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Teaching awards allow the UT Southwestern community to celebrate and promote educational excellence across the four schools, both in didactic and basic sciences curricula as well as in clinical training.

Who We Are The UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) encompasses a group of elite UT Southwestern Medical Center educators who strive to provide an academic and organizational environment that: Fosters excellence in teaching at all levels (colleagues, fellows, students). Rewards superb teachers. Stimulates innovation in education. Promotes scholarship in education. Comprised of leaders from all four schools at UT Southwestern (Medical School, Graduate School, School of Health Professions

Alfred G. Gilman Symposium on Education Dr. Alfred G. Gilman Dr. Alfred (“Al”) Goodman Gilman (1941 – 2015) was a renowned biochemist and pharmacologist. In 1994 he shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology with Martin Rodbell for their discovery of G proteins, that transformed the field of cell signaling. Here at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he chaired the Department of Pharmacology from 1981 to 2004, becoming Dean of the Medical School in 2004 and

Faculty associated with the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine at UT Southwestern.

SWAT/OME Fellowship Program Submission Deadline: May 15, 2026 The UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT), in partnership with the Office of Medical Education (OME) is sponsoring its annual SWAT/OME Fellowship. This Fellowship will support a year of faculty development in medical education, which may include activities such as attendance at an education conference and support development of new campus educational projects in the realm of undergraduate medical education (UME). Educational

STARS outreach programs have been developed to help teachers enrich their science curriculum without having to travel to the UT Southwestern campus.

Membership Membership is expected to be broadly based and inclusive of individuals from the Medical School, Graduate School, School of Public Health, and School of Health Professions. Nominations for Academy Membership by Deans, Department Chairs, Center Directors and Academy Members. Nominee should have at least 7 years of teaching experience at the graduate or post-graduate level: a minimum of 4 of these years need to be at UTSW. Membership is based on sustained excellence in at least two of

Getting Started Jump to … Alfred W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center Campus Security Childcare Core Facilities Employee Benefits Hiring/Interviewing Information Resources Living in the Dallas Area Purchasing Research Transportation Web Resources for Faculty Your Own Lab Web Site Alfred W. Harris Faculty-Alumni Center Better known as the Faculty Club , the Faculty-Alumni Center is located on the fourth floor of the Florence Building (E) on the South Campus. A lunch buffet is served Monday through

Program Opening Remarks W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D. Director, Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, Assistant Dean for Research Development Joan Conaway, Ph.D. Vice Provost and Dean of Basic Research Jim Collins, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology Keynote Address: Starting Your Lab and Making Your Mark at UT Southwestern Session 1 (10:15-11 a.m.) Introduction by Samuel McBrayer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern Hijai

Meet the WISMAC committee members at UT Southwestern.