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John Edward Jones Memorial Award

John Edward Jones Memorial Award

2021 John Edward Jones Award Recipient Hayne Noh, SMD’23, and Class Representative Sam Zhao, MD ’12

This scholarship award recognizes outstanding medical students entering their third year of medical school who have demonstrated leadership efforts to eliminate health care inequalities and to address the educational, health care and societal needs of minorities in the U.S. This award was established by the members of the University of Virginia Medical School Class of 2012 in memory of their classmate, John Edward Jones, who tragically died during his second year of medical school.

The award recipient will receive $1000 during the transition week bridge to the clinical clerkships at the UVA School of Medicine.

To be eligible, the applicant must be:

  • Committed to exemplifying a healthy work/life balance
  • A second year student at the UVA School of Medicine, including MD dual-degree programs.

The application process:

Any second year student in the UVA School of Medicine’s MD or dual MD program may apply. The nominated student must submit his/her/their application, comprised of the documents listed below to be eligible:

  • A letter of recommendation from a faculty member or peer;
  • A personal statement by the nominee, which does not exceed 400 words, assessing their leadership efforts in eliminating inequities in medical education and health care for minorities

If you have any questions, please contact us.

* Nominations for the 2023 Award will be open until Friday, November 3 (5pm ET). *

  • Nominee Information

  • Supporting Documents (REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION)

  • Please upload a letter of recommendation from a faculty member or peer. This may also be emailed separately to medalum@virginia.edu if written by another person. Please note that a nomination will NOT be considered unless a Letter of Recommendation is either submitted via this form or received via e-mail.
    Accepted file types: pdf, doc, Max. file size: 50 MB.
  • Please upload a personal statement, which does not exceed 400 words, assessing the nominee's leadership efforts in eliminating inequities in medical education and health care for minorities. This may also be emailed separately to medalum@virginia.edu if written by another person. Please note that a nomination will NOT be considered unless a Personal Statement is either submitted via this form or received via e-mail.
    Accepted file types: pdf, doc, Max. file size: 50 MB.
  • Nominator Information