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

Each year, the Fernando Mendoza DRIVE Award will recognize a faculty member who has made exceptional contributions and accomplishments in fostering a diverse and inclusive community in the Department of Pediatrics.  Such might include developing models to advance diversity, achieving outcomes, recruitment and retention efforts, supporting promotion, teaching, research, multi-cultural programming, cultural competency, community outreach activities, or other related initiatives or achievements.

Each year, the Stanford Department of Pediatrics Advocacy Award seeks to acknowledge the exemplary work of a faculty member who advocate for his/her patients and families.  

Examples include connecting patients with community resources, working to get needed services for patients, advocating for research funding and ensuring that essential medications are available to all patients. Advocacy activities can also include raising awareness about important pediatric health issues in the media, fighting to reduce health disparities through engagement in the community, and educating elected officials on child health topics.

Each year the Department will recognize one of its faculty for early career clinical excellence. This is defined as achievements within five years of the completion of training. Criteria used to determine clinical excellence are broad, and examples include, but are not limited to, clinical excellence, clinical leadership in quality, safety, PI program development, leadership in innovative clinical program development and implementation or development of new approaches to clinical care.

Each year the Department will recognize one of its faculty for mid-senior career clinical excellence. Clinical excellence at this stage of a faculty career requires demonstrating leadership in clinical improvements above and beyond the faculty member's current role and responsibilities.

Each year the Department will recognize one of its faculty in an area of basic research for scientific achievement in the past year. Typically, this achievement will be a peer-reviewed publication, but other achievements may be recognized if they can be demonstrated to be pertinent to advancing biomedical research.

Each year the Department will recognize one of its faculty in an area of clinical research for her/his scientific achievement in the past year. Typically, this achievement will be a peer-reviewed publication that has had widespread reach, national or international recognition for research, or other scholarly products that have had impact on advancing clinical or public health.

Each year the Department will recognize an individual for his/her role in mentoring the careers of early career faculty (Instructors and/or Assistant Professor in any Academic Line).

Each year the Department will recognize an individual for his/her role in mentoring the careers of postdoctoral scholars.

Each year the Department will recognize one of its faculty in an area of medical education scholarship for her/his scientific achievement in the past year. Typically, this achievement will be a peer-reviewed publication or novel intervention, but other achievements may be recognized if they can be demonstrated to be pertinent to advancing medical education.  

Each year the Department will recognize a faculty member whom Pediatric Fellows nominate as the best teacher and/or mentor.

Each year the Department will recognize a faculty member whom Pediatric Residents select as the best teacher.

Note: Nominations will be collected directly through the Chief Residents.