Honouring Success
We take pride in honoring the success of our Scholars at our Annual Awards Gala which concludes the NIH Global Doctoral Program Annual Research Colloquium. Through a combination of donations and endowments, we recognize Scholars with Research Excellence Awards as well as Outstanding Mentors at the NIH and partner universities.
 We also provide annual awards each summer to Alumni, early in their careers through the Outstanding Recent Graduate Award and those more established in their careers through the Distinguished Alumni Award each.
If you or your organization are interested in sponsoring one or more of these awards, or a new award to recognize Scholars or Alumni making contributions in your field of interest, please send us an email at awards@biomedalliance.org.
Research Excellence Awards
GREGORY PAUL LENARDO BASIC SCIENCE AWARD FOR DISCOVERIES IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Awarded for discoveries of fundamental cellular, molecular, or genetic processes using model systems that advance scientific understanding of biological processes in higher organisms.
2024 Awardee
Benjamin Lee
2020 NIH Oxford Scholar
2023 Awardee
Mario Shammas, PhD
2022 Awardee
Jacob Gordon, PhD
2021 Awardee
Joseph Roney, PhD
2020 Awardee
Shannon McKie, PhD
2019 Awardee
Nicholas Ader, PhD
2018 Awardee
Thomas Reid Alderson, PhD
2017 Awardee
Emma Sherling, PhD
2016 Awardee
Michael Chen, PhD
2015 Awardee
Arienne Richard, PhD
2014 Awardee
Katie Warner, PhD
2013 Awardee
Joel Meyerson, PhD
DR. RICHARD AND VERA SIEGEL TRANSLATIONAL AWARD FOR ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
Awarded for advances in the field of medical science that move fundamental discoveries from the bench to the bedside
2024 Awardee
Sooraj Achar
2023 Awardee
Marya Sabir, PhD
2022 Awardee
Yifan Zhou, PhD
2021 Awardee
Katherine Masih, MD, PhD
2020 Awardee
Zinan Zhang, MD, PhD
2019 Awardee
Craig Pearson, MD, PhD
2018 Awardee
Joshua Bernstock MD, PhD
2017 Awardee
Brennan Decker, MD, PhD
2015 Awardee
Baltazar Zavala, MD, PhD
2014 Awardee
Christopher Wassif, PhD
2013 Awardee
Stephanie Mok, PhD
JOHN AND ALICE O’SHEA INNOVATION AWARD FOR NOVEL SOLUTIONS IN BIOLOGY OR MEDICINE
Awarded for discoveries of unusual importance, application, or magnitude that make use of new or unusual methods, paradigms, or approaches to solve important problems in biology or medicine
2024 Awardee
Asmaysinh Gharia, PhD
2023 Awardee
Stephen Gadomski, PhD
2022 Awardee
Sooraj Achar
2021 Awardee
Lawrence Wang, MD, PhD
2021 Awardee
Olive Jung, PhD
2020 Awardee
Michael Metrick, MD, PhD
2019 Awardee
Michael Fernandopulle, MD, PhD
2018 Awardee
Jakob Seidlitz, PhD
2017 Awardee
Adam Steel, PhD
2016 Awardee
Steven Witte, MD, PhD
2015 Awardee
Michael Gormally, MD, PhD
2014 Awardee
Prantik Kundu, PhD
2013 Awardee
Christopher Toepfer, PhD
The Roy and Diana Vagelos Leadership Award
The recipient of the Award is a role model for their peers and possess the ability to inspire others to be better and do better by encouraging creativity, cooperation, promoting respect for others, emphasizing collaboration, demonstrating initiative, and adapting to new and changing needs and circumstances. The outstanding Leader has a keen sense of organization and embodies leadership in all that they endeavor, combining clarity in thought with humility in character.
2024 Awardee
Hallie Gaitsch
2023 Awardee
Taylor Farley, PhD
2022 Awardee
Katherine Masih, MD, PhD
2021 Awardee
Yasemin Cole
2020 Awardee
Lauren Wedekind, PhD
Building a Better Community Through Service Award
The recipient of the Building a Better Community Through Service Award honors an individual who continuously places significant importance on the well-being of their community. Committed to social responsibility, they invest their time and talent to elevate and inspire others and, in doing so, uplift the community as a whole.
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