This award recognizes a Department of Medicine faculty member who has demonstrated a commitment to supporting and advancing women faculty and fellows by acting as a sponsor.
A sponsor is a person in a leadership position who actively and visibly supports, advocates and protects the career advancement of a faculty member or trainee. Sponsorship activities focus on increasing visibility, credibility and access to professional networks, and may include (non-inclusive): nominating women for awards, editorial boards, meeting/session chairs, and high profile institutional and national committees. A sponsor may also play a key role in coaching women for leadership roles. While a mentor focuses on career development, a sponsor focuses more on providing opportunities for high level career advancement.
This award honors Dr. Susan M. MacDonald who passed away in September 2020. Dr. MacDonald was a pioneer, fearlessly advocating for women both within the department and the school. In 1989, she was a founding member of the Task Force on Women’s Academic Careers in Medicine and its chair from 1995-1997. In 2004, she was the 106th woman to become a Johns Hopkins professor, and mentored many of the women who came after her. She received numerous leadership and mentoring awards, and held a central role in the Department of Medicine in overseeing faculty career development and promotion.
Nomination letters that describe specific examples of sponsorship activities and the impact on the career advancement of women will be viewed favorably. Up to 2 awards will be given this year.
Please view the nomination form. Deadline for nominations is March 28, 2025.
For more information, please contact Charles Harris ([email protected]) or Dr. Eva Tseng at [email protected].
Previous Annual Sponsorship Award Winners:
2015 – Jeanne Clark, MD, MPH
2015 – Roy Ziegelstein, MD, MPH
2016 – Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH
2016 – Trish Perl, MD, MSc
2017 – Sonye Danoff, MD, MPH
2017 – David Levine, MD
2018 – Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH
2018 – Robert A. Wise, MD
2019 – Josef Coresh MD, PhD
2019 – Nadia Hansel MD, MPH
2022 – Rachel Levine, MD, MPH
2022 – Daniel Ford, MD, MPH
2022 – Sara Cosgrove, MD
2022 – Roger Blumenthal, MD
2022 – Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
2024 – Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS
2024 – Cynthia Boyd, MD, MPH
2024 – Flora Kisuule, MD, MPH
2024 – Wendy Post, MD, MS
