SSCI MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDEES
Mentoring is a fundamental determinant of success in the biomedical sciences and is a major mission of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). This award recognizes outstanding SSCI members or mentors who have demonstrated a long-standing commitment to mentoring students, trainees or junior faculty or all of them. Through their positive influence on the mentee's careers, these awardees have advanced medical education and research for the benefit of the community at large.
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| Post-Graduate: Christina A. Muzny, MD, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Junior Faculty: Kenneth M. Nugent, MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
SSCI RESEARCH SCHOLAR AWARDEE
The SSCI Research Scholar Award is designed to enhance the career development of promising young physician-investigators, particularly within the Southern Region of the United States. The $25,000 award supplements federal and nonfederal career development awards for postdoctoral and junior faculty trainees who are being mentored by an SSCI member in good standing that have either already been funded or that have received highly favorable scores and/or reviews.
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| Abolfazl Zarjou, MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Targeting Ferritin in Vascular Calcification Associated with CKD |
TINSLEY HARRISON AWARDEE
Each year, the Tinsley Harrison Award is given to the best manuscript published in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences in the preceding year. We thank our Publisher, Elsevier, for their generous sponsorship of this annual award.
The Tinsley Harrison Award was presented to first author, Dr. Liangliang Zhang, by Dr. Jesse Roman, Editor-in-Chief, for the article entitled “In Vivo and In Vitro Effects of Vasopressin V2 Receptor Antagonism on Myocardial Fibrosis in Rats”. The authors are from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine, Lowell General Hospital and VA Boston Health Care System.
SSCI YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDEES
The following winners received honors for overall best abstracts submitted to the Southern Regional Meeting.
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| First Place |
| Jennifer Hong, Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Soluble Prorenin Receptor (SPPR) is Association with Type 2 Diabetes in Women |
| Second Place |
| Alexander C. Razavi, Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine |
| Lifetime Burden of Traditional Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Incidence of Cancer: The Bogalusa Heart Study |
| Third Place |
| Maria Soledad Rivera, University of Queensland Ochsner Clinic Foundation |
| Urinary Waxy Casts are Associated with Greater Severity of Acute Tubular Injury |
NATHAN SOLOMON & IRENE ORANSKY-SOLOMON MEDICAL STUDENT AWARDEES
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| First Place Caleb Max, University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
| Increased Viral Markers Correlate with Decreased Insulin Secretion |
| Second Place Ashkan Shahbandi, Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Mechanisms of Immune Evasion in Chemotherapy Induced Senescent Breast Cancer Cells |
SSCI POSTER AWARDEES
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| First Place |
| Lauren Jeffers, Emory University |
| Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Renders Mice Vulnerable to Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema Second Place Elliott Varney, University of Mississippi Medical Center Non-Invasive Tests for Staging Chronic Liver Disease: Are They All Equal? Third Place Edward Florez, University of Mississippi Medical Center Response Assessment in Recurrent Glioblastoma Based on Contrast-Enhanced T1-Weighted Subtraction Color Maps and Rano Criteria |
SSCI CARDIOVASCULAR CASE REPORT AWARDEES
Drew Daniels
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Christen H. Harris
LSU Health Sciences Center
James N. Kiage
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Haneen Mallah
Texas Tech University Health sciences Center
Faiza Mubeen
Texas Tech University
Michael B. Omar
University of Florida College of Medicine
Parikshat Sharma
Golden State Hospitalists
Richard D. Silva-Cantillo
VA Caribbean Healthcare
SSCI YOUNG INVESTIGATOR FOR GENERAL MEDICINE
SAFMR/SSCI JUNIOR FACULTY RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDEES
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| SAFMR/SSCI Junior Faculty, Student, and Trainee Research Awardees. Harsha Karanchi, Medical University of South Carolina |
| Tadashi Yoshida, Tulane University |
SAFMR/SSCI STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDEES
Ashwin Ajith
Georgia Cancer Center
Annie L. Bell
Tulane University School of Medicine
Abraham B. Chabot
Tulane University School of Medicine
Caroline G. Coleman
Emory University School of Medicine
Clayton L. Davis
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Heather Davis
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Travis Dobbin
University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School
Melissa R. Downey
Medical College of Georgia
Emily E. Evans
Emory University
Anam Haque
McGovern Medical School
Kristin Harrington
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine
Carl Haupt
Ochsner Health System
Candace M. Howard
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jeanne Ishimwe
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Lauren A .Jeffers
Emory University
Rebecca Joseph
University of Central Florida
Chin Fung Kelvin Kan
Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland, Laboratory of Translational Cancer Research
Mary Kelly
Emory University
Darya Khani
Emory University
Jae Gyun Maeng
Quillen College of Medicine - East Tennessee State University
Ganesh B. Maniam
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Will McDonough
University of South Alabama
Sarah Miller
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Emily N. Nguyen
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Kailash N. Pandey
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Jay R. Patel
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Pranav Prabu
Medical College of Georgia
Owen Richfield
Tulane University
Faaiz Saad
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Seth Swinney
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Thomas S. Truong
Ochsner Health System
Sidney Tucker
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Vipin Varghese
University of Queensland - Ochsner Clinical School
Elliot Varney
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Hannah Wilkerson
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Kenyada Williams
Meharry Medical College
Di Xia
Augusta University
George S. Yeung
Ochsner Clinical School, University of Queensland
Katherine Yu
McGovern Medical School
SAFMR/SSCI TRAINEE RESEARCH AWARDEES
Max Adelman
Emory University
Hiba Ali
Ochsner Medical Center
Genanew D. Bedanie
Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Anil Chimakurthy
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Craig Cook
Emory University
Patrick Dauphin
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Omar Elfeky
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Vincent Gacad
Tulane University
Akshay Goel
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Robert A. Greer
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ibrahim Haddad
East Tennessee State University
Kirstin G. Hesterberg
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Ilya Ivyanskiy
Texas Tech University HSC Amarillo
Isaac Jaben
Medical University of South Carolina
Sanjida Jahan
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Sarah M. Jeong
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Daniel Kelly
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Varun Kohli
East Tennessee State University
Katherine Mascia
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dexter Matrana
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Lara McKean Baste
Ochsner Medical Center
Ryley McPeters
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Neal Mehta
White River Health System
Taylor Morris
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Yara Mouawad
Tulane University
Amelia Muniz Hernandez
Emory University School of Medicine
Jose E. Najul
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Angela Nakahara
Ochsner Medical Center
Zohra Prasla
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta VAHCS
Nikita L. Rabelo-Pagan
University of Puerto Rico
Joel Raja
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Kevin Rechcigl
University of Florida College of Medicine
Keerthi Reddy
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sumana Reddy
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Arya Mariam Roy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Nicoleta Rus
Texas Tech University HSC Amarillo
Firas Safa
Tulane University
Ayesha Sajjad
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Michael Y. Soliman
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Stephen J. Soufleris
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Frederique St-Pierre
Mayo Clinic
Aditi V. Varma
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Cameron B. Wilhoit
Medical University of South Carolina
Jesse Juncong Xie
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
John Xie
Tulane Medical Center
SSCI NEPHROLOGY YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SCHOLAR AWARDEES
Fabian Bock
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hannah Gardner
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cesar F. Hernandez-Arroyo
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Arun Rajasekaran
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Matthew Sinclair
Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Justin Sprick
Emory University, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Rohit Upadhyay
Tulane University School of Medicine
SSPR BASIC SCIENCE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD FINALISTS
David Box
University of Oklahoma
John I. Coon
University of Texas Medical Branch
Amy Freeman
University of Alabama at Birmingham
SSPR CLINICAL SCIENCE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD FINALISTS
Leslie-Anne Dietrich
UT Health Science San Antonio
Rebekah C. Gardea
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Tavleen Sandhu
University of Oklahoma
SSPR DAVID OELBERG HONORARY TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARDEES
Nilesh Dankhara
University of Mississippi
Ahmed L. Elsaie
Baylor College of Medicine
SSPR TRAINEE TRAVEL AWARDEES
Murad Almasri
University of Texas Medical Branch
Maria E. Barbian
Emory University
Taylor M. Boles
Rice University
Charlie Boyle
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Gabriel Castano
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Janhavi Govande
Texas Children's Hospital
Melissa D. Gruver
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Morghan Jameson
ETSU Quillen College of Medicine
Maggie L. Jerome
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mounica Konjeti
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Marco Loayza
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Mishika Malik
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut Children's
Radhika Mohan
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ann E. Murphy
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Anshu A. Paul
Baylor College of Medicine
Morgan J. Sims
Medical University of South Carolina
Ellen P. Soufleris
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mark Stephens
University of Kentucky
Bianca M. Vamesu
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sean Woods
Emory University
SSPR YOUNG FACULTY TRAVEL AWARDEES
Nicholas Carr
Brooke Army Medical Center
Eric B. Ortigoza
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mitali Pakvasa
Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
AFMR HENRY CHRISTIAN AWARD
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| Huixian Hong, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Not pictured) | Priyadarshini Loganathan, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | Majd Michael, Texas Tech University of El Paso |
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Published online: April 29, 2020
Received:
April 16,
2020
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