The Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences (COHS) Faculty Assembly awards celebrate the impactful and collaborative efforts of faculty across the COHS, encompassing the School of Medicine, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health.
Nomination Deadline
The deadline to submit nominations has passed. Please check back in winter 2026 for the deadline for the 2025-2026 COHS Faculty Assembly Awards.
Description & Eligibility
The faculty awards are divided into two categories:
COHS Individual Faculty Awards
- National and/or Global Health Impact Award
Recognizing the individual full-time faculty member of any faculty series at any of the four units of the COHS that had the greatest impact on National and/or Global Population Health. This award may be given for providing exceptional clinical health services, establishing a high-impact new clinical health service, high-impact clinical research findings, high-impact basic science research findings or a combination of these factors.
- Orange County Population Health Impact Award
Recognizing the individual full-time faculty member of any faculty series at any of the four units of the COHS that had the greatest impact on Population Health in Orange County. This award may be given for providing exceptional clinical health services, establishing a high-impact new clinical health service, high-impact clinical research findings, high-impact basic science research findings or a combination of these factors.
COHS Faculty Team Awards
- Clinical COHS Team Research Award
Awarded to a team of COHS faculty including at least two of the four schools comprising the COHS that best demonstrate how interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple COHS Schools can lead to clinical research findings that advance the health of patients or communities.
- Basic Science COHS Team Research Award
Awarded to a team of COHS faculty including at least two of the four schools comprising the COHS that best demonstrate how interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple COHS Schools can lead to significant basic science research findings with potential to advance the health of patients or communities.