Deadline Approaches to Submit Nominations for the 2007 TIAA-CREF Distinguished Medical Educator Award.Winner to be recognized with $10,000 cash and museum honors HOUSTON -- January 15, 2007 is the last day to submit nominations for the statewide 2007 TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund Distinguished Medical Educator Award (www.tiaa-crefaward.org), honoring Texas' leading medical educators. The award, given annually, honors teaching physicians, nurses and other health care professionals who excel in influencing the lives of future leaders in innovation, discovery and patient care. The appointed steering committee is looking for candidates who have strong medical education credentials, are highly regarded and have impacted medical education in the state of Texas. "We hope that all of Texas' medical institutions are represented among the many nominees," said Tim Lane, Vice President, TIAA-CREF Client Services. "This award provides the community with a unique opportunity to honor special individuals, who are seldom recognized, yet who impact change in our health care system every day." The steering committee, comprised of some of the industry's top health professionals from Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. , University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, University of Houston, University of, at Houston, Tex.; coeducational; est. 1927 as a junior college, became a four-year institution in 1934, became a state-supported university in 1963. Campuses at Clear Lake, Victoria, and downtown Houston were added in the 1970s. Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Medical Branch "UTMB" redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a component of the University of Texas System located in Galveston, Texas, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of downtown Houston. School of Nursing University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston, University of Texas Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, Texas A&M Health Science Center, and Texas Children's Hospital Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas Children's is the largest children's hospital in the United States. will select one honoree. The award recipient will be recognized in a spring banquet and receive $10,000 from TIAA-CREF. TIAA-CREF also will make a donation in honor of the recipient to The Health Museum's Mini-Medical School Summer Camp. To nominate a distinguished medical educator by the January 15th deadline, visit http://www.tiaa-crefaward.org or call Melissa Campbell at 713-523-7900 for more information. About TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF is a national financial services organization with over $390 billion in combined assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. (9/30/06) and the leading provider of retirement services to individuals and institutions in the academic, research, medical, philanthropic and cultural fields. Further information can be found at www.tiaa-cref.org. TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , and Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc., distribute securities products. |
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