Announced: 2023 Research Awards

October 10, 2023

Wake Forest University School of Medicine is proud announce the 2023 Research Award Recipients. Congratulations to each of these notable researchers!

The 2023 Awardees are...

Early-Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science
Sarah Cilvik, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics	Robert Gould, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology	Muhammad Ammar Zafar, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Early-Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science
Samuel Lockhart, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine	Jessica Palakshappa, MD, MS Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Disease
Mid-Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science
D. Clark Files, MD Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Disease	Karen Haas, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology	Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Jeffrey Willey, PhD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Mid-Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science
Emily Dressler, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science	Caroline Reinke, MD, MSHP, MSPH, FACS Associate Professor, Department of Surgery	Bonnie C. Sachs, PhD, ABPP Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Section of Neuropsychology
Established Career Investigator in Basic/Translational Science
Cristina M. Furdui, PhD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine	Sara Jones, PhD Chair and Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology	Shay Soker, PhD Professor and Chief Science Program Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Kounosuke Watabe, PhD Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
Established Career Investigator in Clinical/Population Science
Dennis Ashley, MD, FACS Professor, Department of Surgery	Alain Gerald Bertoni, MD, MPH Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences	Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, FACP, FASCO Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology

Academic Learning Health System (aLHS)
Yhenneko J. Taylor, PhD Associate Professor and Co-Director, Center for Health Systems Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy
Clinician Investigator
Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Dermatology	Zhongyu John Li, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation	Rani Singh, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Health Equity
Goldie Byrd, PhD Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy
Mentoring
Daniel Carrizosa, MD, MS Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology
Research Staff
Audrey Bell-Farrow, MBA, MHA Community Research Coordinator, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism	Martha Branon Holden Manager Clinical Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation	Nicole “Colie” Kaiser Project Manager, Department of Surgery
Kim Kennedy, MS Assistant Director Clinical Research Operations, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine	Robert Lyday Programmer/Analyst II, Department of Radiology	Scott Rushing Director of Research Information Systems, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
Janet Kaduck Sawyer, MS Research Assistant, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Molecular Medicine
New Team Science
MSKI Social Impact Team Project MARVEL
Established Team Science
Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC)
Enterprise Integration Team
The DiscoverY Study Team
Special Achievement
Donald A. McClain, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Endocrinology and Metabolism, Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Director, Center on Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism	Peter B. Lockhart, DDS Professor, Department of Oral Medicine/Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	Goldie Byrd, PhD Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy