Public Honors and Events
The University Research Award is presented annually at the President's Convocation to recognize faculty for outstanding research and creative work. Nominations are due by Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
Nominees must have a demonstrated record of nationally and internationally recognized research or creative work; must have engaged in scholarship that provides significant contributions to their profession or discipline; and must have a record of research and publication/creative accomplishment while at Creighton University. Nominations can come from any faculty member or department chair/school director in the University. The University Research Council recommends awarding two faculty each year with one in the health sciences and one in a non-health science area.
The nomination package must include:
2023
David Zhi-Zhou He, MD, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
Maya M. Khanna, PhD, Professor, Psychological Science, College of Arts & Sciences
2022
Shashank Dravid, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., MBA, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine
R. Collin Mangrum, JD, SJD, Professor, School of Law
2021
M. Chad McBride, PhD, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
Peter S. Steyger, BSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
2020
Laura Hansen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
Leonard Greenspoon, Ph.D., Professor and Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, Department of Theology, College of Arts & Sciences
2019
Bruce M. Mattson, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Jason C. Bartz, PhD, Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
2018
Gail M. Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Dean of the Graduate School and College of Professional Studies
Todd A. Salzman, Ph.D., Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
2017
Nancy Hanson, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Michael J. Kelly, J.D., Professor of Law, Senator Allen A. Sekt Endowed Chair in Law, School of Law
2016
Amy Badura Brack, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Yaping Tu, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
2015
David L. Sidebottom, Ph.D., Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Physics - College of Arts and Sciences
2014
Henry T. Lynch, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chair of Preventative Medicine and Public Health - School of Medicine
Greg W. Zacharias, Ph.D., Professor of English and American Literature - College of Arts and Sciences
2013
Martin R. Hulce, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry - College of Arts and Sciences
J. Chris Gallagher, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director, Bone Metabolism Unit - School of Medicine
2012
Juliane Strauss-Soukup, Ph.D., BSChm'93, College of Arts and Sciences - Academic Affairs
Robert R. Recker, M.D., MD'63, Professor of Medicine - Health Sciences
2011
Devendra K. Agrawal, Ph.D., MBA'04, MS'05, School of Medicine
2010
Michael G. Cherney, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
2009
Joan M. Lappe, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and Professor of Medicine
The University Research Award is presented annually at the President's Convocation to recognize faculty for outstanding research and creative work. Nominations are due by Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
Nominees must have a demonstrated record of nationally and internationally recognized research or creative work; must have engaged in scholarship that provides significant contributions to their profession or discipline; and must have a record of research and publication/creative accomplishment while at Creighton University. Nominations can come from any faculty member or department chair/school director in the University. The University Research Council recommends awarding two faculty each year with one in the health sciences and one in a non-health science area.
The nomination package must include:
2023
David Zhi-Zhou He, MD, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
Maya M. Khanna, PhD, Professor, Psychological Science, College of Arts & Sciences
2022
Shashank Dravid, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., MBA, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine
R. Collin Mangrum, JD, SJD, Professor, School of Law
2021
M. Chad McBride, PhD, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
Peter S. Steyger, BSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
2020
Laura Hansen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
Leonard Greenspoon, Ph.D., Professor and Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, Department of Theology, College of Arts & Sciences
2019
Bruce M. Mattson, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Jason C. Bartz, PhD, Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
2018
Gail M. Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Dean of the Graduate School and College of Professional Studies
Todd A. Salzman, Ph.D., Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
2017
Nancy Hanson, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Michael J. Kelly, J.D., Professor of Law, Senator Allen A. Sekt Endowed Chair in Law, School of Law
2016
Amy Badura Brack, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Yaping Tu, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
2015
David L. Sidebottom, Ph.D., Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Physics - College of Arts and Sciences
2014
Henry T. Lynch, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Chair of Preventative Medicine and Public Health - School of Medicine
Greg W. Zacharias, Ph.D., Professor of English and American Literature - College of Arts and Sciences
2013
Martin R. Hulce, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry - College of Arts and Sciences
J. Chris Gallagher, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director, Bone Metabolism Unit - School of Medicine
2012
Juliane Strauss-Soukup, Ph.D., BSChm'93, College of Arts and Sciences - Academic Affairs
Robert R. Recker, M.D., MD'63, Professor of Medicine - Health Sciences
2011
Devendra K. Agrawal, Ph.D., MBA'04, MS'05, School of Medicine
2010
Michael G. Cherney, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
2009
Joan M. Lappe, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and Professor of Medicine
