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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.
2023
Carolyn T. WilliamsonAmanda McGill Johnson
2022
Doris LassiterMona Zuffante
2021
Rev. Portia CavittKathy Karsting
2018
Live On Nebraska2017
Marvin Welstead, Myrna Krohn2016
Jerre Tritsch2015
Kae Pavlik2014
Jane Rips2013
Lois NorrisDistinguished 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.
2024
Keshore Bidasee, PhDRey Carabeo, PhD
Karen Gould, PhD
So-Youn Kim, PhD
Mohd Wasim Nasser, PhD
Edward Peters, ScD
Lynette Smith, PhD
Sumit Yadav, PhD
2023
Karsten Bartels, MD, PhDRaymond 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, MDBenson Edagwa, PhD
Jered Garrison, PhD
Dejun Su, PhD
Ashley Wysong, MD
Steven Yeh, MD
Sowmya Yelamanchili, PhD
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.
2024
Sean Avedissian, PharmDSara Bares, MD
Subhash Chand, PhD
Sujata Chaudhari, PhD
Suyong Choi, PhD
Lynda Harris, PhD
Jocelyn Herstein, PhD
Breanna Hetland, PhD
Harshraj Leuva, MBBS
Bethany Lowndes, PhD
Shireen Rajaram, PhD
Shibiao Wan, PhD
2023
Windy Alonso, PhDPo-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, PhDGargi Ghosal, PhD
Abraham Mengist, PhD
Jordan Rowley, PhD
Derrick Samuelson, PhD
Micah Schott, PhD
Jawed Siddiqui, PhD
Benjamin Tepley, MD
Siwei Zhao, PhD
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.
2024
Corey Hopkins, PhDKaleb Michaud, PhD
2023
Carol Ann Casey, PhDJohn Davis, PhD
2022
Chittibabu "Babu" Guda, PhDJames Lawler, MD
2021
Risto Rautiainen, PhDPolina Shcherbakova, DSc, PhD
2020
Maneesh Jain, PhDTed Mikuls, MD
2019
Amarnath "Amar" Natarajan, PhD2018
Mohammad "Mo" Siahpush, PhD2016
Bernard "Timothy" Baxter, MDRobert Lewis, PhD
2015
Luis A. Marky, PhD2014
Hamid Band, MD, PhDMichael 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.
2024
Hamid Band, MD, PhD2023
Michele Balas, PhD2022
Diana Florescu, MD2021
Andre Kalil, MD2020
Matthew Rizzo, MD2019
Susan Swindells, MBBS2018
Robert Lewis, PhD2017
Kenneth "Ken" Bayles, PhD2016
Tammy Kielian, PhD