Each year at Translational Science, ACTS presents prestigious awards recognizing memebers who have demonstrated excellence within the field of translational science. In addition to the ACTS awards, this year at Translational Science 2024 (TS24), CR Forum and PhRMA Foundation also recognized their award recipients. Join us as we celebrate the following award recipients!

2024 ACTS Awards

CR Forum 2024 Top 10 Clinical Research Acheivement Awards 

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Optimize Patients Selection for Endovascular Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke - SELECT2
Amrou Sarraj, MD, George M. Humphrey II Endowed Professor of Neurology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Azithromycin to Prevent Sepsis or Death in Women Planning a Vaginal Birth
Alan T.N. Tita, MPH, PhD, MD, Senior Vice Chair for Research and Innovation in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D., co-Division Director of Neonatology, Edwin M. Dixon Chair in Neonatology Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lobar or Sublobar Resection for Peripheral Stage IA Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Nasser Altorki, MD, David B. Skinner, M.D. Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

Non-invasive Detection of Cardiac Allograft Rejection with Artificial Intelligence
Demilade Adedinsewo, M.B, Ch.B., Mayo Clinic

Prevent Clot
Robert V. O’Toole, MD, Professor, Division Head Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics and Katherine Frey, PhD, RN, Director, Institutional Review Board

Protect Trial: Protecting Nursing Home Residents from Infection and Hospitalization
Loren Miller, MD, MPH, Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA

Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
James LaBelle, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant, University of Chicago

The Effects of Government-Led Cash Transfers On All-Cause Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Aaron Richterman, MD, MPH, Instructor of Medicine, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Gemini Study
Jonathan M. Davis, MD, Vice-Chair of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine, Tufts Medical Center

The Promise II Trial, Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization for the Treatment of Late-Stage Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (Promise)
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, PhD, MPH, President, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and Professor of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

The Herbert Pardes Clinical Research Excellence Award

• Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
  James LaBelle, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant, University of Chicago

The Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award

• Azithromycin to Prevent Sepsis or Death in Women Planning a Vaginal Birth
  Alan T.N. Tita, MPH, PhD, MD, Senior Vice Chair for Research and Innovation in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D., co-Division Director of Neonatology, Edwin M. Dixon Chair in Neonatology Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Prevent Clot
  Robert V. O’Toole, MD, Professor, Division Head Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Maryland Department of Orthopaedics and Katherine Frey, PhD, RN, Director, Institutional Review Board

2023 PhRMA Foundation Awards

PhRMA Foundation Faculty Starter Grant in Translational Medicine

Liangliang Hao, PhD - Trustees of Boston University, CRC
Shengqing Gu, PhD - University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

PhRMA Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Translational Medicine 

Christina Michalski, PhD - Emory University
Nir Pillar, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles
Jake Rhodes, PhD - Emory University
 

Past Award Winners

Explore past Translational Science award winners.