Each year the Department will recognize a staff member who has made a positive impact on their colleagues through effective mentorship, coaching, or supervision. Staff members who have won a Department of Pediatrics Staff Award within the last 3 years will not be eligible.

Each year, the Department will recognize a staff member for their distinguished service to the research community and celebrate exemplary leadership that positively impacted their colleagues and advance the mission of the Department of Pediatrics. Staff members who have won a Department of Pediatrics Staff Award within the last 3 years will not be eligible.

Diversity, Respect, and Inclusion are Vital for Excellence in a thriving medical school community.  

Each year, the DRIVE Staff Award will recognize a staff member who has made exceptional contributions and accomplishments in fostering a diverse and inclusive community in the Department of Pediatrics. Staff members who have won a Department of Pediatrics Staff Award will not be eligible.

Each year the Department will recognize an outstanding staff member who contributed to team performance by providing encouragement and support, helped others overcome obstacles, and successfully accomplished goals; was an honest and dependable team player who contributed to group collaboration and consensual decision making and showed empathy and respect for others; and who built and maintained good working relationships. Staff members who have received a Department of Pediatrics Staff Award within the last 3 years will not be eligible. 

Each year the Department will recognize a staff member who is motivated, shows initiative by going above and beyond to identify customers' need and/or expectations, establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with staff, faculty, stundent/trainees, or internal/external customers, and displays exemplary customer service. Staff members who have received a Department of Pediatrics Staff Award within the last 3 years will not be eligible.

Each year the Department will recognize a staff member who has generated novel and valuable ideas and used these ideas to develop new or improved processes, methods, systems, programs or services. The award recognizes creative ideas that have improved the department and have made Stanford Medicine a better place to work. Staff members who have received a Department of Pediatrics Staff Award within the last 3 years will not be eligible.  

Each year the Department will recognize an outstanding staff member who demonstrates a quality of performance that indicates s/he will continue to develop into an exemplary employee. The employee shows passion for their work while exemplifying professionalism and dedication to the mission of their department and the University in the short time that s/he has been a part of the department.