Jones Honored as Outstanding Woman Faculty Member

By Jon Parham

 Stacie M. Jones, M.D., recently received the Outstanding Woman Faculty Member Award from the College of Medicine's Women's Faculty Development Caucus.
Stacie M. Jones, M.D., recently received
the Outstanding Woman Faculty Member Award
from the College of Medicine’s Women’s
Faculty Development Caucus.

Jones, who also serves as chief of the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Section, was selected by her peers in the caucus for the award, presented at the April 19 dinner. For more than a decade, the annual award has recognized women on the College of Medicine faculty who are successful role models, mentors and leaders with strong records of achievement in scholarly endeavors, teaching, clinical care and research.

“Dr. Jones is being honored as a well-recognized clinician, academician and researcher and above all for her role as mentor,” said Dana Gaddy, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the College of Medicine and the caucus president. “She has significantly impacted the professional and personal lives of so many as a hands-on, involved and committed mentor. She fully embodies the spirit of this award.”

Jones joined the faculty in 1994 and has led her division since 2003. Among many honors, she has been named one of America’s Best Doctors six times, received the College of Medicine’s Red Sash Award nine times, and was presented with the Department of Pediatrics’ Joan M. Cranmer Mentor of the Year Award in 2009.

She is an internationally recognized leader in pediatric allergy research, serving as the site lead investigator on the NIH-funded multi-center Consortium for Food Allergy Research and as a member of the Expert Panel for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy Guidelines in the United States.

Also honored during the dinner were this year’s other nominees for the Outstanding Woman Faculty Award: Kathleen Gilbert, Ph.D., an associate professor of microbiology and immunology; Nancy Rusch, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology; and Sara Tariq, M.D., an associate professor of internal medicine and assistant dean for undergraduate clinical education.

The caucus also elected new officers with Tariq selected as president; Wendy Ward-Begnoche, Ph.D., an associate professor of pediatrics as vice president; and Laura Sisterhen, M.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics as secretary.