Two to Receive Distinction in Teaching Awards

The Academic Senate is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2005-2006 UCSF Distinction in Teaching Awards. This award is given in two categories: Category 1 recognizes distinction in teaching for faculty at UCSF five years or less, and Category 2 recognizes distinction in teaching for faculty at UCSF for more than five years. To select each year's recipients, the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel designates a selection committee comprising faculty and student representatives from all four schools. For Category 1, the Distinction in Teaching Award Selection Committee recognizes the outstanding teaching of Marieke Kruidering-Hall, PhD, assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine. For Category 2, the Distinction in Teaching Award Selection Committee recognizes the distinguished teaching of Michael McMaster, PhD, assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, School of Dentistry. The campus community is invited to the Distinction in Teaching Award Ceremony on Wednesday, April 26, at noon in Cole Hall on the UCSF Parnassus campus. Marieke Kruidering-Hall
Marieke Kruidering-Hall joined the faculty at UCSF in 1999, and is currently an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology in the School of Medicine. Her position is dedicated full time to teaching and facilitating the teaching of pharmacology to students in the schools of medicine, pharmacy and dentistry. She also holds the position of director of the UCSF Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship Program. Kruidering-Hall is recognized for her commitment to science and instruction, as well as her strong willingness and her dedication to fostering scientific growth and understanding. As noted in one of her letters of nomination: "Her students feel she teaches because she loves to teach; she is effective because she puts thought into what teaches the students and she is loved because she treated them with warmth and humanity." Michael McMaster
McMaster joined the UCSF faculty in 1994, and is currently an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, School of Dentistry. He is regarded as an outstanding teacher and mentor, and teaches gross anatomy and essentially the entire basic science portion of the predoctoral dental curriculum to first-year dental students. His nominators write that his role in teaching in almost all facets of the new dental school curriculum has been fundamental to its success. McMaster's use of computerized materials and other teaching aids has greatly enhanced students' success during the very challenging first-year curriculum. His students describe him as "always organized, clearly understood, and willing to answer any questions." He is also known to be "on top of all material," "excellent," "phenomenal" and "inspirational." Source: Academic Senate