Dr. Cynthia Bulik

Bulik directs the UNC Eating Disorders program, where she mentors more than a dozen junior faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and several advanced graduate students. She also has mentored junior and senior colleagues outside UNC by sponsoring visiting scholars and by spearheading initiatives designed to increase student and junior faculty participation and provide direct educational and mentoring services to attendees of the Academy of Eating Disorders and Eating Disorders Research Society annual conferences.

One of Bulik's nominators said she "single-handedly debunks the myth that exceptional scientists have neither the time nor the proclivity for being exceptional teachers. On the contrary, she wholeheartedly embraces her role as mentor and relishes every opportunity to help others spread their wings and fly."  

Another described working with Bulik as "like hooking myself to a star... (she) seems to see the potential in each person and then nurtures that potential in ways that few senior faculty do."

Another said simply: "If there were more mentors like Cindy Bulik, I think there would be more women in science."

First presented in 2006, the mentoring awards will be an ongoing recognition program, open to tenured and tenure-track faculty, as well as fixed-term faculty who have taught at UNC for at least three years. Nominations may be submitted by anyone from the UNC community, including current and former faculty, staff and students. A selection committee appointed by the provost and on which Carey serves reviews and recommends the award recipients.

The Carolina Women's Leadership Council is a nationwide network of women. Along with providing financial support, members volunteer their time and share their expertise, champion UNC in their regions and serve on boards that further the University's mission.

The council is co-chaired by Mary Anne Dickson, class of 1963; Molly Dewar Froelich, class of 1983; and Drucie French, classes of 1971 and 1978.