Awards, Honors & Scientific Contributions
Congratulations to Rahul Sharma for the New Award from Virginia Catalyst
Rahul Sharma, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine: Nephrology
Bifunctional Fusion Cytokine Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases
Congratulations to Rahul Sharma, whose grant “Development of a First-in-Class Bifunctional Fusion Cytokine Therapy That Targets Tregs and Tissue Resident Tregs for the Treatment of Lupus and other Autoimmune Diseases” has been selected for funding by the Virginia Catalyst. The support will fund IND-Enabling research-based technology in collaboration with VCU and Virginia Tech.
Emaad M. Abdel-Rahman, MBBS
- American Registry, America’s Most Honored Professionals (Top 5%), 2019
- Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical, 2019
- Member Steering Committee of American Society of Nephrology (ASN) “Kidney Health Initiative: Prioritizing Symptoms of ESRD Patients for Developing Therapeutic Interventions”
- Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2011
- Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2008
Rasheed A. Balogun, MD
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors in America, 2013
- Board member, American Society for Apheresis, 2013
- Council member, International Society for Blood Purification, 2013
- Member, Academy of Distinguished Educators, 2005
Brendan T. Bowman, MD
- Member, Board of Directors, Renal Physicians Association (RPA)
- Chair, RPA Education Committee
- Dean’s Clinical Excellence Award, 2020
- Patient Experience Award, UVA Health, 2019 & 2020
- School of Medicine Mulholland Teaching Award 2018
- Best Bedside Manner Awards, Our Health Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Second Place, Nephrology, 2018
- Department of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, 2017
- Our Health Magazine Bedside Manner Award; 3rd Place, 2016
- Bedside Manner Award, Our Health Magazine; First place, 2015
- Department of Medicine Faculty Clinical Excellence Award, 2015
- Department of Medicine Fellow of the Year, 2011
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Inductee, 2008
Michael G. Brown, PhD
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Mentorship Award, 2019
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Research Award, 2011
G. Adam Campbell, MD
- Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2021
Corey Cavanaugh, DO
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Education Award, 2021
Tushar Chopra, MD
- Castle Connelly Top Doctor, 2021-2022
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Medicine, 2020
- William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Grant, ASN Foundation, 2019
- UVA Recognition of Outstanding Patient Experience, 2019-2020
- Excellence in Clinical Teaching of fellows, Division of Nephrology, 2019
- Department of Medicine, Excellence in Clinical Care, 2017
Alden M. Doyle, MD, MS, MPH
- Chair, UNOS Operations and Safety Committee, 2022
- Subcommittee Chair, UNOS Match Run Workgroup, 2021-2022
- Representative, UNOS OPTN Ad Hoc Multi-Organ Transplantation Committee, 2021-2022
- Chair, UNOS/OPTN Operations and Safety Committee, Patient Safety Planning Development Subcommittee, 2012-Present
- Chair, UNOS Multi-Organ Transplantation Committee, 2021-2022
- Editorial Review Board, Progress in Transplantation, 2012-Present
- Castle Connelly Top Doctor – 10 Years, 2022
- Patient Experience Award, UVA Health, 2020 & 2021
- Top Nephrologist, Virginia Magazine, 2020
- The Best Doctors in America® list, 2017-2020
- Best Doctors, Philadelphia Life Magazine, 2015
- Inducted as Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation, 2019
- Department of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award, 2018
- Charles Schwartz Award for Excellence in Teaching, Drexel University, 2014
- National Award for Service, President Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana, 2011
- J. Russell Elkinton Faculty Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
- Penn Pearls Faculty Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2005
- Measey Teaching Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
- Outstanding Discussion Group Leader Award, Penn Medical School
Uta Erdbruegger, MD
- Elected Co-Chair of the annual meeting of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV)
- Castle Connelly Top Doctor – 10 Years, 2022
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Education Award, 2022
- Recognition of Outstanding Patient Experience at UVA, 2022
- Treasurer and Executive Board Member, International Society of Extracellular Vesicles, 2018 – 2022
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Research Award, 2017
Shu-Man Fu, MD, PhD
- Distinguished Basic Investigator Award from American College of Rheumatology, 2013
- American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Basic Investigator Award, 2012
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Elected Fellow, 2008
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, 2007
- American College of Rheumatology Master Award, 2007
Jeanne Kamal, MD
- Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress, 2021
Sana Khan, MD
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Clinical Care, 2019
- Division of Nephrology, Teaching Excellence Award, 2019
Peter Lobo, MD
- Dean’s Excellence in Faculty Research Award, 2018
- America’s Top Physicians, 2004-2008
Sho Morioka, PhD
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Research Award 2020
Angie Nishio-Lucar, MD
- Department of Medicine Clinical Care Excellence Award, 2018
Mark D. Okusa, MD
- Tokyo College Public Lecture at the University of Tokyo, September 19, 2019
- C. Greg Tischer Visiting Professor University of Florida, February 19-22, 2019
- Elected membership, Association of American Physicians, 2018
- President, American Society of Nephrology, 2018
- Robert Berliner Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine, March 8, 2018
- Melvin C. Gluck Lecture, Department of Medicine, New York University, NYU-Langone Medical Center, September 3, 2014
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors in America, 2001-2021
- Elected Councilor, American Society of Nephrology, 2012
- Best Doctors in America, 2005-present
- Elected membership, American Clinical, and Climatological Association, 2011
- Charles D. Swartz, MD, Memorial Lecture, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. May 3, 2011
- Elected Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2009
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Mentorship, 2007
Swati Rao, MBBS
- Department of Medicine Clinical Care Excellence Award, 2021
- Division of Nephrology, Teaching Excellence Award, 2019- 2020
- Patient Experience Award, UVA Health 2021
- Executive Member At-large, Women Health Community of Practice, AST 2022-2024v
Mitchell H. Rosner, MD
- University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson Award, 2022
- Robert G. Narins Award of the American Society of Nephrology, 2019
- Elected member, American Clinical and Climatological Association, 2018
- Elected as Master of the American College of Physicians, 2016
- Best Doctors in America, 2006-Present
- UVA Medical Center Master Educator Award, 2009
- Evergreen Award, American College of Physicians, 2008
- Dean’s ClinicalExcellence Award, 2008
- Department of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, 2007, 2008
- Department of Medicine Attending of the Year, 2006, 2008
- UVA All-University Teaching Award, 2006
- Membership, Academy of Distinguished Educators, 2006
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005
Rahul Sharma, PhD
- Virginia Catalyst 2022: Development of a First-in-Class Bifunctional Fusion Cytokine Therapy that Targets Tregs and Tissue Resident Tregs for the Treatment of Lupus and other Autoimmune Diseases
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Research Award, 2021
- National Technology Award, Technology Board, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2006
Julia Scialla, MD
- Department of Medicine Excellence in Mentorship Award, 2021
- Teaching Excellence Award, University of Virginia Division of Nephrology, 2020
- Diabetes Complications Consortium Pilot and Feasibility Program Awardee, 2018
- Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, 2018
- Duke University Health Scholar, 2016
- Duke University School of Medicine, Leadership Development for Researchers Program, 2016
- Duke O’Brien Center for Kidney Research Pilot and Feasibility Program Awardee, 2014-2015
- Duke University School of Medicine, Pathway to Independence Program, 2014
- Duke University Department of Medicine, Faculty Development Academy, 2014
- Scholars Abstract Award. Clinical and Translational Research and Education Meeting: ACRT/AFMR/SCTS Joint Annual Meeting, 2011
- Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Program (KL2) Recipient, 2010
- National Kidney Foundation Young Investigator Forum Finalist, 2010
- National Kidney Foundation of Maryland Certificate of Appreciation, 2010
- National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Recipient, 2009
- American Medical Women’s Association Glasgow Achievement Citation, 2003
- National Health Service Corps Appreciation Award, 2001
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1999
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2003
Karen Warburton, MD
- Mid-Career Distinguished Mentor Award, American Society of Nephrology, 2022
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2021
- Academy for Excellence in Education, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2020
- Academy of Distinguished Educators, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2018 – 2020
- University of Virginia Department of Medicine, Award for Excellence in Mentorship, 2018
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 2018
- Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Executive Leadership Program, 2017
- University of Virginia Division of Nephrology, Nephrology Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
- Leadership in Academic Matters, spring 2017 Fellow, University of Virginia, 2017
- Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, 2015
- Francis Sterling Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Pennsylvania, 2011
- Catherine E Reynolds Award for Excellence in Mentoring, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
- Renal Fellow Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania2004
- Academic Merit Award, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 1999
Rasheed A. Balogun, MD
- Journal of Clinical Apheresis; Journal of the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, 2013
Michael G. Brown, PhD
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 – Date
- Review Editor, Frontiers in NK Cell Biology, 2012-2021
- Associate Editor, Journal of Immunology, 2015 – 2019
Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD
- Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 2010 – 2013
- Clinical Immunology, 2012 – 2013
F1000 Research, 2012 – 2013
Sho Morioka, PhD
- Editorial Board of Scientific Reports
Editor of Special Edited Collection: Cell Death and Clearance
Mark D Okusa, MD
- Associate Editor, Kidney International, 2012 – 2013
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2010 – 2013
- Kidney International, 2007 – 2013
- American Journal of Physiology, Renal Physiology, 2004 – 2012
- American Journal of Nephrology, 2004 – 2013
Mitchell H. Rosner, MD
- American Journal of Kidney Disease (section editor), 2013
- Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology, 2013
- Kidney International, 2013
- Nephron Clinical Practice, 2013
- Co-Director, American Society of Nephrology Board Review Course
- Member, Education Executive Committee, American Society of Nephrology
- Member, Program Committee, Association of Professors of Medicine
- Co-Chair, Annual Meeting Renal Physicians Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Renal Physicians Association
Julia Scialla, MD
- American Journal of Kidney Disease, Deputy Editor, 2022
Rahul Sharma, PhD
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Pharmacology: Renal section, 2022
- Editorial Board, Current Molecular Medicine, 2019
- Editorial Board, Frontiers in Pharmacology: Renal section, 2018
- Editorial Board, Modern Research in Inflammation, 2013
- Editorial Board, Advances in Medicine: Immunology section, 2012
Emaad Abdel-Rahman, MBBS
- Member, Advisory Board Geriatric Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology
- Geriatric Nephrology advisory group and organizing committee
- Advances in Geriatric Nephrology scientific committee and course
Brendan Bowen, MD
- Department of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
- Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2015
- Best Bedside Manner Award, Our Health Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; 2015, 2016, 2018
Michael G. Brown, PhD
- Reviewer, Florida Department of Health 2020-2021
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Immunity and Host Defense, NIH/NIAID 2020
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Immunology Fellowship Panel, NIH 2019-2020
- Reviewer, Breast Cancer Now 2019
- Reviewer, Collaborative Cross Mouse Models Initiative, NIH/NIAID 2019
- Reviewer, National Research Foundation, Singapore, 2017
- Reviewer, Pennsylvania Department of Health 2016
- Member, Immunity and Host Defense (IHD) Study Section, NIH/NIAID 2013-2017
- Reviewer, Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development 2012
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Immunity and Host Defense, NIH/NIAID 2011
- Reviewer, Mechanisms & Prevention of Sexual Transmission of HIV/SIV, NIH/NIAID 2010
- Reviewer, HLA region genomics in immune-mediated diseases, NIH/NIAID 2010
- Reviewer, Cooperative Centers for Translational Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense, NIH/NIAID 2008
- Reviewer, USA-Israel Binational Science Foundation 2007
- Ad hoc reviewer, Immune Mechanisms of Viral Control, NIH/NIAID 2007
- Ad hoc reviewer, Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Resistance, NIH/NIAID 2006
- Reviewer, Wellcome Trust 2003
- Ad hoc reviewer, Experimental Immunology, NIH/NIAID 2002-2003
- Reviewer, Medical Research Council, United Kingdom 2000
Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD
- NIH Arthritis, Connective Tissue, and Skin Study Section; Department of Defense CDMPP review panels on Lupus and Immunology
Peter Lobo, MD
- Member, International Transplant Society, 1978-present
- Member, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, 1979-present
- Ad hoc Member, Study Section Natural IgM, NIAID, 2011-present
Mark D Okusa, MD
- Councilor, American Society of Nephrology
- Member, Acute Kidney Injury Network
- Member, NIH/NIDDK-F subcommittee on F-Awards, 2013
- Member, Education Committee, American Society of Nephrology, 2009 – Present
- Chairman, Program Committee, ASN Annual Meeting, 2011, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
- Chairman, American Society of Nephrology Acute Kidney Injury Advisory Group, 2008 – 2010
- Member, Board of Advisors, American Society of Nephrology 2008 – 2010
- Member, Program Committee, ASN Annual Meeting, 2007, San Diego, CA
- Chairman, Pathobiology Kidney Disease Study Section: ZRG1 DKUS-A (Aug 22, 2011)
- Adhoc, NIH/NHLBI Program Project, December 14, 2011
- Expert Panel, NIDDK AKI Outcomes: Overcoming the Barriers in Acute Kidney Injury 2015
Didier Portilla, MD
- Member, Pathobiology Idney Disease Study Section 2008-2012
- Member of the NIH/NIDDL DDK-D Study Section Committee 2013-2017
Mitchell H. Rosner, MD
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZDK1 GRB-J O2
- Co-Director, American Society of Nephrology Board Review Course
- Member, Education Executive Committee, American Society of Nephrology
- Member, Program Committee, Association of Professors of Medicine
- Co-Chair, Annual Meeting Renal Physicians Association
- Member, Board of Directors, Renal Physicians Association
- Co-director, American Society of Nephrology (ASN) board review course (San Francisco, August 2012)
- Member, Education Executive Committee, ASN
- Member, Board of Advisors, Renal Physicians Association
- Member, Program Committee, Association of Professors of Medicine
- Co-organizer (with Mark Okusa) of the 2014 Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (to be held at UVA)
Rahul Sharma, PhD
- Member, CDMRP Lupus Research Program, BMT peer review panel, 2021
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIDDK PBKD Panel, 2021 – 2022
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIAID HAI Panel, 2021 – 2022
- International Expert reviewer, Dutch Kidney Foundation, 2021
- International Expert reviewer, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong, 2020 – 2022
- UVA Harrison Undergraduate Research Award, 2021 – 2022
- UVA Double-Hoo Research Award, 2021
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIDDK KNOD Panel, 2020
- International Expert reviewer, Academy of Medical Sciences, UK, 2020
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIDDK SBIR/STTR Special Emphasis Panel, 2020 July 2020 Mar
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIDDK DKUS Panel, 2019
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIBIB ImmuneChip U01 Panel, 2019
- UVA Carter Immunology Center Collaborative proposal reviewer, 2019
- Ad-hoc member, VA Nephrology Merit Review Panel, 2016 – 2018 (6 semi-annual panels)
- Ad-hoc member, NIH NIDDK ZDK1-GRB P20 Special Emphasis Panel, 2017
- International Expert reviewer, MedTrain Marie-Curie COFUND, (CÚRAM), 2017
Julia Scialla, MD
- Chair Clinical Science, National Kidney Foundation Nephrology Young Investigators Forum, 2021
- American Society of Nephrology Grant Review Committee Member, 2021, 2022
- National Kidney Foundation Research Roundtable, Clinical Science Work Group Member, 2021
- American Society of Nephrology Nominating Committee, 2019
- American Society of Nephrology Post-Graduate Education Committee, Member, 2016-2018
- Reviewer, ZRG1 VH-A(90)S, Artificial Intelligence for Multimodal Data Modeling and Bioinformatics Center, Nutrition for Precision Health, 2021
- NEPH Merit Review Committee, ZRD1 NEPH-C (01), Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2020, 2022
- Center for Scientific Review, ZDK1 GRB-1(O8)1, Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2020
- Center for Scientific Review, ZRG1-EMNR-B(50)R, Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2018, 2019
- NIDDK ZDK1 GRB-3(M1) Reviewer: Kidney Precision Medicine Program, 2017
- Center for Scientific Review Health Services Organization and Delivery (HSOD) Study Section, Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2017
- Center for Scientific Review, ZDK1 GRB-3 (J1), Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2016