The UK College of Medicine Office of Research 2025 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:
Career Mentoring Award in Basic, Translational or Clinical Research
- Carrie Oser, PhD, Behavioral Science, Center for Health, Engagement, and Transformation, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research
- Sidney W. Whiteheart, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
Early Career Mentoring Award in Basic, Translational or Clinical Research
- Justin X. Moore, PhD, MPH, Center for Health Engagement and Transformation, Behavioral Science, Internal Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center
- A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega, PhD, Physiology, Otolaryngology
Excellence in Basic Science Research (Staff)
- Elizabeth Gordon, PhD, Physiology
- Tiffany Lee, BA, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
- Sehyung Park, Internal Medicine, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
- Patricia Wilson, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Excellence in Clinical Research (Staff)
- Christina M. Church, BSN, RN, CCRC, Pediatrics, Pulmonary Division
- Connie S. Dampier, MPA, BSN, RN, CCRC, Ophthalmology
- Ashley G. Hall, MS, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
- Renee P. Wagner, RN, CCRC, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Kentucky Neuroscience Institute-Clinical Research Unit