Leadership in Innovative Teaching Award
About the Award
The Leadership in Innovative Teaching Award was established in 2014 through an endowment. The donor's objective in creating this award is to honor the first MSU woman President, Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon, an administrator who encouraged leadership in innovative teaching.
Purpose
The goal for the gift is to encourage College of Human Medicine students to design innovative approaches that facilitate the understanding of basic science and clinical knowledge. A student who develops effective communications and learning methods that effectively enhance in other students the ability to excel qualifies for the scholarship award. The award recipient should be someone who has helped other CHM students reach their full academic potential.
Eligibility
- Students in good standing in the College of Human Medicine are eligible to apply for this award.
- Applicants must be registered in order to receive the award, which will be given in the form of a fellowship.
Selection Criteria
The selection will be based on the goal/need and merit of the innovative practice(s), method(s), or learning resources implemented, the documented evidence of the impact, academic benefit, and implication on student learning.
Donor Background
The donor, Salah Karim Adel, MD FACOG, moved through the ranks to Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Cairo University Faculty of Medicine from 1952-1977. In 1977, by reciprocity, he became Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wayne State University Medical Center until retirement in 2001. His wife Houria Suzy Hassouna began at MSU in 1980 teaching medical students, research and diagnostic service in thrombosis and bleeding disorders. She was a strong advocate for student leadership.
Previous Recipients
- 2023-2024: Michael Knox, Ella Lafata
- 2020-2021: Sara Urquhart