Inaugural "Finding Joy in Teaching" Reception Celebrates Faculty

May 5, 2022

The Office of Medical Education Research and Development (OMERAD) recently launched the Finding Joy in Teaching initiative and honored its first group of honorees at a reception on May 4, 2022. Congratulations to these following faculty recognized for their excellence in medical education!

Take a moment to listen to podcasts the honorees recorded for this project.

• Zakia Alavi, MD
  Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Human Development
• Gary Ferenchick, MD
  Professor, Department of Medicine
• Jeri Kessenich, MD
  Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Human Development
• Heide Rollings, MD
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
• Aron Sousa, MD
  Dean, College of Human Medicine
• Meredith Sprince, MD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
• Nicole Talge, PhD
  Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Angela Thompson-Busch, MD, PhD
  Community Assistant Dean, Grand Rapids, and Assistant Professor, OMERAD
• Ana Vazquez, PhD
  Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
• Dianne Wagner, MD
  Professor, Department of Medicine