Seven faculty members were awarded Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards by the UT System Board of Regents. The awards are given annually to a select few faculty from throughout the UT System’s academic and health institutions who have demonstrated extraordinary classroom performance and innovation in instruction.
The Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards is one of the largest programs in the nation for rewarding faculty performance.
Health Science Center award winners were:
- Y.W. Francis Lam, Pharm.D., professor, Department of Pharmacology
- John Lee, Ph.D., professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Biochemistry
- Robert J. Nolan Jr., M.D., professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
- Jean Petershack, M.D., professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Pediatrics
- Omid Rahimi, Ph.D., associate professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Cellular and Structural Biology
- Rajeev Suri, M.D., associate professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Radiology
- Karen Troendle, D.D.S., M.P.H., professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry.