Faculty Awards
Excellence in Faculty Advising
This award is given to one faculty member who has served as a member of a Master's Committee and is recognized as providing outstanding advising to TICR Scholars.
Excellence in Teaching
This award is given to one faculty member who lectures, directs small group sections, or supervises computer lab sessions in one or more TICR Program courses in recognition of outstanding teaching in the program.
The McCulloch Award
The McCulloch Award was established in 2026 to honor Dr. Chuck McCulloch’s illustrious career and contributions to the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Clinical & Epidemiological Research Masters program. This award will be given out to faculty for outstanding biostatistical mentorship yearly, as voted upon by our students.
2026 Award Winners
Excellence in Faculty Advising
Michael Kohn
Excellence in Teaching
Christine Dehlendorf
Excellence in Leadership
Alexis Beatty
The McCulloch Award
Chuck McCulloch
2026 - Michael Kohn, MD, MPP, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2025 - Alexander Smith, MD, MPH, MS, Department of Medicine
2024 - Mary Whooley, MD, Department of Medicine
2026 - Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS, Department of Family & Community Medicine
2025 - Thomas Newman, MD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2024 - Aaron Scheffler, PhD, MS, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2026 - Chuck McCulloch, PhD, MS, MA, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Excellence in Leadership Award (2026) - Alexis Beatty, MD, MAS, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Student Awards
Peer Review Awards
This award honors students who have provided the most thoughtful, constructive, and helpful peer feedback in their seminar sections throughout the year.
2026 Recipients:
- Carly Wanglin
- Ashel Dzousa
- Kathryn Sullivan
- Madhura Patankar
- Caroline Erickson
In photo, left to right: Ashel, Caroline, Alexis, Elaine, Madhura. Not pictured: Carly and Kathryn.
2026 - Carly Wanglin, MD, Ashel Dzousa, Kathryn Sullivan, MD, Madhura Patankar, PhD, Caroline Erickson, MD, MBA
2025 - Kathryn Sullivan, MD, Kevin Shi, MD, Jessica Huang, MD, Mauro Caffarelli, MD, Kevin Li, MD
2024 - Jessica Huang, MD, Angela Suen, MD, Kevin Li, Jesse Ikeme, MD, Maria Duarte, MD; Excellence in Peer Teaching - Alya Truong
UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process for awardees. Awards are voted upon by students in our program.