over 7 years of service)

2010 Awardees

Left to right:
Lifetime Mentoring Award, "The Jayhawk" -- Peter G. Smith, PhD, Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Director, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (KIDDRC) (23 years of service);
Excellence in Mentoring Award -- Peter Van Veldhuizen, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology (18 years of service);
Achievement Award for Mentoring Residents -- Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein, MD, John W. Weigel Endowed Associate Professor of Urology (8 years of service);
Achievement Award for Mentoring Post-docs -- Kimber Richter, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (12 years of service). >> 2010 presentation speech

2009 Awardees

"The Jayhawk" Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award James Thomas, MD 34 years of dedication to KU SOM	"The Jayhawk" Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award Carol Lindsley, MD 35 years of dedication to KU SOM	Honorary Mentoring Award Lirel Holt CEO and Owner, U, Incorporated; and President, Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program

 2008 Awardees

"The Jayhawk" Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award Daniel Stechschulte, MD 35 years of dedication to KU SOM	"The Jayhawk" Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award Paul Cheney, PhD 30 years of dedication to KU SOM	Honorary Mentoring Award Debra Sullivan, PhD, RD

2007 Awardees

"The Jayhawk" Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award Curtis Klaassen, PhD	Excellence in Mentoring Matthew Mayo, PhD 9 years as a SOM Faculty member

2006 Awardees

"The Jayhawk" Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award Leone Mattioli, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology Section	Excellence in Mentoring Elizabeth "Betty" C. Penick, PhD Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science