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Community Service to Research Award

The Community Service to Research Award recognizes the important contributions of community members, health practitioners, public leaders, and/or community organizations who have demonstrated an established record of service to UNMC research. Criteria for nomination include service on UNMC committees that involve research, a record of providing support for UNMC research projects, and collaboration with UNMC investigators on research-based solutions to population health problems. Nominees cannot be employed by UNMC or the University of Nebraska. The nominator must be a UNMC faculty member. A selection committee established by the Vice Chancellor for Research reviews submissions and makes a recommendation.

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2023

Carolyn T. Williamson
Amanda McGill Johnson

2022

Doris Lassiter
Mona Zuffante

2021

Rev. Portia Cavitt
Kathy Karsting

2018

Live On Nebraska

2017

Marvin Welstead, Myrna Krohn

2016

Jerre Tritsch

2015

Kae Pavlik

2014

Jane Rips

2013

Lois Norris

Distinguished Scientist Award

The Distinguished Scientist Award recognizes researchers who have been among the most productive scientists in the United States in recent years. Criteria for the award include the researcher’s history of leading outstanding research programs, publishing research results in journals of the highest quality, and showing the ability to attract and retain additional funding of over $750,000 during the past five years. The nominee must be an associate professor or above and have worked for UNMC for at least one year prior to the fiscal year of nomination. A panel composed of UNMC deans and directors, as well as the vice chancellor for research, selects the award recipients.

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2023

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD
Raymond Bergan, MD
Jennifer Blackford, PhD
Hongying "Daisy" Dai, PhD
Yvonne Golightly, PhD
Joseph Khoury, MD
Daren Knoell, PharmD
St Patrick Reid, PhD

2022

David Brett-Major, MD
Benson Edagwa, PhD
Jered Garrison, PhD
Dejun Su, PhD
Ashley Wysong, MD
Steven Yeh, MD
Sowmya Yelamanchili, PhD

2021

Laura Bilek, PhD
Rebekah Gundry, PhD
Peter Mannon, MD
Roslyn Mannon, MD
Russell McCulloh, MD
DJ Murry, PharmD
Aimin Peng, PhD
Moorthy Ponnusamy, PhD
Prakash Radhakrishnan, PhD
Joshua Santarpia, PhD
Paul Trippier, PhD

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New Investigator Award

The New Investigator Award is given to outstanding UNMC scientists who have secured their first federal funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, or other federal sources in the past one to three years. The nominee must also demonstrate scholarly activity, such as publishing their research and/or presenting their findings at national conventions and gatherings. Nominees must be an assistant professor or above and have worked at UNMC for at least one year prior to the fiscal year of nomination. A panel composed of UNMC deans and directors, as well as the vice chancellor for research, selects the award recipients.

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2023

Windy Alonso, PhD
Po-Jung Chen, DDS
Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD
Jungyoon Kim, PhD
Imayavaramban Lakshmanan, PhD
Elizabeth Mollard, PhD
Nicole Shonka, MD
Ka-Chun “Joseph” Siu, PhD
Paul Thomes, PhD

2022

Su Chen, PhD
Gargi Ghosal, PhD
Abraham Mengist, PhD
Jordan Rowley, PhD
Derrick Samuelson, PhD
Micah Schott, PhD
Jawed Siddiqui, PhD
Benjamin Tepley, MD
Siwei Zhao, PhD

2021

Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD
Liliana Bronner, MHSA, MBA
Shannon Buckley, PhD
John Dickinson, MD, PhD
Diane Ehlers, PhD
Palsamy Periyasamy, PhD
Abbie Raikes, PhD
Karuna Rasineni, PhD
Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD
Susmita Sil, PhD
Michael Wiley, PhD

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Research Leadership Award


The Research Leadership Award is intended to honor scientists previously recognized as Distinguished Scientists who have a longstanding research funding history and serve as research leaders and mentors at UNMC. The nominee must be an associate professor or above. A panel composed of UNMC deans and directors, as well as the vice chancellor for research, selects the award recipients.

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2023

Carol Ann Casey, PhD
John Davis, PhD

2022

Chittibabu "Babu" Guda, PhD
James Lawler, MD

2021

Risto Rautiainen, PhD
Polina Shcherbakova, DSc, PhD

2020

Maneesh Jain, PhD
Ted Mikuls, MD

2019

Amarnath "Amar" Natarajan, PhD

2018

Mohammad "Mo" Siahpush, PhD

2016

Bernard "Timothy" Baxter, MD
Robert Lewis, PhD

2015

Luis A. Marky, PhD

2014

Hamid Band, MD, PhD
Michael Brattain, PhD
Keith Johnson, PhD
James R. O'Dell, MD, MACP, MACR
Joseph Sisson, MD
Kay-Uwe Wagner, PhD

2013

Kaushik Patel, PhD
Wallace Thoreson, PhD

Scientist Laureate Award

The Scientist Laureate Award is the highest honor the University of Nebraska Medical Center bestows on its researchers. Criteria for the award include the researcher's history of leading an outstanding research program, publishing research results in journals of the highest quality, and showing the ability to attract and retain extramural funding of over $750,000. The nominee must be an associate professor or above and have worked for UNMC for at least five years prior to the fiscal year of nomination. A panel composed of UNMC deans and directors, as well as the vice chancellor for research, selects the award recipient.

 

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2023

Michele Balas, PhD

2022

Diana Florescu, MD

2021

Andre Kalil, MD

2020

Matthew Rizzo, MD

2019

Susan Swindells, MBBS

2018

Robert Lewis, PhD

2017

Kenneth "Ken" Bayles, PhD

2016

Tammy Kielian, PhD

2015

Shilpa Buch, PhD

 

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