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Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize
Initiated in 2013, the Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. (Toward Educational Advancement in Care and Health) Prize celebrates the highest qualities of teaching faculty. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 from Regions Bank in recognition at the luncheon honoring The Nelson Order inductees and public recognition at the UMMC Commencement ceremonies.
The 2026 Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize recipient is Dr. Jeannette Simino, associate professor and chair of data science in the John D. Bower School of Population Health.
Past Regions Bank T.E.A.C.H. Prize winners include:
- 2025 - Katie E. Barber, PharmD, associate professor of pharmacy practice in the UM School of Pharmacy
- 2024 - Joey Granger, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics in the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
- 2023 - Barbara Alexander, PhD, professor in the department of physiology and biophysics, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
- 2022 - David Brown, PhD, professor in the department of cell and molecular biology, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
- 2021 - Stephen Stray, PhD, associate professor in the department of microbiology and immunology, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
- 2020 - Jason Griggs, PhD, FADM, professor of biomedical materials science and associate dean for research, School of Dentistry
- 2019 - Michael Ryan, PhD, professor of physiology and biophysics, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
- 2018 - Amol V. Janorkar, PhD, associate professor of biomedical materials science, School of Dentistry
- 2017 - William P. Daley, MD, professor of pathology, School of Medicine
- 2016 - Jennifer Bain, DDS, assistant professor and interim department chair of periodontics and preventive sciences, School of Dentistry
- 2015 - Mary Stewart, PhD, RN, professor and director of both the PhD program and accreditation, School of Nursing
- 2014 - Ian Paul, PhD, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and director of the Animal Behavioral Core, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences
- 2013 - Kimberly Simpson, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences, School of Medicine
For more information, contact the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.