Robert P. Hebbel Research Day

Post-Doc | Basic Research

Fellow | Clinical Research

Trainee | Basic Research

Trainee | Clinical Research

Undergraduate Student / Medical Student | Basic and Clinical Research

Staff | Basic and Clinical Research

Fellow/Post-Doc Basic Science

• Zachary Shaheen
• Patrick Ernst
• Alisa Nelson

Fellow/Post-Doc Clinical Science

• Josh Trujeque
• Rahul Karna
• Evan Manning
• Sreekant Avula

Trainee Basic Science

• Eric Queathem
• Jenna Dick
• Mahima Devarajan

Medical Student, Undergrad Student, High School Student Basic and Clinical Science

• Allison Makovec
• Elizabeth Ngo
• Dannah Nephew

Trainee Clinical Research

• Anwei Gwan
• Tessa Herman
• Jenson Phung

Staff Basic and Clinical Science

• Courtney Baar
• Jacob Rugloski
• Ana Alves
• Andrea Torniainen

• Sahar Lotfi-Emran (Faculty Award Basic & Clinical Research)
• Zalaya Ivy (Fellow/ PostDoc Basic Research Only)
• Joseph Skeate (Fellow/ PostDoc Basic Research Only)
• Parag Bawaskar (Fellow/ PostDoc Clinical Research Only)
• Sean Pickthorn (Fellow/ PostDoc Clinical Research Only)
• Shamim Ahmed (Trainee Basic Research Only)
• Gwen Phung (Trainee Basic Research Only)
• Thijs Larson (Medical Student/ Undergraduate/ Highschool student Basic & Clinical Research)
• Alison Wong (Medical Student/ Undergraduate/ Highschool student Basic & Clinical Research)
• Summer Gerhardt (Medical Student/ Undergraduate/ Highschool student Basic & Clinical Research)
• Spencer Goble (Resident Clinical Research Only)
• Manaswita Tappata (Resident Clinical Research Only)
• Marinos Kosmopoulos (Resident Clinical Research Only)
• Maria Martell (Staff Basic & Clinical Research)
• Hannah Bergom (Staff Basic & Clinical Research)

Research Excellence Awards - 2021

• Adetunji Bakare: Outstanding Postdoctoral Clinical Research
• Alexander Dwyer: Outstanding Trainee Researcher
• Alisa Nelson: Outstanding Trainee Researcher
• Sasha Prisco: Peter Bitterman Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Basic Research
• Ferrol Rome: Outstanding Predoctoral Researcher
• Xiaolei Shi: Outstanding Postdoctoral Clinical Research
• Hannah Szafraniec: Outstanding Predoctoral Researcher

Research Excellence Awards - 2019

Research Excellence Awards - 2018

• Elizabeth Goldsmith: Outstanding Postdoctoral Clinical Research
• Katelyn Hoff: Outstanding Predoctoral Research
• Kurt Prins: Peter Bitterman Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Basic Research
• Christopher Tucker: Outstanding Trainee Researcher

Research Excellence Awards - 2017

• Katharine Block: Outstanding Fellow Postdoctoral Research
• Irena Cich: Outstanding Medical Student Researcher
• Krista Newman: Outstanding Trainee Researcher
• Ian Nykaza: Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher
• Carol Perez Kerkvliet: Outstanding Trainee Researcher

2024: Lisa Schilling, MD
“Data Ownership and Privacy in the Era of Big Data Research”

2023: Susan M Wolf, JD
"Bridging Research and Clinical Care: The Growing Practice of Returning Results to Research Participants"

John Carethers
"Environmental Influences on Colorectal Cancer"

2021: Kenneth I. Ataga, MD
"Natural History of Sickle Cell Disease-Related Glomerulopathy: Implications for Therapy" 

2019: Joan M. Bathon, MD
"Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Paradigm of the Link Between Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease"

2018: Jean Schaffer, MD
"Lipotoxicity: Getting to the Heart of the Matter"

2017: Susan E. Quaggin, MD
"Uncomplicating Diabetes: High 'Tek' Solutions on the Horizon"

2016: Susan M. Wolf, MD
"The Challenge of Developing Best Practices for Translational Medicine: Return of Results & Incidental Findings in Genomics"

2015: Peter Igarashi, MD
"Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Model Ciliopathy"

2014: Peter Agre, MD
"Opening Doors Worldwide through Medical Science"

2013: Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
"Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome and the Genetic Control of Immune Tolerance"

2012: No Research Day

2011: Andrew I. Schafer, MD
"The Vanishing Physician-Scientist?"

2010: Richard A. King, MD, PhD
"The Intrigue of Genetics in Medicine"

2009: Antony Rosen, MD
"Human Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: The Key is in the Human"

2008: Robert Siliciano, MD, PhD
"Control of HIV Replication: Identification of a Missing Dimension in the Drug and Vaccine Efficacy"

2007: David A. Schwartz, MD, MPH
"Environmental Genomics and Complex Human Diseases"

2006: Karl Nath, MD
"Mentoring and Biomedical Research: A Personal Perspective"

2005: Joseph Bonventre, MD
"Acute Kidney Injury: From Zebrafish to the Patient "

2004: Barry Coller, MD
"Translational Research: The Best of Times"

2003: Martin Blaser, MD
"Evolution of Helicobacter Pylori Diversity in Individual Hosts"

1999: James Kazura, MD
"Pathogenesis and Genetics of Human Malaria"

1998: Philip Leder, MD
"Cancer: An Unfortunate Genetic Collaboration"