Faculty

The College of Pharmacy is proud to recognize and acknowledge faculty members for their professional achievements, service to the college or health care, and leadership within pharmacy or other disciplines. 

Submit a Nomination 

To learn more about the different nomination and application requirements for each faculty award, please view below. 

The James Halpert Award for Research Excellence

The James Halpert New Investigator Award has been established by the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy to honor of Dr. James Halpert and celebrate his contributions to pharmaceutical sciences. This achievement award was established to recognize excellent original research by early career investigators in any pharmacy-related research field. This award is presented annually, but only if there is a worthy candidate. Awardees will receive a $1,000 honorarium and commemorative plaque.

Eligibility

• The nominee must be widely recognized for their transformational discoveries or innovative approaches impacting a pharmacy-related scientific field.
• Nominee must have an academic rank above assistant professor and have their primary appointment in a College of Pharmacy department.
• Nominee must have be a Contact PI on a prior or active, peer-reviewed, national level grant.
• Nominee must not have received the James Halpert Award for Research Excellence in any prior year.

Criteria and Selection

The primary criterion for the award is the significance of research contributions made by the candidate on their field. The novelty and innovativeness of the science, the track record of the individual including peer reviewed publications, and the potential of the scientific discoveries to transform a nominee’s field are important considerations. Selection of awardees will be made by the College of Pharmacy Research Affairs Committee and presented at the State of the College event in mid-December.

Application

All application materials should be submitted as PDFs to the College of Pharmacy Research Affairs Committee via Susanna Herndon (brodie@pharmacy.arizona.edu) in the Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, College of Pharmacy.

Applications must include:

• A letter of nomination for the candidate. The letter should describe the importance of the candidate's research contributions and the overall significance and impact of the candidate’s work. Self-nominations are allowed.
• Additional letters of nomination and support are allowed but not required.  The nominee’s curriculum vitae including a complete list of peer-reviewed publications and grant funding.

The A. Jay Gandolfi New Investigator Award

The A. Jay Gandolfi Award for Research Excellence has been established by the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy to honor the fundamental contributions of Dr. A. Jay Gandolfi in the fields of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Environmental Science. The Award recognizes outstanding original research contributions, particularly those having a major impact on future research in their field. This award is presented annually, but only if there is a worthy candidate. Awardees will receive a $1,000 honorarium and commemorative medal.

Eligibility

• Nominee must be a tenure eligible Assistant Professor with a primary appointment in a College of Pharmacy department.
• Nominee must not have received the A. Jay Gandolfi New Investigator Award any prior year.

Criteria and Selection

The primary criterion for the award is the level of excellence and originality of the research conducted by the candidate. Independence of thought, originality of approach, clarity of communication, and the impact of the work on the candidate’s field are important considerations. Particular consideration will be given to first/corresponding/senior author publications with high impact and to accomplishments made while during their appointment at the UA COP. Selection of awardees will be made by the College of Pharmacy Research Affairs Committee and presented at the State of the College event in mid-December.

Application

All application materials should be submitted as PDFs to the College of Pharmacy Research Affairs Committee via Susanna Herndon (brodie@pharmacy.arizona.edu) in the Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, College of Pharmacy.

Applications must include:

• A letter of nomination for the candidate. The letter should describe the importance of the candidate's research contributions, the overall significance and impact of the work, and the candidate’s role in the manuscripts provided with the application. Self-nominations are allowed.
• Additional letters of nomination and support are allowed but not required.
• The nominee’s curriculum vitae including a complete list of peer-reviewed publications and grant funding.
• The three most significant peer-reviewed manuscripts authored by the candidate (sent as separate PDF documents).

Schnellmann Family Faculty Award

The Schnellmann Family Faculty Award has been established to recognize an outstanding faculty member who has contributed exceptional and unique service within the College in the past academic year or 12 months, and (1) excellence in teaching, or (2) significant accomplishments in research. This award is presented annually at the State of the College event in mid-December. Awardees will receive a $2,400 honorarium and commemorative plaque.

Eligibility

The recipient must be a faculty member (>50% appointment) at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy (the “College”) in good standing for a minimum of five (5) years. 

Criteria and Selection

The recipient should demonstrate, as defined below, exceptional and unique service within the College in the past academic year or 12 months, and (1) excellence in teaching, or (2) significant accomplishments in research.

Exceptional and unique service within the College is defined as:

• Substantial participation and contribution in College service
• Contributions that support or advance organizational goals and priorities within the College
• Service in initiating and developing new initiatives
• Evidence of influence and/or impact—the positive difference the nominee's contributions made

Excellence in teaching is defined as:

• High expectations for student learning
• Alignment of intended outcomes, teaching practices and assessment methods
• Innovation and experimentation in teaching with a view to enhancing student learning
• Innovation and experimentation in teaching with a view to enhancing student learning
• Commitment to continuous improvement in teaching
• Support/mentoring of colleagues relative to teaching
• Organizing or overseeing new courses or revitalizing existing courses

Significant accomplishments in research is defined as:

• Sustained scholarly activity
• Research grant funding
• Consistent dissemination of research outcomes of scholarly work in one's field

The College of Pharmacy has recognized exceptional Basic Science and Clinical Pharmacy educators since 1984. Criteria for selection of recipients include an evaluation of teaching effectiveness based on factors such as motivation, communication skills, knowledge of subject matter, organization and relevancy of course material. The second consideration is scholarly activities related to teaching based on activities such as the development of innovative/creative teaching methods, publications, development of computer-assisted instruction, development of experiments for a teaching laboratory.

Basic Science Educators of the Year

Clinical Pharmacy Educators of the Year

*In 2000 and 2001 only one Educator of the Year award was given, no distinction between basic sciences or clinical sciences is noted.