2021 Research Awards Announced!

Congratulations to each of these notable researchers!

October 4, 2021

The Wake Forest School of Medicine & Atrium Health are proud to present this year's Research Award recipients! Since 1996, The Research Awards are awarded to peer-nominated investigators exhibiting the most outstanding research contributions within 11 unique categories.

Virtual Research Awards Ceremony is November 17th, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Join us in celebrating the 2021 Research Awards!
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Virtual Research Awards Ceremony is
November 17th, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Join us in celebrating the 2021 Research Awards!

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The 2021 Awardees are...

Early Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science	Kiran Solingapuram Sai, PhD Associate Professor Department of Radiology	Katherine Cook, PhD Associate Professor Department of Surgery- Hypertension
Early Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science	Jennifer Gabbard, MD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine	Samuel Ross, MD, MPH, FACS Assistant Professor Department of General Surgery
Early Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science	Giselle Meléndez, MD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine - Cardiology	Jaime Lynn Speiser, PhD, MSc Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

Mid-Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science	Kylie Kavanagh, DVM, MS, MPH Associate Professor Department of Pathology
Mid-Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science	Kathryn Weaver, PhD, MPH Professor Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy	Rebecca Wells, MD, MPH Associate Professor Department of Neurology
Established Investigator in Basic/Translational Science	Allyn Howlett, PhD Professor Department of Physiology and Pharmacology	Timothy Howard, MD, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry
Established Investigator in Clinical/Population Science	Scott Rhodes, PhD, MPH Chair & Professor Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy	Baharak Moshiree, MD, MSci Professor Department of Gastroenterology
	Andrew Asimos, MD Professor Department of Emergency Medicine	Oleg Tcheremissine, MD Professor Department of Psychiatry
	Hazel Tapp, PhD Professor Center for Primary Care Research, Department of Family Medicine

Academic Learning Health System (aLHS)	Kristina Lewis, MD, MPH, SM Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology and Prevention	Thomas Houston II, MD, MPH Professor Department of Internal Medicine
Clinician Investigator	David Iannitti, MD Professor Division of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery	Dionisios Vrochides, MD, PhD Professor Division of HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery
Clinician Investigator	Donald J. Weaver, Jr., MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics

Entrepreneurship	John Manning, MD Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine	Philip Brown, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mentoring Award	Joseph Skelton, MD, MS Professor Department of Pediatrics
New Team Science	PRagmatic EValuation of evENTs and Benefits of Lipid-Lowering in oldEr adults (PREVENTABLE)	U.S. Pointer
Established Team Science	Women's Health Initiative Southeast Regional Center	Oral Medicine Clinical and Translational Team
Enterprise Integration Team	Wake Forest Nephrology and Atrium Health Family Medicine & Center for Primary Care Research Team
Special Achievement	Michael Gibbs, MD Chair & Professor Department of Emergency Medicine	Barry Stein, PhD Chair & Professor Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Special Achievement	Suzanne Craft, PhD Professor Department of Internal Medicine - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine	Greg L. Burke, MD, MSc Chief Science Officer and Senior Associate Dean of Research Professor, Public Health Sciences