Announced! 2023 Research Awards

August 1, 2023

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The Wake Forest University 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 12 unique categories.

The Virtual Research Awards Ceremony is
Friday, November th from 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Join us in celebrating the 2022 Research Awards!

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The 2022 Awardees are...

 

Early-Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science

Mark Ferris

Mark Ferris, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Jamie

Jamie N. Justice, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

Muhammad

Khalid Niazi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine, Section of General Medicine

Elaheh

Elaheh Rahbar, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

Early-Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science

Meredith Adams

Meredith C. B. Adams, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology

Deepak

Deepak Palakshappa, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of General Medicine  

Kimberly

Kimberly Wagoner, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy

 
 

Mid-Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science

Sang Lee

Sang Jin Lee, PhD
Professor
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Dawen

Dawen Zhao, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

Mid-Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science

Timothy

Timothy Hughes, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

Marc

Marc Kowalkowski, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation

Justin

Justin Moore, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Implementation Science

Mariana

Mariana Murea, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology 

 

Established Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science

Hui

Hui-Kuan Lin, PhD

Professor

Department of Cancer Biology

Donald

Donald A. McClain, MD, PhD

Professor

Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Carol A

Carol Shively, PhD

Professor

Department of Pathology - Comparative Medicine

James

James Yoo, MD, PhD

Professor

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

 

Established Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science

Jamy

Jamy Ard, MD
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention

Simon

Simon Mahler, MD, MS
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

David

David Reboussin, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

 
 

Academic Learning Health System (aLHS)

Stephanie Taylor

Stephanie Taylor, MD, MS

Professor

Department of Internal Medicine

Marc

Marc Kowalkowski, PhD

Associate Professor

Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation

Kathryn

Kathryn Callahan, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

Nicholas

Nicholas Pajewski, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

 

Clinician Investigator

Kevin Gibbs

Kevin Gibbs, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases

 
 

Mentoring

Nancy

Nancy Avis, PhD
Professor
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy

 
 

Research Educator

Chris Michael

Chris Gillette, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of PA Studies

Kevin

Kevin Kasten, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Janet

Janet Tooze, PhD
Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

 
 

New Team Science

            

 Advanced Computational Cardiovascular Lab for Trauma, Hemorrhagic Shock & Critical Care

 

Established Team Science

 Memory Prosthetic Team
 

Enterprise Integration Team

 COVID-19 Community Research Partnership (CCRP) Study Team

 

Special Achievement

Derek

Derek Raghavan, MD, PhD
President, Levine Cancer Institute
Professor, Department of Medicine

Amy Jo

Amy McMichael, MD
Professor & Chair
Department of Dermatology

Stephen

Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD
Toby R. Alligood, MD Endowed Professor in Geroscience
Director, J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging
Co-Director, Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention