Dean’s Excellence in Faculty Research Award
Purpose
To recognize excellence in School of Medicine faculty research efforts at the individual and team levels. Individual awards: Up to 4 recipients yearly, up to 2 in the Junior Faculty category and up to 2 in the Senior Faculty category. Team awards: 3 or more faculty members consist of a team – Potential of 1 team per year. The award is $1,500 for individual awards; for the team science award, $1,500 for each faculty team member, up to $6,000/year. The nomination deadline is Monday, March 24, 2025.
Award Nomination
The award winners will be announced by the Dean. The Dean will notify each awardee’s Department Chair and the Dean’s Office will be responsible for appropriate publicity in University and non-University publications.
Who May Nominate
Nominations may be submitted from any School of Medicine faculty member, but faculty are not permitted to self-nominate for this award.
Criteria
Nominees should be selected for faculty accomplishments in research, including both career and recent exceptional contributions to scientific research (basic, clinical and translational). Nominees must demonstrate exemplary compliance with UVA Health’s ASPIRE values.
Senior Faculty Awards
Purpose: To recognize excellence in senior SOM faculty research efforts at the individual level.
- the nominee’s curriculum vitae
- a nominating letter: the nominating letter should include a description of the faculty’s significant work, including career and recent contributions to scientific research and the impact to their field and to the larger scientific community (including but not limited to citations, h factor, translational significance, ways in which they have enabled new areas of research or technologies, collaborations).
- no more than 3 supporting letters.
Upon submission of the nomination packet, the Dean’s Office will solicit the statement from the nominee’s department chair or division chief that attests to the nominee’s exemplary demonstration of UVA Health’s ASPIRE values
The selection committee is comprised of the Senior Associate Dean for Research, the Assistant Dean for Research, and members of the Research Advisory Committee. The committee is advisory to the Dean who will make the final selection.
Submit an electronic copy of the nomination packet as a single PDF here
Questions?
Contact: Ashley Ayers
Phone:(434) 924-8497
Email:ala5t@virginia.edu
Junior Faculty Awards
Purpose: To recognize excellence in junior SOM faculty research efforts at the individual level.
- Any junior School of Medicine faculty member who conducts research. (Assistant or Associate Professors, not tenured).
- Nominees must demonstrate exemplary compliance with UVA Health’s ASPIRE values.
- Faculty may not nominate themselves for this award.
The selection committee is comprised of the Senior Associate Dean for Research, the Assistant Dean for Research, and members of the Research Advisory Committee. The committee is advisory to the Dean who will make the final selection.
- The nominee’s curriculum vitae
- A letter of nomination. The nominating letter should include a description of the faculty’s significant work, with emphasis on recent accomplishments, translational significance, and the current and potential impact to their field and the scientific community
- no more than 3 supporting letters.
Upon submission of the nomination packet, the Dean’s Office will solicit the statement from the nominee’s department chair or division chief that attests to the nominee’s exemplary demonstration of UVA Health’s ASPIRE values
Submit an electronic copy of the nomination packet as a single PDF here
Questions?
Contact: Ashley Ayers
Phone:(434) 924-8497
Email:ala5t@virginia.edu
Team Science Research Award
Purpose: To recognize excellence in SOM faculty team research efforts.
Nominated teams must have made significant research contributions with notable scientific and/or clinical impact. Nominees must demonstrate exemplary compliance with UVA Health’s ASPIRE values.
The work of interdisciplinary or “cross-Grounds” teams is valued and will be considered; however, only SOM faculty members are eligible for the monetary component of the award.
The selection committee is comprised of the Senior Associate Dean for Research, the Assistant Dean for Research, and members of the Research Advisory Committee. The committee is advisory to the Dean who will make the final selection.
- A letter of nomination. The nominating letter should include a description of the team’s significant work, including contributions of each member of the team to the effort, the contributions to scientific research and the impact to their field and to the larger scientific community. Translational projects will be given preference.
- A curriculum vitae for all faculty team members
- A letter of support from each team member’s department chair
- No more than 3 supporting letters
Upon submission of the nomination packet, the Dean’s Office will solicit the statement from the nominee’s department chair or division chief that attests to the nominee’s exemplary demonstration of UVA Health’s ASPIRE values
Submit an electronic copy of the nomination packet as a single PDF here
Questions?
Contact: Ashley Ayers
Phone:(434) 924-8497
Email:ala5t@virginia.edu
Award Recipients
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- Emily McGowan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
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- Zang Chongzhi, PhD, Associate Professor of Genome Sciences
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- Jianjie Ma, PhD, Professor of Surgery
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- Jochen Zimmer, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
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- Clint Miller, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences (Junior Faculty Award)
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- Jonathan Lindner, MD, Professor of Medicine (Senior Faculty Award)
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- Maria Luisa Sequeira-Lopez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics (Senior Faculty Award)
Team Sciences: Community-based Health Equity Research Program (CBHE) Team
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- Jamie Zoellner, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences
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- Becca Krukowski, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences
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- Kathleen Porter, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences
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- Rahul Sharma, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Junior Faculty Award)
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- Jaideep Kapur, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Neurology (Senior Faculty Award)
Team Science: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Team
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- Fern Hauck, MD, Professor of Family Medicine
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- Ann Kellams, MD, Professor for Pediatrics
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- Rachel Moon, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Individual Award Recipients
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- Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
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- Sarah Ratcliffe, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences
Team Science Award Recipients
COVID Core Team
- Judith Woodfolk, MBBCH, Professor of Medicine
- Coleen McNamara, MD, Professor of Medicine
- William Peter, Jr., MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine
- Alexandra Kdl, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Mayuresh Abhyankar, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Medicine
- Catherine Bonham, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Patcharin Pramoonjago, PhD, Research Associate Professor of Pathology
- Michael Shim, MD, Professor of Medicine
- Jeffrey Sturek, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Individual Award Recipients
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- Shayna L. Showalter, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
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- Coleen A. McNamara, MD, Professor of Medicine
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- W. Gerald Teague, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Team Science Award Recipients
phingolipids in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Team (pictured left to right)
- Thomas P. Loughran, Jr., MD, Professor of Medicine
- Mark Kester, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology
- Mark R. Conaway, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences
- Tye G. Deering, PhD, Senior Scientist, Department of Pharmacology
- David J. Feith, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
- Todd E. Fox, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Ophthalmology
- Francine E. Garrett-Bakelman, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Bethany Jablonski Horton, PhD, Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences
- Kevin A. Janes, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Michael K. Keng, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Jason A. Papin, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Su-Fern Tan, PhD, Senior Scientist, Department of Medicine
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- Zequan Yang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery
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- A. Sasha Krupnick, MD, Professor of Surgery
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- Peter I. Lobo, MD, Professor of Medicine
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- James A. Platts-Mills, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
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- Mazhar Adli, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
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- Ariel Gomez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
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- Hui Li, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology
Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Group
Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Group
– Irving L. Kron, MD, Professor of Surgery
– Ashish K. Sharma, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Surgery
– Kevin R. Lynch, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology
– Dongfeng Pan, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology & Medical Imaging
– David K. Glover, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine
– Christine L. Lau, MD, Professor of Surgery
– Victor E. Laubach, PhD, Professor of Surgery
Excellence in Faculty Research Award Recipients
– Melissa M. Kendall, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
– Valeria R. Mas, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery
- Excellence in Faculty Research Award Recipients
– Scott K. Heysell, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine
– John P. Mugler III, PhD, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering - Excellence in Research Team Science Award Recipients
Aortic Aneurysm Group
– Gary K. Owens, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
– Gorav Ailawadi, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
– Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., MD, Professor of Surgery
- Excellence in Faculty Research Award Recipients
– Charles R. Farber, PhD, Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences
– Eric R. Houpt, MD, Professor of Medicine - Excellence in Research Team Science Award Recipients
Cardiovascular MRI Group
– Christopher M. Kramer, MD, Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging
– Frederick H. Epstein, PhD, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
– Craig Meyer, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Pannexin Group
– Kodi S. Ravichandran, PhD, Professor and Chair of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
– Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD, Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
– Norbert Leitinger, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology
– Brant Isakson, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
– Mark Yeager, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
– Ulrike M. Lorenz, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
– Bimal N. Desai, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
- Excellence in Faculty Research Award Recipients
– Alison K. Criss, PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
– Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine
– William A. Petri, Jr., MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine
- Excellence in Faculty Research Award Recipients
– Christopher R. McCartney, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
– Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology - Excellence in Research Team Science Award Recipients
Melanoma Immunotherapy Group
– Craig L. Slingluff, Jr., MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery
– Donald F. Hunt, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Pathology
– Victor H. Engelhard, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Prostate Cancer Research Group
– Daniel G. Gioeli, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
– Bryce M. Paschal, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
– Anindya Dutta, MBBS, PhD, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
– Henry F. Frierson, Jr., MD, Professor of Pathology
– David Wotton, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
– Mark R. Conaway, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sciences