Scott Cousins, MD, Robert Machemer, MD Professor of Ophthalmology received the Research Mentoring Award for Translational Research during the Duke School of Medicine 2016 Spring Faculty meeting. The award was presented by Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
The Research Mentoring Awards, established in 2009, recognize faculty members of the Schools of Medicine and Nursing with excellence in research mentoring. Excellence can be demonstrated in many ways such as by the accomplishments of individual mentees, by programs implemented by the mentor, or by exceptional creativity in mentoring. Winners will be recognized each year in the following categories: clinical science, basic science, and translational research.