2020 Research Awards Announced!

Congratulations to all our award winners!

October 5, 2020

The Wake Forest School of Medicine is proud to present this year’s Faculty Research Award recipients! Since 1996, The Faculty Research Awards are awarded to peer-nominated faculty exhibiting the most outstanding research contributions within 10 unique categories.

The 2020 Awardees are...

Academic Learning Health System (aLHS)

Head shot of Ajay Dharod, MD

 

 

 

Ajay Dharod, MD, FACP 

Assistant Professor  
General Internal Medicine

Clinician Investigator

Wendy C. Moore, MD

 

 

Wendy C. Moore, MD

Professor
Pulmonary, Critical Care,
Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases

Early Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science

Ashley Anne Weaver, PhD

Ashley Weaver, PhD

Assistant Professor  
Biomedical Engineering

Ken T. Kishida, PhDKenneth T. Kishida, PhD 

Assistant Professor  
Physiology & Pharmacology

 

Early Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science

Elizabeth T. Jensen, PhDElizabeth Jensen, MPH, PhD 

Assistant Professor  
Epidemiology & Prevention 

Tina Ellis Brinkley, PhDTina Brinkley, PhD

Assistant Professor  
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

Entrepreneurship

Pamela W. Duncan, PhD

 

 

Pamela W. Duncan, PT, PHD 

Professor  
Neurology

Established Investigator in Basic/Translational Science

J. Mark Cline, DVM, PhD

 

 

J. Mark Cline, DVM, PhD 

Professor  
Pathology – Comparative Medicine
 

Established Investigator in Clinical/Population Science

Carl D. Langefeld, PhDCarl D. Langefeld, PhD 

Professor  
Biostatistics & Data Science

Glenn J. Lesser, MDGlenn Lesser, MD

Professor  
Hematology & Oncology

Established Team
Science

Wake Forest Community Research Partnership

Diabetes Heart
Study Team

 

Mentoring Award

John S. Parks, PhDJohn S. Parks, PhD 

Professor 
Molecular Medicine

Barb Nicklas, PhDBarbara Nicklas, PhD

Professor 
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

 

Mid-Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science

Gagan Deep, PhDGagan Deep, PhD 

Associate Professor
Cancer Biology

Leah Catherine Solberg Woods, PhDLeah Solberg Woods, PhD

Associate Professor  
Molecular Medicine

 

Mid-Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science

Nicholas M. Pajewski, PhDNicholas M. Pajewski, PhD 

Associate Professor
Biostatistics & Data Science

John M. Salsman, PhDJohn M. Salsman, PhD

Associate Professor  
PHS - Social Sciences & Health Policy

New Team
Science

Mobile Patient Technology for Health (mPATH) Team

Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) Working Group

 

Special Achievement

John Walton Sanders III, MD, MPHJohn W. Sanders, MD, MPHTM 

Professor
Infectious Disease

Robin Hurley, MD, FANPA

Professor  
Salisbury VAMC Associate Chief of Staff  
Research and Academic Affairs Psychiatry and Radiology

Wake Forest Academy Award

Christopher A. Ohl, MD

 

Christopher Ohl, MD

Professor  
Infectious Disease

Learn more by exploring the Faculty Research Awards page.