About Michelle P. Winn, MD
Michelle Winn, MD, associate professor of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine, (photo, left) passed away in July 2014. She came to Duke in 1992 as an intern and undertook residencies in psychiatry and medicine before focusing her career on nephrology and joining the faculty.
She was a wonderful clinician, a generous mentor and an esteemed physician-scientist who was respected and beloved her colleagues and deeply committed to diversity and inclusion and to the careers of younger physicians and scientists who orbited around her.
How to Nominate Someone
Any member of the School of Medicine may submit a nomination for the award, and we invite and encourage you to do so. The nominations review committee will use selection criteria to determine awardees from each of these categories: staff, learner, faculty and team. Each nominee should receive only one nomination entry. That entry can be signed and supported by multiple nominators, but there should only be one nomination entry per nominee. The entry should include specific examples as outlined in the nomination prompts below. Each entry can also include a 500 word or less statement detailing the nominee’s exemplary achievements and contributions towards inclusive excellence by means of service, leadership, research or education supporting why they should be honored with this award.
The nomination statement should contain the following information:
- Nominator’s Name
- Nominator’s Relationship to Duke University School of Medicine
- Nominator’s Mailing Address
- Nominator’s Email Address
Nomination Prompts:
- What specific actions has the nominee taken to enhance equity, diversity and inclusion or to reduce bias, healthcare disparities and/or inequities?
- Describe how the nominee has demonstrated mentorship of peers, colleagues or learners from underrepresented groups.
- Provide examples of how the nominee has demonstrated effective leadership within Duke SoM (department/center/institute, etc.).
- Provide specific instances of when the nominee engaged in community activities that helped improve healthcare or health outcomes in underserved communities and what were those improved services or outcomes.
- Share examples of the nominee’s innovative approaches to foster inclusion, belonging and engagement.
Nominations must be received electronically by the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at EDI@dm.duke.edu no later than February 17, 2025.