{"id":4509,"date":"2022-02-23T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/?page_id=4509"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:25:13","slug":"core-facilities-staff-recognition-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/core-facilities-staff-recognition-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">UNC Research Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"#nominate\">Jump to nomination section<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Spring Cycle<\/strong>: Nominations Open April 1st and close April 30th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fall Cycle:\u00a0<\/strong>Nominations Open November 1st and close November 30th<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"star\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-star\">What<\/h2>\n<p>The UNC Research Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program is designed to recognize extraordinary achievements by SHRA and EHRA NF permanent, full- and part-time employees of biomedical research cores (including full-service recharge, collaborative and limited access core labs) at UNC Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <strong>two award cycles per year<\/strong>, and within each award cycle <strong>up to three<\/strong> nominated staff members may be chosen for recognition, one for each of three categories of staff excellence (see &#8220;Selection Criteria&#8221; section below). Each selected staff member will receive $1,000 (taxable income).<\/p>\n<p>Awards will be decided by a selection committee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"calendar\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-calendar\">When<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Spring Cycle<\/strong>: Nominations Open April 1st and close April 30th, awards announced in May<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fall Cycle:\u00a0<\/strong>Nominations Open November 1st and close November 30th, awards announced in December<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"user\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-user\">Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>For awardees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awardees must be full- or part-time SHRA or EHRA Non-Faculty staff in either a Permanent or Temporary staff position within a UNC Chapel Hill biomedical research core facility<\/li>\n<li>There is no minimum length of service required prior to nomination<\/li>\n<li>Staff members in full-service recharge, collaborative, and limited-access core facilities are all eligible for nominations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For nominators:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nominations can be made by students, faculty or non-faculty EHRA or SHRA staff members.\u00a0 Nominators can be either Permanent or Temporary.<\/li>\n<li>Self-nominations are not allowed<\/li>\n<li>Nominations may not be anonymous to the selection committee&#8211;you must self-identify in the nomination form.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#priorwinners\">Previous award winners<\/a> are ineligible to receive an award for 18 months (3 award cycles) after their award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"bookmark\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-bookmark\">Selection Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>Three separate awards with different criteria are available to recognize the varying but vital roles the staff of biomedical research cores play in supporting research at UNC Chapel Hill. When nominating a staff member, you must choose which award reflects their specific contributions. The awards and their selection criteria are listed below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 241px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;text-align: center;height: 23px\"><strong>Technical Achievement Award<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;text-align: center;height: 23px\"><strong>Customer Service Award<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;text-align: center;height: 23px\"><strong>Performance Excellence Award<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 33px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Teamwork<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Skills improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 53px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 53px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Creativity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 53px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Going over and above to complete a specific project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 53px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Educational achievement (certification or degree)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 33px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>New Method Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Attentiveness to customer needs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Enhanced Rigor and Reproducibility initiatives in the core facility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 33px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Improvement on Existing Method<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Pioneering a multi-core pipeline project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 33px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Dedication and &#8220;sticking with it&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Flexibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Training other staff on new technologies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 33px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Key contribution to publication or grant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Service Orientation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 33px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Developed new \u201cgreen\u201d initiative for the core<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Supporting materials can be included to demonstrate the contributions of the staff member\u00a0 (e.g., publication(s), the specifics aims pages for a grant, letters of support from customers or other core facility staff members, and documentation for continuing education). While staff do not need to demonstrate every selection criteria for a category to be eligible, historically category winners have demonstrated multiple criteria. A sample nomination which resulted in an award can be found here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/943\/2023\/03\/Cortney-Pylant.pdf\">Successful Performance Excellence Nomination<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"nominate\"><\/a><h2\n\t         id=\"thumbs-up\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-thumbs-up\">Ready to Nominate?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/core-facilities-staff-recognition-nomination-form\/\">Click here to nominate a core staff member!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"priorwinners\"><\/a><h2\n\t         id=\"envelope-o\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-envelope-o\">Previous Award Winners<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fall\u00a0 2025 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement- DaVetta Pulley, Gnotobiotic Core<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Gabrielle Cannon, CGIBD Advanced Analytics Core<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Nivedita Pareek, UNC Microbiome Core<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2025 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement- Rachel Coble, Metabolomics and Exposome Laboratory<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Stew Little, Biomedical Research Imaging Center<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Justin Cromwell, Animal Clinical Chemistry Core<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fall 2024 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement- Justin Fousek; LCCC Bioinformatics Core<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Jade Hollars; Abacus Evaluation Core<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Aurora Cabrera, Michael Hooker Metabolomics and Proteomcis Core<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2024 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement- Bentley Midkiff, Pathology Services Core<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Rossana Roberts, Abacus Evaluation<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Gabriela de la Cruz, Pathology Services Core<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fall 2023 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement- Hannah Lee Dixon, UNC BioSpecimen Processing Facility<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Angie Mordant, Michael Hooker Proteomics Center<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Allison Williams, Marsico Lung Institute Tissue Procurement and Cell Culture Facility<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2023 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement: Joshua Adolph, High-Throughput Sequencing Facility<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Brendan Sheridan, LCCC Bioinformatics Core<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Lauren Ralph, Pathology Services Core<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fall 2022 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement: Mia Evangelista, Pathology Services Core<\/p>\n<p>Customer Service: Edison Floyd, Pathology Services Core<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Paige Schmadeke, BioSpecimen Processing Facility<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2022 Award Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Achievement: Eric Holle, Animal Models Core<\/p>\n<p>Customer Services: Ashley Ezzell, Histology Research Core<\/p>\n<p>Performance Excellence: Cortney Pylant, BioSpecimen Processing Facility<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2025 Aw<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Research Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program &nbsp; Jump to nomination section Spring Cycle: Nominations Open April 1st and close April 30th Fall Cycle:\u00a0Nominations Open November 1st and close November 30th The UNC Research Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program is designed to recognize extraordinary achievements by SHRA and EHRA NF permanent, full- and part-time employees &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/core-facilities-staff-recognition-program\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Core Facilities Staff Recognition Program\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55643,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4509"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6433,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4509\/revisions\/6433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/corefacilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}