Past Translational Science Meeting Awards

Edward H. Ahrens, Jr. Award for Patient Oriented Research 

2019 John H. Krystal, MD, Yale School of Medicine

2018 Daniel J. Rader, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2017 Henry Ginsberg, MD, Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Science

2016 Robert Sherwin, MD, Yale University

2014 Steven K. Grinspoon, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

ACTS Distinguished Investigator Award for Career Achievement and Contribution to Clinical and Translational Science for Translation from Early Clinical Use to Applicability for Widespread Clinical Practice 

2019 Carl H. June, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2018 James G. Krueger, MD, PhD, Rockefeller University

2017 Peter J. Snyder, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2015 Francis E. Marchlinski, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2014 Robert M. Califf, MD, Duke University Medical Center

ACTS Distinguished Investigator Award for Career Achievement and Contribution to Clinical and Translational Science for Translation from Clinical Use into Public Benefit and Policy

2019 David A. Asch, MD, MBA, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2018 Jayme Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2017 Scott D. Halpern, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2015 Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 

2014 Marie R. Griffin, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University

ACTS Distinguished Educator Award

2019 Christine Pfund, PhD and Christine Sorkness, PharmD, RPh, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2018 Lawrence F. Brass, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2017 Ellen W. Seely, MD, Brigham Health, Brigham & Women's Hospital

2016 Doris Rubio, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

2015 Michael F. Fleming, MD, MPH of Northwestern University

2014 Eugene P. Orringer, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Team Science Award

2019 Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, and the ECHORN Team, Yale School of Medicine

2018 Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, and the Yale Cancer Center Immunology Team

2017 CONRAD

2016 Yale Diabetes Research Center

2015 Women's Health Initiative

2014 Community Partners in Care Council

Barry Coller ACTS Excellence in Service Award

2017 Rebecca D. Jackson, MD, The Ohio State University

2014 Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH, Tufts University Clinical and Translational Science Institute

AFMR Outstanding Investigator Award

2019 Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2017 Scott D. Halpern, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2016 William J. Steinbach, MD, Duke University

2015 Dr. Keith Josephs, Jr. of Mayo Clinic 

2014 Yutong Zhao, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

AFMR Junior Physician Investigator Award

2018 Jennifer Alexander-Brett, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

PhRMA Foundation Award

2017 Paul M. Campbell, PhD, Drexel University College of Medicine

PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grants in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

2019 Sam Emaminejad, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

2018 A. Hunter Shain, PhD, University of California San Francisco, Mark Ebbert, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Qun Wang, PhD, Iowa State University

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Trainee Travel Awards

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has generously supported early career scholars and pre-doctoral trainees to take part in the annual Translational Science meeting since 2009. The $20,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund grants provide trainees and scholars with travel awards to use toward airfare or hotel expenses for Translational Science 2019. The scholars and trainees take part in unique career development activities, including mock study sections, meetings with NIH program officers, seminars on scientific career development, NIH tours, and research presentations.