Tony Fuller, a fourth-year medical student who received his Master of Science in Global Health from Duke in 2015, has received the Bass Connections Award for Outstanding Mentorship. This new award recognizes the vital role that graduate students and postdocs play in mentoring undergraduate students on Bass Connections teams.
Bass Connections is a university-wide initiative, launched by a $50 million gift from Anne and Robert Bass,that bridges the classroom and the real world, giving students a chance to tackle complex societal problems alongside faculty from across Duke. Bass Connections provides both graduate and undergraduate students with greater exposure to inquiry across the disciplines, partnership with unlikely fellow thinkers, sustained mentorship in teams and the chance to experience the intersections of the academy and the broader world.