The Vice Dean for Faculty, Ann Brown, MD recently announced the 2016 faculty awards for the School of Medicine. The B&B Department is pleased to recognize faculty member Megan Neely, PhD who was selected as a distinguished nominee for the Gordon G. Hammes Faculty Teaching Award at the annual Spring Faculty Meeting in May.
The Hammes award is intended to recognize continuing excellence in teaching and mentoring, and exemplary commitment to the education of graduate students within Basic Science Departments and Graduate Training Programs of the School of Medicine. Dr. Neely teaches in both the Masters in Biostatistics program and also in the Clinical Research Training Program as well as serving as Co-Director of Graduate Studies for the both the Biostatistics Masters and PhD programs.
This award is named for Gordon G. Hammes, who served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 1991 to 1998. In view of his longstanding commitments to Duke University School of Medicine graduate students, and his contributions as a gifted teacher and mentor, the School of Medicine established this award in his honor to recognize each year a Faculty member for continuing excellence in teaching and mentoring, and for exemplary commitment to the education of graduate students within Basic Science Departments and Graduate Training Programs of the School of Medicine.
Congratulations Dr. Neely!