2024 State of the School

VP&S State of the School, Sept. 30, 2024

The annual State of the School address is an opportunity for faculty and staff to hear directly from the dean on the recent accomplishments, continuing challenges, and big-picture priorities of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Honors and Recognitions

In Memoriam

  • Elizabeth Auchincloss, MD, Psychiatry 

  • June Jackson Christmas, MD, Psychiatry

  • Jose de Jesus Contreras, MD, Urology

  • Sylvia Griffiths, MD, Pediatrics

  • Dale Hessdorffer, PhD, Neurology

  • Iksung Jin, PhD, Neuroscience

  • Phillip Lister, MD, Psychiatry

  • Arthur Karlin, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Neurology

  • Sergio Piomelli, MD, Pediatrics

  • John Schullinger, MD, Surgery

  • David Shaffer, MD, Psychiatry

  • Michael Stone, MD, Psychiatry 

  • David Marvin Wasserman, MD, Psychiatry

  • Earl Zimmerman, MD, Neurology

Leadership Appointments in Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • Jason Adelman, MD, director of the Center for Patient Safety Science
  • Hashim Al-Hashimi, PhD, associate dean of Biomedical Graduate Education    
  • Jim Bossio, chief information officer of CUIMC
  • Tricia Brentjens, MD, interim chair of the Department of Anesthesiology
  • Bernard P. Chang, MD, PhD, associate dean for Faculty Health and Research Career Development
  • Frederick Ehlert, MD, associate dean for admissions
  • Ross Frommer, vice president for Government Affairs at CUIMC      
  • Kevin Gardner, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Pathology & Cell Biology
  • Ali Gharavi, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine
  • Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Psychiatry
  • Vanita Gowda, interim chief communications officer of CUIMC
  • Ajay Gupta, MD, chair of the Department of Radiology
  • Sandra Harris, vice president for Community Affairs & Partnership Engagement, CUIMC Office of Academic and Community Partnerships
  • Despina Kontos, PhD, chief research information officer for CUIMC, director of the Center for Innovation in Imaging Biomarkers and Integrated Diagnostics (CIMBID) at Columbia University
  • James McKiernan, MD, interim dean of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Wil McKoy, interim chief operating officer of CUIMC
  • Ojas Shah, MD, interim chair of the department of urology
  • Jennifer Williamson, MS, MPH, chief of staff for Katrina Armstrong, MD

National Academy of Sciences

  • Oliver Hobert, PhD
  • Arthur G. Palmer III, PhD

National Academy of Medicine

  • Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD

  • Brent Stockwell, PhD

Royal Society

  • Lorraine Symington, PhD

National Leadership Roles

  • Dritan Agalliu, PhD, Pathology & Cell Biology and Neurology, joined the scientific advisory board of PANDAS Physicians Network
  • Jeffrey A. Ascherman, MD, Surgery, elected as a trustee for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Cristiane Duarte, PhD, Psychiatry, selected to serve on the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
  • Donna L. Farber, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, elected as councilor for the American Association of Immunologists
  • David A. Fidock, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, elected to be the next president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Yiping W. Han, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, elected president of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas effective July 2024 on a two-year term
  • Donald W. Landry, MD, PhD, Medicine, has been elected to the board of directors for The Center for Discovery
  • Frances Levin, MD, Psychiatry, selected to serve on the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
  • James M. McKiernan, MD, Urology, assumed the position of president of the American Board of Urology in March 2024
  • Sapana Patel, PhD, Psychiatry, named the inaugural chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion of the Society for Implementation Research
  • Aimee S. Payne, MD, PhD, Dermatology, was named president of the Society for Investigative Dermatology
  • Jaime S. Rubin, PhD, Medicine, selected to serve as a grant coach for the National Institutes of Health’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity program
  • Milton L. Wainberg, MD, Psychiatry, appointed by the American Psychiatric Association's board of trustees as a member of the Future DSM VI Strategic Committee

Schaefer Scholars

  • Iok In Christine Chio, PhD
  • Stephane Nedelec, PhD
  • Xuebing Wu, PhD
  • Ofer Yizhar, PhD

Association for American Physicians

  • Anil Lalwani, MD, Otolaryngology
  • Mathew Maurer, MD, Medicine
  • Jianwen Que, MD, PhD, Medicine

Apgar Academy New Members

  • 2024-2025 Vanneck-Bailey Scholar: Taylor B. Sewell, MD
  • 2024 Virginia Apgar Academy for Medical Educators Mentor of the Year: Maria Garzon, MD
  • Todd A. Bates, PhD
  • Adam Blumenberg, MD
  • Trudi Cloyd, MD
  • Kerry Anne Esquitin, MD
  • Razan Hamed, PhD
  • Syed Ali Husain, MD
  • Jin Hee Kim, PhD
  • Benjamin Miko, MD
  • Henry Park, PhD
  • Said S. Saab, MD
  • Rosemary Sampogna, MD, PhD
  • Anju Wagh, MD
  • Romina Wahab, MD

Hooven Staff Awards

  • Officer of Administration Professional/Administrative Award: Frances Antonetty, Grants & Contracts Manager, Department of Anesthesiology
  • Officer of Research Award: Marzhan Atakulova, MD, Senior Staff Associate I, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Diversity Award: Todd Bates, PhD, MSEd, MA, Assistant Clinical Professor of Education Assessment (in Medicine), Office of the Vice Dean for Education
  • Vincent C. Santana Officer of Administration/Managerial Award: Michael Kissner, Senior Director of Operations, Flow Cytometry Core, Columbia Stem Cell Initiative
  • SSA Union Member/Clerical Technical Award: Zurab Ninish, Chief Technician, Department of Medicine
  • Community Service Award: Danurys L. Sanchez, Senior Staff Associate II, Sergievsky Center

Steven Z. Miller Outstanding Teaching Awards

Fundamentals Outstanding Teaching Award: Kerry Anne Esquitin, MD, associate professor of medicine

Major Clinical Year Outstanding Teaching Award: Christopher K. Migliore, MD, assistant professor of medicine

Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Awards:

  • Jeffrey Arace, MD, PGY-3, Department of Medicine

  • Evan Hess, MD, PGY-4, Department of Neurology

  • Pallavi Juneja, MD, PGY-3, Department of Neurology

  • Amanda Simard, MD, PGY-2, Department of Pediatrics

  • Alexander S. Thomas, MD, PGY-5, Department of Surgery

  • Katherine Yoh, MD, PGY-3, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Outstanding Humanism in Patient Care Awards

  • Pamela E. Estevez-Rivera, PA-C, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, NewYork-Presbyterian

  • Robin Eure, RN, Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian

  • Daniella Kehoe, LMSW, Rockland County Psychiatric Center

  • Cindy Nguyen, PA-C, Department of Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian

Commencement Awards

VP&S Distinguished Service Awards

  • Hilda Hutcherson, MD, professor emerita of obstetrics & gynecology
  • Lisa Mellman, MD, professor emerita of obstetrics & gynecology

The Charles W. Bohmfalk Awards 

  • Pre-Clinical Years: Kerry Anne Esquitin, PhD, assistant professor of medicine
  • Clinical Years: Roman Nowygrod, MD, professor of surgery

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award

  • Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award: Ana Berlin, MD, associate professor of surgery and medicine

Doctor Harold and Golden Lamport Research Awards

  • Basic Science: Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and systems biology
  • Clinical Science: Catherine Spina, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology

Distinguished Teacher Award from the Class of 2024

  • Salila Kurra, MD, Associate Dean for Student Career Development and associate professor of medicine 

Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholars

  • Andrew Beenken, MD, PhD
  • Kathleen Capaccione, MD, PhD
  • Ryan Moy, MD, PhD
  • Tristan Sands, MD, PhD

Herbert and Florence Irving Scholars, 2023-2026 Cohort

  • Barry Fine, MD, PhD
  • Gamze Gürsoy, PhD
  • Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD
  • Meghna S. Trivedi, MD

Selected Major Individual Honors and Awards

  • Larry F. Abbott, PhD, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics and Neuroscience, among the winners of this year's Brain Prize awarded by the Lundbeck Foundation
  • Hashim Al-Hashimi, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, received the Guenther Laukien Prize
  • Jose Amat, MD, PhD, Psychiatry, received the Margaret Morgan Lawrence, MD, Memorial Award
  • Paul S. Appelbaum, MD, Psychiatry, appointed by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine to a committee that will study the handling of deaths in custody, received the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM Service Recognition Award
  • Gazi F. Azad, PhD, Psychiatry, received the Sara S. Sparrow Early Career Research Award from Division 33 of the American Psychological Association
  • Elham Azizi, PhD, HICCC, named 2023 Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Allen Institute
  • Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, Neurology, received a 2024 American Academy of Neurology Education Award for the Director Mentorship Leadership Program
  • Emanuele Barca, MD, PhD, received an American Academy Neurology Clinical Research Award
  • Maura Boldrini, MD, PhD, Psychiatry, received the 2024 Atena Prize from the Atena Foundation
  • Thomas H. Brannagan III, MD, Neurology, received the 2023 Clinician of the Year Award from the Department of Neurology
  • Karen Broadway-Wilson, Psychiatry, received the 2024 Individual Placement and Support(link is external and opens in a new window) Learning Community Award for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advocacy
  • Christine Buxton, Orthopedic Surgery, was named Registered Nurse of the Year
  • Jennifer Caceres, MD, Medicine, named the Allen Physician of the Year
  • Andrea Califano, Dr, Systems Biology, elected to the 2024 class of fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy
  • Rita Charon, MD, PhD, Narrative Medicine, will be a mentor to Macy Faculty Scholar Sneha Mantri, MD.
  • Briana Chen, PhD, postdoc, Neuroscience, selected for Forbes 30 Under 30
  • Henry Colecraft, PhD, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, Named to the 2023 Class of Fellows for the National Academy of Inventors
  • Chanelle M. Diaz, MD, Medicine, named among the 40 Under 40 Outstanding Health Professionals, Physicians, Educators, Dentists, and Researchers by the National Hispanic Medical Association and National Hispanic Health Foundation
  • Maria Diaz, MD, Neurology, received a certificate of achievement as an inaugural member of the Society for Neuro-Oncology and Oxford University Press 2023 Editorial Scholars Program
  • Milenna van Dijk, PhD, Psychiatry, received the James Kirk Bernard Foundation Award for Excellence in the Biological Exploration of Suicide
  • Jonathan Dworkin, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Noémie Elhadad, PhD, Biomedical Informatics, received the Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics from the American Medical Informatics Association, included in "The AI 100 2023: The top people in artificial intelligence" by Business Insider, named among the top 10 people in artificial-intelligence healthcare by Business Insider
  • Izak Faiena, MD, Urology, named among the 2024 cohort of the Urology Scientific Mentoring and Research Training Academy by the American Urological Association
  • Kanwal Farooqi, MD, Pediatrics, received the inaugural Robert A. Winn Clinical Investigator Leadership Award in Cardiovascular Research
  • Ilene Fennoy, MD, Pediatrics, received the Outstanding Leadership in Endocrinology Award from the Endocrine Society
  • David A. Fidock, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, received the Alice & C.C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology from the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Ali Gharavi, MD, Medicine, received the Homer W. Smith Award from the American Society of Nephrology
  • Sankar Ghosh, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, selected as an inaugural fellow of the Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering
  • Brett Gray, Medicine, was named Nurse Practitioner of the Year
  • Dawn Hershman, MD, Medicine, received an Irene and Arthur Fishberg Prize for her contributions to internal medicine
  • Chi-Min Ho, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences as a class of 2024 scholar 
  • Oliver Hobert, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, was elected as an associate member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
  • W. Thomas Huntsman, MD, Surgery, received the 2023 Walter A. Franck Physician Excellence Award
  • Jonathan Javitch, MD, PhD, Psychiatry, allocated supercomputer access by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science through its Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment program
  • Fay Kastrinos, MD, Medicine, awarded the Ruth Leff Siegel Award for Excellence in Pancreatic Cancer Research from the Pancreas Center
  • David Katzka, Medicine, received the Distinguished Educator Award from the American Gastroenterological Association
  • Robert Kertzner, MD, Psychiatry, awarded the 2024 John E. Fryer Award by the American Psychiatric Association for Improving Mental Health of Sexual Minorities
  • Susan E. Klepper, PhD, Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, will receive an honorary doctorate from Saint Louis University
  • Jerard Z. Kneifati-Hayek, MD, Medicine, named among the 40 Under 40 Outstanding Health Professionals, Physicians, Educators, Dentists, and Researchers by the National Hispanic Medical Association and National Hispanic Health Foundation
  • Elisa Konofagou, PhD, Radiology, received a Faculty Service Award from the provost's office
  • Despina Kontos, PhD, Radiology, received the 2024 Edmée Firth Prize for Outcomes Research in Ovarian Cancer
  • Rafael A. Lantigua, MD, Medicine, received the President’s Volunteer Service Award from New York State Senator Luis Sepúlveda. Lantigua was also honored with resolutions enacted in the New York State Senate and Assembly
  • Annie Lee, PhD, Neurology, received a Junior Faculty Award at the 2024 International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases in Lisbon
  • Jon A. Levenson, MD, Psychiatry, received an Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the New York County Psychiatric Society Residents' Committee, was inducted as a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
  • Monica L. Lypson, MD, Medicine, selected as Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar
  • Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, Neurology, received a 2023 National Hispanic Council on Aging award
  • Filippo Mancia, PhD, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, named a foreign member of Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
  • Steven Marx, MD, Medicine, received an Irene and Arthur Fishberg Prize for his contributions to internal medicine
  • José L. McFaline-Figueroa, PhD, Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, named 2023 Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Allen Institute
  • Francesco Michelassi, MD, PhD, Neurology, received an American Academy Neurology Clinical Research Award
  • Omar Mirza, DO, Psychiatry, received the Alan Stoudemire Award for innovation and excellence in C-L Psychiatry education
  • Sachel Mok, PhD, Medicine, received the American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology Take-Off Award in Parasitology Research
  • Catherine Monk, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology, named a 2023 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
  • Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, Medicine, received the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Operator Award
  • Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, Medicine, delivered the address at the 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement(link is external and opens in a new window) and receive an honorary doctor of sciences degree
  • Andrew Murphy, MD, PhD, Psychiatry, won first place in the 2024 New York County Psychiatric Society Resident Research Awards
  • Kristina Orfali, PhD, Pediatrics, was named Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur
  • Manuela Orjuela-Grimm, MD, HICCC, was among faculty receiving Columbia World Projects Impact Awards
  • Martin Picard, PhD, Psychiatry and Neurology, was the inaugural winner of the Baszucki Prize in Science
  • Harold Alan Pincus, MD, Psychiatry, received the Distinguished Alum Humanitarian/Service Award from the Einstein College of Medicine
  • Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, PhD, Psychiatry, named one of Forbes 50 Over 50: Impact recipients
  • Megha Prasad, MD, Medicine, received a Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions30 in Their 30s award
  • Dawn Queen, MD, Dermatology, received the 2024 Resident of Distinction Award from DermMentors
  • Kapil V. Ramachandran, PhD, Neurology, was selected for a Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience
  • Harry Reyes, PhD candidate in Biomedical Informatics, selected for the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst AInet Fellowship
  • Susan L. Rosenthal, PhD, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, was named Senior Mentor of the Year by The Irving Institute and the CUIMC Office of Academic Affairs
  • Jaime S. Rubin, PhD, Medicine, completed a six-month Fulbright Scholar Award
  • Anil K. Rustgi, MD, Medicine, received the Daniel D. Von Hoff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Training in Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research
  • Abin Sajan, MD, Radiology, presented one of four abstracts selected for 2024 Abstract of the Year by the Society of Interventional Radiology, selected for the 2024 Silverman Fellowship in Healthcare Innovation by NewYork-Presbyterian’s Innovation Center
  • Prakash Satwani, MD, Pediatrics, received the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology’s 2024 George R. Buchanan award
  • Benjamin Schwartz, MD, Surgery, received the Scholarly Project Program Mentor of the Year Award
  • Pamela Scorza, ScD, Psychiatry, selected as an NY-CHAMP Scholar for the Columbia University-Weill Cornell Medicine’s Center of Excellence in Maternal Health 
  • David Seres, MD, Medicine, awarded the 2024 Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excellence in Medical Nutrition Education by the American Society for Nutrition
  • Neil Shneider, MD, PhD, Neurology, named a co-recipient of the 2023 annual Drs. Ayeez and Shelena Lalji & Family ALS Endowed Award for Innovative Healing
  • Mijo Simunovic, PhD, Genetics & Development, named 2023 Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Allen Institute
  • Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, MD, Medicine, was named Senior Mentor of the Year by The Irving Institute and the CUIMC Office of Academic Affairs
  • Barbara H. Stanley, PhD, Psychiatry, was recognized posthumously with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • Ashley Tedone, Obstetrics & Gynecology, was named Nurse Practitioner of the Year
  • Kiran T. Thakur, MD, Neurology, was named a Junior Mentor of the Year by The Irving Institute and the CUIMC Office of Academic Affairs 
  • Carol Troy, MD, PhD, Pathology & Cell Biology, received the fourth annual XSeed Award from Cure.
  • William Turner, MD, Medicine, awarded the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust from Wells Fargo Bank for inspiring students to make a significant contribution to society
  • Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD, Medicine, received an Irene and Arthur Fishberg Prize for her contributions to internal medicine
  • Roy Vagelos, MD, received the "Elimination Champion" Legacy Award from the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
  • Milton L. Wainberg, MD, Psychiatry, received the 2024 Senior Scholar Health Services Research Award from the American Psychiatric Association and the APA Foundation
  • Harris H. Wang, PhD, Systems Biology, inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Timothy C. Wang, MD, Medicine, was named Senior Mentor of the Year by The Irving Institute and the CUIMC Office of Academic Affairs
  • Joshua Weiner, MD, Surgery, received the 2024 American Society of Transplant Surgeons Vanguard Prize
  • Myrna Weissman, PhD, Psychiatry, is the recipient of the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation’s Alma Dea Morani, MD Renaissance Woman Award
  • Christopher Wiggins, PhD, Systems Biology, received a Cross-Disciplinary Frontiers Courses award from the provost's office 
  • Anette Wu, MD, PhD, Pathology & Cell Biology, was invited by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss transatlantic experiences and culture
  • Tomer Yaron, PhD, MD candidate, selected for Forbes 30 Under 30
  • Numerous VP&S faculty members were named among Research.com’s 2023 ranking of Top 1000 Female Scientists in the World:
    Susan E. Bates, MD, Medicine; Vivette D. D'Agati, MD,  Pathology & Cell Biology; Jean Endicott, PhD, Psychiatry; Karen S. Marder, MD, Neurology; Carol L. Prives, PhD, HICCC; and Myrna Weissman, PhD, Psychiatry
  • Eric R. Kandel, MD, Zuckerman Institute; Martin B. Leon, MD, Medicine; Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, Psychiatry; Tom Maniatis, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics; J. John Mann, MD, Psychiatry; Richard P. Mayeux, MD, Neurology; Yaakov Stern, PhD, Neurology; and Myrna M. Weissman, PhD, Psychiatry, were ranked among the Best Scientists in the World 2023 by Research.com
  • Henry Colecraft, PhD, Physiology & Cellular Biophysics; Christine Denny, PhD, Psychiatry; David Ho, MD, Medicine; Azra Raza, MD, Medicine; Anil Rustgi, MD, Medicine; and Scott Small, MD, Taub Institute, were named as Columbia Technology Ventures Faculty Ambassadors
  • Hachung Chung, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, and Xuebing Wu, PhD, Medicine and Systems Biology, among the winners of the MIND Prize (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery). 
  • Five residents in the Department of Psychiatry received recognition from the American Psychiatric Association: Deirdre Caffrey received the Resident Recognition Award, Yaakov Green received the 2024 APA/APAF Leadership Fellowship, Chioma Onyejiaka received the 2024 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Tofunmi Oshodi received the SAMSHA-APAF Minority Fellowship, Maxmoore Potkin received a 2024 APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship, Ryan Gaudet, Microbiology & Immunology, was named a 2024 Searle Scholar
  • Francesca Bartolini, PhD, Pathology & Cell Biology at VP&S, Rolando Perez-Lorenzo, PhD, Dermatology at VP&S, and Xiao Zhao, MD, Medicine at VP&S, were named 2024 Velocity Fellows
  • Caghan Kizil, PhD, Richard Mayeux, MD, and Badri Vardarajan, PhD, Neurology, received an award from the Gordon and Rose McAlpine Foundation for Neuroscience Research

NIH Outstanding Investigator Awards (R35/R37/DP)

Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (MIRA)

  • Mohammed Nazar Alquraishi, PhD, Systems Biology

  • Xin Huang, PhD, Medicine 

  • Juan Manuel Schvartzman, MD, PhD, Medicine 

  • Jaewon Min, PhD, Pathology & Cell Biology

  • Anna-Lena Steckelberg, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

R35 Outstanding Investigator Awards

  • Emmanuelle Passegué, PhD, Genetics & Development

R37 Outstanding Investigator Awards

  • Aaron Viny, MD, Medicine

NIH Director's New Innovator Award 

  • Ryan Gaudet, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology
  • Jennifer L. Small-Saunders, MD, PhD, Medicine
  • Neil Vasan, MD, PhD, Medicine
  • Dian Yang, PhD, Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Sara Zaccara, PhD, Systems Biology

Government Grants $2 Million and Above, Fiscal Year 2024

  • Hashim Al-Hashimi, PhD, and Stephen Goff, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

  • Sabrina Diano, PhD, Institute for Human Nutrition

  • Muredach Reilly, MD, and Danish Saleheen, PhD, Medicine

  • Krzysztof Kiryluk, MD, Medicine

  • Alan Tall, MD, Medicine

  • Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, PhD, Medical Humanities & Ethics

  • Sachin Agarwal, MD, Neurology

  • Joshua Milner, MD, Pediatrics

  • Stavroula Kousteni, PhD, Physiology

  • Christiane Reitz, MD, PhD, Sergievsky Center

  • Michael Yin, MD, Medicine

  • Jason Adelman, MD, and Graham R. Barr, MD, DrPH, Medicine

  • Lale Ozcan, MD, Medicine

  • Matteo Porotto, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Cory Abate-Shen, PhD, Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

  • Moriya Tsuji, MD, PhD, Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center

  • Mathew Maurer, MD, Medicine

  • Kimara Targoff, MD, Pediatrics

  • Peter Dayan, MD, Emergency Medicine

  • Barry Fine, MD, PhD, Medicine

  • Rebecca Haeusler, PhD, Medicine

  • Robert Goldenberg, MD, Medicine

  • Suzanne Leal, PhD, Sergievsky Center

  • William Blaner, PhD, Medicine

  • Karen Marder, MD, Sergievsky Center

  • Oliver Clarke, PhD, Anesthesiology

  • Jeanine Marie D'Armiento, MD, PhD, Anesthesiology

  • Anna-Lena Steckelberg, PhD, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

  • Chunhua Weng, PhD, Biomedical Informatics

  • Wellington Cardoso, MD, PhD, Medicine

  • Kenneth Olive, PhD, Medicine

  • Krzysztof Kiryluk, MD, Medicine

  • Alan Tall, MD, Medicine

  • Rebecca Haeusler, PhD, Medicine

  • Ryan Gaudet, PhD, Microbiology

  • Chenqi Tao, PhD, Ophthalmology

  • Alice Huang, PhD, Orthopedic Surgery

  • Anne Moscona, MD, Pediatrics

  • Filippo Mancia, PhD, Physiology

  • Elizabeth Clarice Verna, MD, Surgery

  • Tal Nuriel, PhD, Taub Institute

  • Delivette Castor, PhD, Elena Elkin, PhD, Louise Kuhn, PhD, Rachel Shelton, ScD, and Parisa Tehranifar, DrPH, Medicine

  • Steven Marx, MD, Medicine

  • Soojin Park, MD, Neurology

  • Anna Penn, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Carrie Shawber, PhD, Obstetrics/Gynecology 

  • Katherine Crew, MD, Medicine

  • Davangere Devanand, MD, Psychiatry

  • Gustavo Maegawa, MD, PhD, Pediatrics

  • Jeremy Beitler, MD, Medicine

  • Peter Canoll, MD, PhD, Pathology & Cell Biology

  • Jason Adelman, MD, Carmela Alcantara, PhD, Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, and Nathalie Moise, MD, Medicine

  • Clark Hung, PhD, and Nadeen Chahine, PhD, Orthopedic Surgery

  • Jacqueline Montes, EdD, Rehabilitative & Regenerative Medicine

  • Sachel Shu Li Mok, PhD, Medicine

  • Pamela Scorza, ScD, Psychiatry

  • Kristin Baldwin, PhD, and Edmund Au, PhD, Genetics & Development

  • Anil Rustgi, MD, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • June Wu, MD, Surgery

  • Vidhu Thaker, MD, Pediatrics

  • David Sulzer, PhD, Psychiatry

  • Vincenzo Gennarino, PhD, Genetics & Development

  • Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD, Genetics & Development

  • Dawn Hershman, MD, Lisa Kachnic, MD, and Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD, Medicine

  • Yonghao Yu, PhD, Molecular Pharmacology Therapeutics

  • Melissa Stockwell, MD, Pediatrics

  • Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD, Orthopedic Surgery

  • Faris Zuraikat, PhD, Medicine

  • David Fidock, PhD, Microbiology

  • Martin Picard, PhD, Psychiatry

  • Shan Zha, MD, PhD, Institute for Cancer Genetics

  • Uttiya Basu, PhD, Microbiology

  • Eduardo David Leonardo, MD, PhD, Psychiatry

  • Jason Carmel, MD, PhD, Neurology