Awards & Honors
Co-Chair, Faculty Advancement Network and National Institute
Other IvyPlus · 2025Monitoring Editor
Other CBE Life Sciences Education (Journal) · 2025Centennial Trailblazer
Other Duke University · 2024Council Member (Ad Hoc)
Other National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health · 2024Co-Chair, Roundtable on Mentorship, Well-Being and Professional Development
National National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine · 2023 More about this awardCo-Chair, Duke Campus Culture Survey
Other Duke University · 2021Appointed Committee Member, Committee on Anti-Racism in Health Professions Education
University National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine · 2021 More about this awardTop 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America
Other Cell Press · 2020Appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Director (Working Group on Diversity)
National Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health · 2018 More about this awardDean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education
School Duke Graduate School · 2017 More about this awardPrincipal Facilitator
National Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research, National Research Mentoring Network · 2017 More about this awardAppointed Committee Member, Committee on Revitalizing Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century
National National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine · 2016 More about this awardAppointed Member, Accelerating Systemic Change Network
National Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2016Samuel DuBois Cook Award for Excellence in Humanity, Equity and Community
University Duke University · 2015 More about this awardAppointed Committee Member, Group on Research, Education, and Training
National The Association of American Medical Colleges · 2013 More about this awardAppointed to the Linton-Poodry SACNAS Leadership Institute
National Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) · 2012 More about this awardDuke University Community Service Award
University Duke University · 2006Appointed to The Society of Duke Fellows
University Duke University · 2001Appointed to the North Carolina Fellows Program
University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1998 More about this awardThe John Motley Morehead-Cain Award
International The John Motley Morehead Foundation · 1997 More about this awardIn the News
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How Duke Faculty Can Help Create an Equitable Research and Learning Environment
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How Duke Faculty Can Help Create an Equitable Research and Learning Environment
Published June 3, 2020
Culturally Aware Mentorship with Dr. Sherilynn Black and Dr. Angela Byars-Winston
Published May 5, 2020
Duke Faculty Reexamine Their Roles as Scholars and Mentors in an Uncertain Time
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Duke Faculty Reexamine Their Roles as Scholars and Mentors in an Uncertain Time
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From grassroots to 30,000 feet: A discussion on the fate of graduate education.
