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Distinguished Mentors Hall of Fame

Mentor of the Year Awards

GSBS Graduate Mentor of the Year Award
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences established the Graduate Mentor of the Year Award in 2018 to recognize faculty who demonstrate exceptional commitment to mentoring graduate students. Each year, the GSBS partners with the Research Mentoring Academy (RMA) to select one outstanding mentor.

Award recipients receive a commemorative plaque, a $1,000 honorarium, and recognition at the GSBS Fall Convocation Ceremony. They are also interviewed and photographed in their research environment to highlight and share their mentoring philosophy across the school. Graduate Mentor of the Year honorees are granted automatic membership in the Research Mentoring Academy.

OPA Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year
The RMA also partners with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs to recognize the Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year, and recipients of this award are likewise offered membership in the RMA.

2024 – 2025 Award Recipients

Graduate
Mentor of the Year

Yogesh Gupta, Ph.D.

Department:
Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Graduate Student Nominator:

Abhay Kumar

Student Program:
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Graduate
Mentor of the Year

Robert Svatek, M.D., M.S.C.I.

Department:
Urology

Graduate Student Nominator:

Shaun Trecarten

Student Program:
M.S. in Clinical Investigation and Translational Science

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year

Kumar Sharma, MD, FAHA, FASN

Department:
Medicine

Postdoc Nominator:

Afaf Saliba, Ph.D.

2023 – 2024 Award Recipients

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year

Reuben Harris, Ph.D.

Department:
Biochemistry & Structural Biology

2022 – 2023 Award Recipients

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year
jiang
Jean Jiang, Ph.D.

Department:
Biochemistry & Structural Biology

2021 – 2022 Award Recipients

Graduate
Mentor of the Year
diogenes
Anibal Diogenes, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Department:
Endodontics

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year
vadlamudi
Ratna Vadlamudi, Ph.D.

Department:
Obstetrics & Gynecology

2020 – 2021 Award Recipients

Graduate
Mentor of the Year
ann-griffith
Ann Griffith, Ph.D.

Department:
Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year
Sung-Patrick
Patrick Sung, Ph.D.

Department:
Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year
Lynette Daws, Ph.D.

Department:
Cellular and Integrative Physiology

2019 – 2020 Award Recipients

Graduate
Mentor of the Year
gong
Alice Gong, M.D.

Department:
Pediatrics

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year
Phil LoVerde, Ph.D.

Department:
Biochemistry & Structural Biology

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
UT Austin College of Pharmacy
chris frei
Christopher Frei, Pharm.D.

Department:
Medicine

2018 – 2019 Award Recipients

Graduate
Mentor of the Year
Ratna Vadlamudi, Ph.D.

Department:
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Postdoctoral
Mentor of the Year

James Stockand, Ph.D.

Department:
Cellular and Integrative Physiology

2017 – 2018 Award Recipients

Graduate
Mentor of the Year

Alfred Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.