Awards & Recognition

URSMD Diversity Awards

We are pleased to announce our annual call for nominations for the URSMD Faculty Diversity Award. The award was established in 2013 to recognize the exceptional contributions and accomplishments of SMD faculty whose efforts foster a diverse and inclusive medical school community. We also honor the exceptional efforts of SMD trainees in contributing to diversity, inclusion and equity efforts with the URSMD Trainee Diversity Award.

2021 URSMD Faculty Diversity Award Recipient

Anapaula Cupertino, PhD
Professor of Public Health Sciences and Oncology
Associate Director of Community Outreach, Engagement, and Disparities,
Wilmot Cancer Institute

Past Recipients

• Addisu Mesfin, MD (2020) - Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
• Adrienne L. Morgan, PhD (2019) - Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  School of Medicine & Dentistry
• Timothy D. Dye, PhD (2018), Associate Chair, Research - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Public Health Sciences, Department of Pediatrics. 
• Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD (2017)
  Professor - Department of Psychiatry
• Diane S. Morse, MD (2016)
  Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine
  Director, Women's Initiative Supporting Health (WISH)
• Brenda D. Lee, MEd (2015)
  Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs
  Assistant Professor, Medical Humanities and Bioethics
• Nancy Chin, PhD, MPH (2014)
  Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, and Medical Humanities and Bioethics
• Kevin A. Fiscella, MD, MPH (2013)
  Professor of Family Medicine
• Jonathan W. Mink, MD, PhD (2013)
  Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Pediatrics

2021 URSMD Trainee Diversity Award Recipient

University of Rochester Presidential Stronger As One Diversity Award

The University of Rochester Presidential Stronger As One Diversity Awards honor faculty, staff, students, the Greater Rochester Community, and a member of the Board of Trustees whose actions, activities, and/or accomplishments support equity, diversity, and inclusion priorities toward making the University of Rochester a welcoming and inclusive environment. The recipients of the awards model equity, access, and transformative change where all students, staff, and faculty can thrive, change, and make the organization and its internal and external communities even better.

For questions or more information, please contact the Office of Equity and Inclusion at equityandinclusion@rochester.edu.

2024 Recipients

From left: President Sarah Mangelsdorf, PhD; Thomas Greenwood (Dept of Pediatrics, Inclusive Excellence Award); Jahaira Cappellan, PhD (Change Maker Award); Saabirah Campo, MD (Dept of Pediatrics, Inclusive Excellence Award); Caren Gellin, MD (Dept of Pediatrics, Inclusive Excellence Award); Jill Halterman, MD (Dept of Pediatrics, Inclusive Excellence Award); Elizabeth Davila (Union Representative for the Bridge to Equity Award); Karen Rogers (Social Impact Award); Marvin Doyley, PhD (Advocacy and Action Award); and Dr. Adrienne Morgan, PhD

Awardees not pictured: Natalie Johnson (Bridge to Equity Award) and Mary-Frances Winters (Empowering Equitable Change Award)

2023 Recipients

From left: President Sarah Mangelsdorf, PhD; Rohsennase Dalton LaBarge (Change Maker Award); Kellie Miller (Bridge to Equity Award); Lyn Boyd-Bauer; Astrid Müller, PhD (Advocacy and Action Award); Information Systems Division (ISD) representatives Lori Gacioch, Michelle Venezia, and Fremel Backus; and Shaquana Divers (Social Impact Award)

Awardees not pictured: Martez Smith (Change Maker Award) and Lizette Pérez-Deisboeck, JD (Empowering Equitable Change Award)

2022 Recipients

From top left: Precious Bedell (Advocacy and Action Award); Jerald Drain (Bridge to Equity Award); David Paul, MD (Change Maker Award); and Department of Ophthalmology (Inclusive Workforce Award)

From bottom left: Carvin Eison (Individual Social Impact Award); ROC Freedom Riders representative Rashad Smith (Organization Social Impact Award); Lance Drummond, MBA (Empowering Equitable Change Award); and Frederick Jefferson, EdD (Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award)

2020 Recipients

From left: President Sarah Mangelsdorf; Caroline Nestro ’18W (PhD), a senior associate in the Department of Psychiatry; Kit Miller, director of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence; and Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Mercedes Ramírez Fernández. Nestro and Miller are the recipients of the 2020 Presidential Diversity Award.From left: President Sarah Mangelsdorf; Caroline Nestro ’18W (PhD), a senior associate in the Department of Psychiatry; Kit Miller, director of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence; and Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Mercedes Ramírez Fernández. Nestro and Miller are the recipients of the 2020 Presidential Diversity Award.

Other Recipents

Recent recipients from the University of Rochester Medical Center have included Myra Henry, Senior Director of Administrative Services (2019), Commission on Women & Gender Equity in Academia (2019), Jonathan Wetherbee, Administrator, SON (2018), Gina Culyer, MD (2017), Kathy Rideout, EdD, PNP-BC, FNAP, John P Cullen, PhD (2014), Lynn Maquat, PhD (2013), and the URMC Teen Health and Success Program led by Suzanne Piotrowski, MD (2013).

Black Physicians Gala Awards

Francis J. Clement Black Physicians Network Scholarship - Dr. Adrienne Morgan
Making A Difference Award, Physician - Dr. Ruby Belton
Making A Difference Award, Community Member - Mr. Francis J. Clement, CFP
Emergency Funding Scholarship - Treyc Terry