The UK College of Medicine Office of Research 2024 Research Awards recognize faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to basic, clinical, and translational research in the College of Medicine.  Please join us in congratulating the following awardees: 

Early Career Mentoring Award in Basic, Translational, or Clinical Research (Faculty)

  • Jessica Blackburn, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • David L. Dornbos III, MD, Neurosurgery
  • Patrick R. Hannon, PhD, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
  • Lance A. Johnson, PhD, Physiology

 Career Mentoring Award in Basic, Translational or Clinical Research (Faculty)

  • Brian T. Gold, PhD, Neuroscience and Radiology
  • Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, PhD, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
  • Kathryn E. Saatman, PhD, Physiology, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
  • Nancy Schoenberg, PhD, Behavioral Science, CHET 

 Excellence in Clinical Research (Staff)

  • Marietta Barton-Baxter, CCRC, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
  • Cynthia T. Cockerham, BSN, RN, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Jennifer R. Isaacs, MS, MS, CCRP, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division and Neurosurgery, Cerebrovascular Division
  • Frances P. Wagner, RN, Behavioral Science

 Excellence in Basic Science Research (Staff)

  • Lina G. Abdelmoti, MSc, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Katharina Kohler, BS, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
  • Justin Levens, BA, Internal Medicine, Markey Cancer Center, Cancer Research Informatics Shared Resource Facility
  • Lisa Witt, AS, AA, ODS-C, Internal Medicine, Markey Cancer Center, Cancer Research Informatics Shared Resource Facility