The UCI School of Medicine Office of Research is delighted to announce the winners and honorable mentions of our second annual research awards to recognize research excellence and outstanding academic achievement in the School of Medicine. A sincere thank you to everyone who took the time to prepare nominations for their trainees and colleagues.
SOM Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Winners:
Basic Science: Robert Lewis (Adviser: Emiliana Borrelli, PhD)
Clinical/Translational: Nolan Brown (Adviser: Michael Oh, MD)
Honorable Mentions:
Basic Science: Sunwoo Oh (Adviser: Rémi Buisson, PhD)
Basic Science: Jason Lee (Adviser: Kei Igarashi, PhD)
Clinical/Translational: Elena Heide (Adviser: Jeremy Harris, MD)
Clinical/Translational: Sina Hosseinian (Adviser: Sebastian Schubl, MD)
SOM Outstanding Fellow/Resident Research Award
Winners:
Basic Science: Dominik Lewandowski, PhD (Adviser: Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD)
Clinical/Translational: David Benjamin, MD (Adviser: Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, MD)
Honorable Mentions:
Basic Science: Roman Smidak, PhD (Adviser: Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD)
Clinical/Translational: Jonathan Lee, MD (Adviser: Shannon Toohey, MD, MAEd)
SOM Outstanding Career Scientist Research Award
Winner:
Shivashankar Othy, DVM, PhD (Physiology & Biophysics)
Honorable Mentions:
David Salom, PhD (Ophthalmology)
Xiaorong Wang, PhD (Physiology & Biophysics)
SOM Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Research Award
Winners:
Basic Science: Kei Igarashi, PhD (Anatomy & Neurobiology)
Clinical Research: Edward Kuan, MD, MBA (Otolaryngology)
Honorable Mentions:
Basic Science: Rémi Buisson, PhD (Biological Chemistry)
Basic Science: Medha Pathak, PhD (Physiology & Biophysics)
Clinical Research: E. R. Chulie Ulloa, MD (Pediatrics)
Clinical Research: Karen Lindsay, PhD, RDN (Pediatrics/SSIHI)
SOM Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research Award
Winners:
Basic Science: Lan Huang, PhD (Physiology & Biophysics)
Clinical Research: Lisa Gibbs, MD, AGSF (Family Medicine)
Honorable Mentions:
Basic Science: Xing Dai, PhD (Biological Chemistry)
Basic Science: Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD (Dermatology)
Clinical Research: Lbachir BenMohamed, PhD (Ophthalmology)
Clinical Research: Danh Nguyen, PhD (Medicine: Internal Medicine)
SOM Lifetime Research Achievement Award
Winners:
Basic Science: Stephen White, PhD (Physiology & Biophysics)
Clinical Research: Nathan Wong, PhD, MPH (Medicine: Cardiology)
Honorable Mentions:
Basic Science: Timothy Kern, PhD (Ophthalmology)
Clinical Research: Dana Mukamel, PhD (Medicine: Internal Medicine)
Each of the winners will receive a monetary award and an individual plaque of recognition at an upcoming awards ceremony, and their names will be added to an enduring plaque on display in Irvine Hall.
Please join us in congratulating all the awardees.
Sincerely,
Geoff Abbott, PhD
Vice Dean for Basic Science Research
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Personnel
Daniela A. Bota, MD, PhD
Vice Dean for Clinical Research |
