Previous award winners

• 2023

  Dean's Office Awards

  Outstanding Research Achievement 
  Mark Greenwald, Ph.D. - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

  Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Leadership
  Teena Chopra , M.D. - Department of Internal Medicine

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching
  Dennis Goebel, Ph.D. - Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences

  Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching
  Nashat Imran, M.D. - Department of Internal Medicine

  Outstanding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty Scholar Award
  Rhonda Dailey ,M.D. - Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences

  Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
  Felicity Harper, Ph.D. - Department of Oncology

  Research Excellence Awards

  Basic Sciences Researcher
  Samson Jamesdaniel, M.D., Ph.D. - Family MedicIne and Public Health Sciences
  Tomomi Ichinose, M.D., Ph.D. - Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Roger Pique-Regi, Ph.D. - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics 
  Jena Steinle, Ph.D. - Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences

  Clinical Sciences
  Seongho Kim, Ph.D. - Department of Oncology
  Erin  Madden, Ph.D. - Family MedicIne and Public Health Sciences
  Seth Norrholm, Ph.D. - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

  Physician Scientist
  Mohammad Al Hallak, M.D. - Department of Oncology
  Evanthia  Bernitsas, M.D. - Department of Neurology
  Michael Simon, M.D. - Department of Oncology

  College Teaching Awards

  Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
  Kevin Theis, Ph.D. 

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
  Russell Finley, Ph.D.

  Dermatology
  Steven Daveluy, M.D.

  Emergency Medicine
  Brian Haber, M.D.
  Andrew King, M.D.
  Robert Sherwin, M.D.

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
  Rachel Mahas, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H.

  Internal Medicine
  Zahia Esber, M.D.
  Asim Kagzi, M.D.
  Diane Levine, M.D.
  Sajith Matthews, M.D.
  Zubin Mukadam, M.D.
  Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D., M.P.H.
  Divvya Venkat, M.D. 
  Salam Zeineddine, M.D. 

  Neurology
  Peter LeWitt, M.D.
  James Selwa, M.D.

  Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Deslyn Hobson, M.D.
  Christopher Kliethermes, M.D. 
  Jayanth Ramadoss, Ph.D.

  Oncology
  Michael Dominello, D.O. 
  Mohammed Al Hallak, M.D. 
  Lauren Hamel, Ph.D. 
  Ira Winer, M.D., Ph.D. 

  Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Gary Abrams, M.D. 
  Elizabeth Berger, Ph.D. 
  Rodney Braun, Ph.D.

  Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
  John Cramer, M.D

  Pathology
  David Carr, M.D. 
  Hyeong-Reh Kim, Ph.D.

  Pediatrics
  Colleen Buggs-Saxton, M.D.
  Jill Meade, Ph.D. 
  Elizabeth Secord, M.D.

  Pharmacology
  Andrew Garrett, Ph.D. 
  Lawrence Lash, Ph.D. 
  Karin List, Ph.D. 

  Physiology
  Patrick Mueller, Ph.D. 

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  Victor Ajluni, M.D. 
  Arash Javanbakht, M.D. 

  Surgery
  Eliza Beal, M.D. 

• 2022

  Dean's Office Awards

  Outstanding Research Achievement 
  Kezhong Zhang, Ph.D. - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

  Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Leadership
  Dena Nazer, M.D. - Pediatrics

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching
  Cristina Artalejo, M.D. - Pharmacology

  Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching
  Abhinav Deol, M.D. - Oncology

  Outstanding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty Scholar Award
  Lauren Hamel, Ph.D. - Oncology

  Research Excellence Awards

  Basic Sciences Researcher
  Donald Kuhn, Ph.D. - Psychiatry
  Francesca Luca, Ph.D. - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics & Depatment of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Iris Sun, Ph.D. - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics & Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
  James Granneman, Ph.D. - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics & Internal Medicine
  Mariana Angoa-Perez, Ph.D. - Psychiatry
  Renu Kowluru, Ph.D. - Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Xiaohong Zhang, Ph.D. - Oncology

  Clinical Researcher
  Eric Woodcock, Ph.D. - Psychiatry
  Hilary Marusak, Ph.D. - Psychiatry
  Karen MacDonell, Ph.D. - Family Medicine 
  Leslie Lundahl, Ph.D. - Psychiatry
  Sandra Jacobson, Ph.D. - Psychiatry
  Yongsheng Chen, Ph.D. - Neurology

  Physician Scientist
  Ira Winer, M.D. - Oncology
  Prateek Lohia, M.D. - Internal Medicine
  Robert Welch, M.D. - Emergency Medicine 

  College Teaching Awards

  Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
  David Evans, Ph.D. 

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
  Siddesh Aras, Ph.D., M.B.B.S.

  Emergency Medicine
  Andrew M. King, M.D.
  James Paxton, M.D., M.B.A. 
  Kristiana Kaufmann, M.D., M.P.H.

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
  Michael McLeod, J.D., M.P.H.

  Internal Medicine
  Aiden Abidov, M.D., Ph.D. 
  Anna Salloum, M.D.
  Ayman Soubani, M.D.
  Julie Samantray, M.D., M.P.H.
  Shaheena Raheem, D.O.
  Wael Taha, M.D. 

  Neurology
  Ayaz Khawaja, M.D.
  Edwin George, M.D., Ph.D. 
  Sabeena Iqbal Malik, M.D. 

  Obstetrics and Gynecology
  David Bryant, M.D.
  Jayanth Ramadoss, Ph.D. 

  Oncology
  Jay Yang, M.D. 
  Kay-Uwe Wagner, Ph.D. 
  Kristen Purrington, Ph.D. 
  Malathy Shekhar, Ph.D. 
  Manohar Ratnam, Ph.D. 

  Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences

  Avril Holt, Ph.D. 
  Elizabeth Berger, Ph.D. 

  Pathology
  Rafael Fridman, Ph.D. 
  Rouba Ali-Fehmi, M.D.

  Pediatrics
  Laura Jane Benjamins, M.D.
  Sharon Marshall, M.D. 

  Pharmacology
  Joongkyu Park, Ph.D. 

  Physiology
  Donald DeGracia, Ph.D. 

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  David Ledgerwood, Ph.D. 
  Hilary Marusak, Ph.D. 

  Surgery
  Gregory Auner, Ph.D. 
  Zane Hammoud, M.D. 

• 2021

  Dean’s Office Awards

  Outstanding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty Scholar Award

  Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, Ph.D. 

  Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching Award

  Anju Goyal, M.D. 

  Outstanding Research Achievement Award

  James Granneman, Ph.D. 

  Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award

  Li Li, Ph.D. 

  Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

  Ann Schwartz, Ph.D. 

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching

  Eva Waineo 

  Research Excellence Awards

  Basic Sciences Researcher

  Yuan He, Ph.D. 
  Maik Huettemann, Ph.D. 
  Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D. 
  Kevin Thies, Ph.D. 

  Clinical Researcher

  Lauren Hamel, Ph.D. 
  Felicity Harper, Ph.D. 

  Physician Scientist

  Susmita Chowdhuri, M.D. 
  Arash Javanbakht, M.D. 

  College Teaching Awards

  Anesthesiology

  Sandeep Krishnan, M.D. 

  Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

  Yuan He, Ph.D. 
  Raghavendar Thipparthi, Ph.D. 

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

  Erin Carmany, M.S., C.G.C.
  Francesca Luca, Ph.D. (joint Obstetrics and Gynecology)

  Dermatology

  Geoffrey Potts, M.D. 

  Emergency Medicine

  Sarkis Kouyoumjian, M.D. 
  Claire Pearson, M.D. 

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences

  Kristen Culbert, Ph.D. 

  Internal Medicine 

  Eric Ayers, M.D. 
  Teena Chopra, M.D. 
  Murray Ehrinpreis, M.D. 
  Melanie Hanna-Johnson, M.D. 
  Anupama Kottam, M.D. 
  Randy Lieberman, M.D. 

  Neurology 

  Wazim Mohamed, M.D. 

  Obstetrics and Gynecology

  Satinder Kaur, M.D. 

  Oncology 

  Hadeel Assad, M.D. 
  Yubin Ge, Ph.D. 
  Heather Gibson, Ph.D. 

  Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

  Eleanor Chan, M.D.

  Pathology 

  Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, M.B.B.S.
  Barbara Bosch, M.D. 
  Ali Gabali, M.D., Ph.D. 
  William Kupsky, M.D. 

  Pediatrics

  Eishi Asano, M.D., Ph.D. 
  Dena Nazer, M.D. 

  Pharmacology 

  Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D. 
  Wanqing Liu, Ph.D. 

  Physiology 

  Xuequn Chen, Ph.D. 
  Charles Chung, Ph.D. 
  Bhanu Jena, Ph.D. 

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

  Cynthia Arfken, Ph.D. 
  Leslie Lundahl, Ph.D. 
  Mary Morreale, M.D. 

  Radiology 

  Jiani Hu, Ph.D. 

  Surgery 

  Alfred Baylor III, M.D. 
  Andrew Isaacson, M.D. 
  Samantha Tarras, M.D. 

   

   

   

• 2020

  Dean’s Office Awards

  Outstanding Research Achievement
  Assia Shisheva, PhD

  Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Leadership
  Claire Pearson, MD

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching
  Kezhong Zhang, PhD

  Outstanding Faculty Mentor
  Anne Messman, MD

  Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching
  Diane Levine, MD

  Research Excellence Awards

  Basic Sciences Researcher
  Hyeong-Reh Kim, PhD
  Sokol Todi, PhD
  Nerissa Viola, PhD
  Robert Wessells, PhD

  Clinical Researcher
  Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, PhD
  Jason Mateika, PhD

  Physician Scientist
  Lobelia Samavati, MD

  College Teaching Awards

  Anesthesiology
  Muhammad Jaffar, MD

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
  Maik Huettemann, PhD (joint Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology)

  Emergency Medicine
  Mark Favot, MD
  Laura Smylie, MD

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
  Juliann Binienda, PhD

  Internal Medicine
  Luis Afonso, MD
  Zeenat Bhat, MD
  Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD
  Pragnesh Patel, MD
  Sanjay Revankar, MD
  Neelima Thati, MD
  Jarrett Weinberger, MD

  Neurology
  Maysaa Basha, MD
  Deepti Zutshi, MD

  Neurosurgery
  Steven Kalkanis, MD

   

  Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Jay Berman, MD
  Kang Chen, MD

  Oncology
  Asif Alavi, MD
  Jing Li, PhD
  Guojun Wu, PhD
  Jeffrey Zonder, MD

  Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Reecha Bahl, MD
  Ryan Thummel, PhD

  Orthopaedic Surgery
  Stephen Lemos, MD

  Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
  Syed Raza, MD

  Pathology
  Jian Wang, MD, PhD
  Rouba Ali-Fehmi, MD (joint Obstetrics and Gynecology)

  Pediatrics
  Elizabeth Secord, MD
  Lynn Smitherman, MD

  Pharmacology
  Rodrigo Andrade, PhD
  Michael Bannon, PhD

  Physical Medicine and Reahibilitation
  Scott Millis, PhD

  Physiology
  Robert Wessells, PhD

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  Jeffrey Stanley, PhD
  Shibany Taormina, PhD

  Radiology
  Mark Haacke, PhD

  Surgery
  Lawrence Diebel, MD
  Michael White, MD
  Steve Kim, MD (joint Oncology)

  Urology
  Steven Lucas, MD

• 2019

  Dean's Office Awards

  Outstanding Research Achievement  
  Maik Huettemann, PhD

  Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Leadership 
  Jennifer Mendez, PhD

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science 
  Donald DeGracia, PhD
  Izabela Podgorski, PhD

  Outstanding Faculty Mentor
  Robert Lisak, MD

  Distinguished Faculty Awards

  Joseph Jacobson, PhD
  Sandra Jacobson, PhD

  Research Excellence Awards

  Basic Science
  Tracie Baker, PhD
  Tiffany Cook, PhD
  Rodrigo Andrade, PhD

  Clinical Scientist
  David Ledgerwood, PhD
  Deborah Ellis, PhD

  Physician Scientist
  Arash Javanbakht, MD
  Gerald Feldman, MD, PhD

  College Teaching Awards

  Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology
  Sharon Ackerman, PhD

  Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  Roger Pique-Regi, PhD (joint Obstetrics & Gynecology)
  Gerald Feldman, MD, PhD (joint Pathology)

  Emergency Medicine 
  Cynthia Aaron, MD
  Robert Ehrman, MD

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
  April Idalski Carcone, PhD
  Deborah Ellis, PhD
  Elizabeth Towner, MD
  Samson Jamesdaniel, MD, PhD

  Internal Medicine 
  Jennifer Mendez, PhD
  Nashat Imran, MD

  Neurosurgery 
  Alana Conti, PhD

  Oncology
  Asfar Azmi, PhD
  Lance Heilbrun, PhD
  Michael Dominello, DO
  Xiaohong Zhang, PhD

  Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Gary Abrams, MD
  Victoria Stover, DO

  Pathology
  Edi Levi, MD, PhD
  Kaladhar Reddy, PhD
  Marilynn Fairfax, MD, PhD
  Tapan Bhavsar, MD, PhD

  Pediatrics 
  Andrew Fribley, PhD
  Jocelyn Ang, MD
  Kathleen Meert, MD
  Yvonne Friday, MD
  Mitchel Williams, MD (joint Neurology)

  Pharmacology
  Christina Artalejo, MD, PhD
  Ellen Tisdale, PhD

  Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
  Georgia Michalopoulou, PhD
  Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert, MD
  Steven Ondersma, PhD

• 2018

  Dean's Office Awards

  Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching
  Jocelyn Ang, MD

  Outstanding Research Achievement  
  Kenneth Honn, PhD

  Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Leadership 
  Beena Sood, MD.

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science 
  Paul Walker, PhD

  Outstanding Faculty Mentor
  Vaibhav Diwadkar, PhD

  Distinguished Faculty Awards

  Fu-Shin Yu, PhD
  Renu Kowluru, PhD

  Research Excellence Awards

  Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
  Jeffrey Withey, PhD

  Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics
  Jeffrey Tseng, PhD

  Internal Medicine 
  Noreen Rossi, MD

  Oncology 
  Asfar Azmi, PhD

  Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Ashok Kumar, PhD

  Physiology
  Donal O'Leary, PhD

  College Teaching Awards

  Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
  Robert Akins, PhD 
  Bharati Mitra, PhD
  Kevin Theis, PhD
  Harley Tse, PhD 
  Jeffrey Withey, PhD
  Zhe Yang, PhD 

  Center Molecular Medicine/Genetics and Internal Medicine
  James Granneman, PhD 

  Emergency Medicine 
  Anne Messman, MD

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
  Kimberly Campbell-Voytal, PhD
  Julie Gleason-Comstock, PhD
  Kendra Schwartz, MD

  Internal Medicine 
  Graciela Conley, MD
  Diane Levine, MD
  Li Li, PhD
  Lobelia Samavati, MD.

  Neurology 
  Rohit Marawar, MD

  Oncology
  Lauren Hamel, PhD
  Theresa Hastert, PhD
  Kristen Purrington, PhD
  Manohar Ratnam, PhD
  Nerissa Viola, PhD

  Oncology and Center Molecular Medicine/Genetics
  Michael Tainsky, PhD

  Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
  Rodney Braun, PhD
  Dennis Goebel, PhD
  Anju Goyal, MD
  Mark McDermott, MD

  Pathology
  Rafic Beydoun, MD
  Salah Ebrahim, MD
  Rafael Fridman, PhD
  Suzanne Jacques, MD.
  Hyeong-Reh Kim, PhD
  Henry Lim, MD
  Vinod Shidham, MD

  Pediatrics 
  Michael Callaghan, MD
  James Galas, MD
  Peter Karpawich, MD
  Daisuke Kobayashi, MD
  Aimee Luat, MD
  Eric McGrath, MD
  Anne Mortensen, MD
  Pavadee Poowuttikul, MD
  Usha Sethuraman, MD

  Physiology
  James Rillema, PhD

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  Victor Ajluni, MD
  Mark Greenwald, PhD

• 2017

  Dean's Award Winners

  Excellence in Clinical Science Teaching
  Margit Chadwell, MD

  Outstanding Faculty Mentor
  Fu-Shin Yu, PhD

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science
  Lawrence Lash, PhD

  Kamran S. Moghissi, M.D. Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Basic Science
  Robert Lasley, PhD

  Outstanding Research Achievement
  Ann Schwartz, PhD

  Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award
  Bonnie Sloane, PhD

  Research Excellence Awards

  Basic Science Departments

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics & Obstetics and Gynecology
  Roger Pique-Regi, PhD

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics & Neurology
  Leonard Lipovich, PhD

  Pathology
  Rafael Fridman, PhD

  Clinical Science Departments

  Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
  Karen MacDonell, PhD

  Oncology
  Susan Eggly, PhD

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  Vaibhav Diwadkar, PhD

  College Teaching Awards

  Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
  Erin Carmany, MS, CGC
  Tiffany Cook, PhD
  Angela Trepanier, MS, CGC
  Kezhong Zhang, PhD
  Ren Zhang, PhD

  Emergency Medicine
  Andrew King, MD

  Internal Medicine
  Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, MD
  Teena Chopra, MD
  Zyad Kafri, MD

  Neurology
  Navid Seraji-Bozorgzad, MD
  Deepti Zutshi, MD

  Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Kang Chen, PhD
  Karoline Puder, MD
  Nihar Nayak, DVM, PhD

  Oncology
  Judith Abrams, PhD
  Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, PhD
  Robert Morris, MD, PhD
  Stephan Patrick, PhD
  Lisa Polin, PhD
  Malathy Shekhar, PhD
  Michael Simon, MD
  Ammar Sukari, MD
  Ulka Vaishampayan, MD
  Jay Yang, MD

  Pathology
  Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay, MD
  Dongping Shi, MD

  Pediatrics
  Katherine Cashen, DO
  Meera Chitlur, MD
  Jeff Clark, MD
  Amrish Jain, MD
  Ajit Sarnaik, MD
  Maxim Yankelevich, MD

  Pharmacology
  Nicholas Davis, PhD
  Karin List, PhD

  Physiology
  Xuequn Chen, PhD
  Bhanu Jena, PhD
  Assia Shisheva, PhD
  Fei Sun, MD, PhD

  Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
  Eva Waineo, MD