Call For Nominations - Sustainability Awards

The UCSF Advisory Committee on Sustainability (UACS) is pleased to announce the 9th annual Sustainability Awards for FY 18-19, where Chancellor Hawgood will recognize individuals and groups for their contributions to sustainability at UCSF.

The Sustainability Awards Ceremony will take place on June 26, 2019 from 11:45am - 1pm in Mission Bay.

Nominate a UCSF Green Champion!
Please take a moment to nominate a green champion—staff, student, faculty or a team who deserves recognition for their sustainability efforts in the past year. 

The ideal candidate is an individual or group that has:

  • Engaged the campus/medical center in an ongoing dialogue about reaching UCSF’s environmental sustainability goals;
  • Gone above and beyond the duties of their position to integrate environmental sustainability into existing campus programs in education, research, operations, and public service;
  • Instilled a culture of sustainable practices amongst their peers; and/or
  • Responsible for a positive impact on our sustainability goals.

    • The nominee must be employed or enrolled at UCSF or an affiliate of UCSF.  Nominators must specify the person or team that best fulfilled the selection criteria listed above.  Self-nominations are permissible and encouraged.

    Please complete the nomination form and send to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for consideration. 
    Winners will be announced at a special ceremony by the Chancellor. Deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2019.

    Winners will receive an environmentally friendly award certificate, campus-wide recognition, and registration and lodging to attend the annual California Higher Education Sustainability Conference from July 8-11, 2019 at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Sheila Antrum
    Senior Vice President and COO UCSF Health
    Co-Chair of the UCSF Advisory Committee on Sustainability

    Brian Newman
    Senior Associate Vice Chancellor of UCSF Real Estate/vice president, UCSF Health
    Co-Chair of the UCSF Advisory Committee on Sustainability

    Below are a list of past winners:

    2017

  • Team Category:

    • The Sustainability Award in the Team Category went to the Matthew State Lab in Rock Hall. The State Lab was recognized for its efforts in becoming first laboratory to ever achieve a Platinum level certification.

     

  • Student Category:

    • Katherine Gruenberg, a Pharmacy Resident, recently appointed an assistant professorship in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy

     

     

     

  • Campus Staff Category:

    •   Liana Crosby, Dean’s Executive Assistant, UCSF School of Pharmacy

     

     

  • Staff Category:

    • Sylvia Decourcey, Manager of Space, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Department

     

     

     

  • Staff Category Medical Center:

    • Lori Justice, Administrative Assistant, UCSF Office of Medical Education

     

     

     

  • Faculty Category:

    • Dr. Seema Gandhi, MD, UCSF Associate Professor in Anesthesia

     

     


    2016

    Team

  • Team Category:

    • The EARTHEALTH1 team from the School of Medicine, which included Alex Scrhobenhauser-Clonan, Annemarie Donjacour, Royce Harner, and Alanya den Boer.

     

    Student

  • Student Category:

    • Dr. Corinna Zygourakis, a resident physician in the neurosurgery program at UCSF.

     

     

    Staff

  • Staff Category:

    •   Dr. Hyunil Jo, Specialist, UCSF School of Pharmacy

     

     

    Sarah

  • Staff Category Medical Center:

    • Sarah Berger, RN, medical surgery ICU

     

     

    Faculty

  • Faculty Category:

    • Arianne Teherani, PhD Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and research faculty member in the Office of Research and Development in Medical Education

     

    2015

    Team

  • Team Category:

    • The Mt. Zion Cancer Research Engineering team, Michael Dziadek, Alberto Alfaro, and Marco Dias

     


    Anya

  • Student Category:

    • Anya Desai, a third year medical student

     


    Yelena

  • Medical Center Staff Category:

    •   Yelena Libova, a registered nurse in the Neurological ICU

     

     

  • Staff Category:

    • Todd McGregory, Assistant Director of Housing Administration for Campus Life Services and a volunteer member of the Water Conservation Work Group

    Gina

  • Faculty Category:

    • Dr. Gina Solomon, an occupational and environmental medicine specialist

     


    2014

  • Team Category:

    • Mission Bay Conference Center


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  • Medical Center Staff Category:

    •   Deborah Don

     

     


    Photo

  • Staff Category:

    • Kim Klausner, UCSF Industry Documents Digital Library Manager

     

     


    Daniel

  • Faculty Category:

    • Dan Ciccarone

     

     

     

     


    2013

    Group photo

  • Team Category:

    • Remedy at UCSF, a student-run organization

     

     

     

  • Student Category:

    • Rebekah McLaughlin, PhD, Bio-engineering

     

    Jack

  • Medical Center Staff Category:

    • Jack Henderson, Associate Director of Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) 

     

     

    Adelle

  • Staff Category:

    • Adele Dow, facility manager at the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building and Mount Zion Cancer Research Building

     

     


    Tracey

  • Faculty Category:

    • Tracey Woodruff, Associate Professor and Director of UCSF’s Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment

     

     

     

    2012

     

  • Team Category:

    • Operating Room Reprocessing Team – James Bennan, Chris Bogan, Dr. Jonathan Carter, Robing Diehlman, Debbie Gee, Mike James, Joyce Nacario, Kevin Pattison, Christine Pollak, Dr. Stan Rogers, Dr. Susan Ryan, Susan Schubert, Valerie Sullivan, Donna Tramontozzi, and Sandra Wienholz

  • Student Category:

    • Eddie Book Residents, Pediatrics Department, led by Catherine Ratti, UCSF Pediatric Residency Program Manager, and three second year residents, Suratha Elongo, Adam Schickedanz, and Maura Madou

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  • Medical Center Staff Category:

    • Lisa Hartmayer, RN, UCSF Orthopedic Institute

     

     

     

     

    Fitzhenry

  • Staff Category:

    •   Kristen Fitzhenry, Undergraduate Medical Education, School of Medicine Dean’s Office

     

    Sandrijn2

  • Faculty Category:

    • Sandrijn van Schaik, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics










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