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Call for 2024 Henry C. Wu, James J. Leonard, & Llewellyn J. Legters Awards for Excellence in Research
Introduction
The Henry C. Wu, James J. Leonard, and Llewellyn J. Legters Awards for Excellence in Research will be awarded annually to the USU Faculty members, in the estimation of their peers, have made the most significant contribution to the published literature during the previous three years (2021 or newer).
- The Wu Award recognizes excellence in basic biomedical research.
- The Leonard Award recognizes excellence in clinical research.
- The Legters Award recognizes excellence in population health science research.
Award recipients will present an Award Lecture named in honor of Drs. Wu, Leonard, and Legters during a Research Symposium. Each awardee will also receive a memento and a cash award of $2,500.
Nomination Requirements
The nominee must have a current university faculty appointment at the level of Instructor or above, excluding adjunct appointments. Any USU faculty member, staff, or student, may submit nominations for the Awards. Self-nominations by USU faculty are permitted. Resubmission of previous nomination packages is encouraged provided that the three-year publication deadline has not expired. Previous recipients of the award are not eligible within the first three full years of their last award.
The nomination package should include 3 items:
1) A copy of one (1) selected original research paper (Published after January 2021) upon which the nomination is based and meets the following criteria:
(a) Paper must have been published within the last three years
(b) Paper must have been published while the nominee performed as the faculty at USU with a minimum rank of Instructor or above and must be considered a member of the Faculty Assembly
(c) The nominee must be first or senior author on the paper, in addition to having the USU affiliation documented on the published paper
(d) The research reported is original and empirical.
2) A brief statement from the nominator outlining the significance of the published original research paper.
3) A copy of the nominee’s current curriculum vitae.
The closing date for nominations is October 4th, 2359hrs. Please send the completed nomination packages to wu-leonard-legters-awards-ggg@usuhs.edu.
If you have questions, please contact Dr. Joshua Gray, joshua.gray@usuhs.edu, Chair of the Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee.
USU Faculty Reappointment Cycle Update
Good morning/afternoon to everyone,
Just an update about the faculty reappointment cycle. And thank you to all that responded to my last email.
First – 100% of initial letters were sent by 17 July. If you signed and returned to the facultyreappointment@usuhs.edu email, thank you.
Second – Approximately 2 weeks ago I received a list of emails that bounced back to Human Resources and that list went to the department Chairs here at USU, and thank you for sending those back if you received one.
Now we are in the last 2 phases playing catch-up. Last week I started receiving letters from those of you who reached back to me last month and I am sending those out. Please give me this week to complete that.
By the end of the month I should receive a full list of names who need to return their letters. At that point, I will work with the Department Chairs here at USU to finish connecting with each of you.
As I stated before – I know many faculty have found inaccuracies in military rank or location. I am sorry USU has not had a clear process to keep up with this in the past. If you have an issue with location or military rank sign the letter, email back and then let me know directly. These items I will work on throughout the fall once we finish this. If you have a colleague not receiving this email they either have an inaccurate email OR they do not have an active appointment and send that to me.
Thank you for your patience as we are working through this and hopefully will continue to improve our processes and communication.
**If you emailed me to inactivate you and you still received this email, it should be the last time.
**For those of you who have requested wall hanging certificates — an update. We have distributed all of the local ones in the NCR that I knew about. If you are at a teaching GME MTF you should get yours the week of 9 September. The remainder we are mailing some every week, and should be done by mid-Sept with the 4 year backlog.
**Of note — mark your calendars as I will be doing the Fall Faculty Affairs briefing VIRTUALLY ONLY on 22 Oct. There will be 2 times – 0730 and 1500 EST. More info to come.
Thank you for all you do for the University.
Jessica
Jessica T. Servey, MD, MHPE, FAAFP
Col(ret), USAF
Professor of Family Medicine
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD 20814
Office: 301-295-9470, D3013
USU Faculty Newsletter and Update About Reappointments
Good morning/afternoon to everyone,
Just an update about the faculty reappointment cycle. All reappointment letters should have been sent by this week. I know Monday Human Resources (CHR) was finishing SUR (the last department).
If you have not received one- please email me directly. We are at the point that I am engaging with CHR with those faculty that the system flaws may have missed. All faculty who did not receive a letter with the initial wave will work through my office and I will work with CHR. Please do not reach out to CHR except to return your signed letter via email.
I know many faculty have found inaccuracies in military rank or location. A reminder is that CHR does not have automatic access to any military rank promotion, or location change without individual faculty members notifying them. If you have an issue with location or military rank sign the letter, email back and then let me know directly. Please do not blame or be disrespectful to CHR as they do not wear a uniform and are not familiar with all of our MTFs.
What now? Over the next 2-3 weeks I am accumulating faculty names, emails that have not received a reappointment letter. I imagine these second wave of letters will occur the first week of August.
**Also — send this info across your departments. If I don’t have an accurate email for a faculty member, they will never get a letter and actually not get this email notification. Use this link for any changes so I can track it. If the link does not work – try your phone.
I have also attached the current Newsletter.
**Of note — mark your calendars as I will be doing the Fall Faculty Affairs briefing VIRTUALLY ONLY on 22 Oct. There will be 2 times – 0730 and 1500. More info to come.
Thank you for all you do, enjoy your very hot summer
Jessica
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Jessica T. Servey, MD, MHPE, FAAFP
Col(ret), USAF
Professor of Family Medicine
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD 20814
Office: 301-295-9470, D3013
email: jessica.servey@usuhs.edu
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