On April 29, 2025, the Poorvu Center hosted our 2025 Rosenkranz Showcase, celebrating inspiring faculty whose innovative teaching projects earned them a prestigious Rosenkranz Award for Pedagogical Advancement!
Awardees presented about their groundbreaking projects, many of which were focused on topics within the healthcare industry, and the ways they enhanced student learning through engagement. From creating a Virtual Anatomy Lab for nursing students to providing better access to evidence-based nutrition education for medical students, their transformative work is truly thought-provoking.
The faculty awardees who presented during the 2025 Showcase were:
- Christine Rodriguez, Assistant Professor in Nursing & Assistant Dean for Simulation and Clinical Evaluation
- Jorge Méndez-Seijas, Spanish Language Program Director; Senior Lector II & Associate Research Scholar
- Joan Combellick, Assistant Professor in Nursing & Nurse-Midwifery Specialty Co-Director
- John Hall, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
- Jessica Bod, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Nate Wood, Instructor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Director of Culinary Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Co-Director, Weight Management Clinic, New Haven Primary Care Consortium
- Thilan Wijesekera, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine; Director of Performance Improvement, Yale School of Medicine; Director of Clinical Reasoning, Yale School of Medicine; Associate, Educator Development in Teaching Clinical Reasoning, Teaching and Learning Center
The Rosenkranz Awards for Pedagogical Advancement provides up to $10,000 to full-time Yale ladder and instructional faculty with a primary instructional appointment, to implement significant teaching interventions or curricular innovations that are designed to improve learning by encouraging student engagement. Visit the Poorvu Center’s social media channels for more photos!