We are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award:
Christopher Evans, PhD, FAAOS
Christopher H. Evans, PhD, DSc, is the John and Posy Krehbiel Professor of Orthopedics and Professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Molecular Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Evans serves as director of the Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center. He is also the Maurice Müller Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Emeritus at Harvard Medical School.
Overview
This award celebrates the commitment of the outstanding mentors in the ORS community who promote the success of new investigators in the pursuit of independent orthopaedic research.
About the Award
The ORS Outstanding Achievement in Mentoring Award was created in 2014 to celebrate the commitment of the outstanding mentors in our community who promote the success of new investigators in the pursuit of independent orthopaedic research careers.
This award recognizes an ORS member who has shown exceptional achievement in mentorship and advocacy on behalf of new investigators in orthopaedic research. Awardees are honored for excellence in promoting the scientific and professional development and the advancement to independent research careers of new investigators, who are of diverse personal and professional backgrounds. The award will be based on one nominating letter and two letters of support.
Mentorship is very broad and can apply to mentorship of trainees in a mentor’s research program and beyond, as well as faculty, throughout the whole range of orthopaedic research.
Recognition
- Commemorative plaque
The winner must be present at the ORS Annual Meeting to accept the award.
Eligibility
- Nominee must be an ORS member* in good standing.
- Must have obtained a PhD, MD, DO, DVM, DDM, DPT, DDS, or equivalent
- Must have mentored research trainees at least 10 years past their terminal degree.
Selection Criteria
Nominees will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
- Training of researchers within the nominee’s research program
- Mentorship of new orthopaedic investigators
- Advocacy on behalf of new investigators in and beyond the nominee’s research program
- Education and professional development of new orthopaedic investigators
- Overall Impact (including research, teaching, diversity, and mentoring)
*Note: If you are not a member of the ORS, but would like to apply to be eligible for this award, visit our membership section of the website for an application. Thank you for your interest.
Nomination
Nomination packet must include:
- Nomination Letter: The primary nomination letter summarizing the nominee’s contributions to mentoring will be submitted by an ORS member
- Supporting Letters: Two letters describing the nominee’s contributions to mentoring (2 page limit per letter)
- Nominee’s Full Curriculum Vitae (NIH Bio-sketches will not be accepted)
- Nominee’s Training and Mentoring Record
Letters must detail why the nominee merits recognition as an outstanding mentor. Please clearly describe the nominee’s qualities as a mentor and the contributions he or she has made to the mentee’s careers.
The Call for Nominations Deadline was September 19, 2024.
For more information, contact the ORS at [email protected].
