Congratulations to our award winners! Watch this year's award winner's videos below to learn more about their work. Visit the ACTS YouTube channel to view award videos from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
JCTS Publication Award
2025 - Daniella Meeker, PhD
Journal Paper: Development of a social and environmental determinants of health informatics maturity model
2024 - Julie T. Elworth, PhD
- Journal Paper: Exploratory study of the underutilization of CTSA module services
ACTS Edward H. Ahrens, Jr. Distinguished Investigator Award
2025 - Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS, FAAP - UC Davis School of Medicine
- 2024 - Paul Alan Harris, PhD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2023 - David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2022 - William W. Busse, MD - University of Wisconsin Madison
- 2021 - Paul Sondel, MD, PhD - University of Wisconsin Madison
- 2020 - Jean Bennett, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2019 - John H. Krystal, MD - Yale University
- 2018 - Daniel J. Rader, MD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2017 - Henry Ginsberg, MD - Columbia University
ACTS Clinical and Translational Research Distinguished Educator Award: The Rebecca Jackson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education Innovation
2025 - Wayne Thomas McCormack, PhD - University of Florida
This award was renamed in 2023 in dedication to the life and service of Dr. Rebecca Jackson, The Ohio State University. (1955-2022).
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2024 - Marie Noman, PhD - University of Pittsburgh
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2023 - Cynthia D. Morris, PhD, MPH - Oregon Health and Science University
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2022 - David A. Asch, MD, MBA - University of Pennsylvania
- 2021 - Molly Carnes, MD, MS and Mary Corcoran, PhD, OTR/L - University of Wisconsin and George Washington University
- 2020 - Emma A. Meagher, MD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2019 - Christine Pfund, PhD and Christine Sorkness, RPh, PharmD - University of Wisconsin
- 2018 - Lawrence F. "Skip" Brass, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2017 - Ellen W. Seely, MD - Harvard University
ACTS Clinical and Translational Research Distinguished Educator Award: Mentorship Innovation
2025 - Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS - The Ohio State University
- 2024 - Michael A. Holinstat, PhD - University of Michigan
- 2023 - Susan Furth, MD, PhD - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- 2022 - Angela Byars-Winston, PhD - University of Wisconsin-Madison
ACTS Distinguished Investigator: Translation from Clinical Use into Public Benefit and Policy Award
- 2025 - Was not awarded
- 2024 - Was not awarded
- 2023 - Was not awarded
- 2022 - Was not awarded
- 2021 - Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2020 - Diana Miglioretti, PhD - University of California, Davis
- 2019 - David A. Asch, MD, MBA - University of Pennsylvania
- 2018 - Jayme Locke, MD - University of Alabama Birmingham
- 2017 - Scott D. Halpern, MD - University of Pennsylvania
ACTS Team Science Award
2025 - Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD - Stanford University
- 2024 - Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH, FACE - University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- 2023 - Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH - University at Buffalo
- 2022 - Gerard Sanacora, MD, PhD - Yale University
- 2021 - Betsy Rolland, PhD, MLIS, MPH - University of Wisconsin
- 2020 - Kevin Sheth, MD - Yale University
- 2019 - Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS - Yale University
- 2018 - Roy Herbst, MD, PhD - Yale University
- 2017 - Gustavo F. Doncel, MD, PhD - EVMS
ACTS Oustanding Trainee: Early (Faculty) Career Development Award
2025 - Abhishek Jain, PhD - Yale School of Public Health
- 2024 - Ambrose H. Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS - Yale School of Medicine
- 2023 - Rogelio A. Coronado, PT, PhD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2022 - Ariangela Kozik, PhD - University of Michigan
- 2021 - Carolyn Treacy Bramante, MD, MPH - University of Minnesota
- 2020 - Steven Hicks, MD, PhD - Pennsylvania State University
ACTS Oustanding Trainee: Post-Doctoral Award
2025 - Cathy Shyr, PhD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 2024 - Sergio M. Navarro, MD, MBA - Mayo Clinic
- 2023 - ReJoyce Green, PhD - Medical University of South Carolina
- 2022 - Tara Bautista, PhD - Yale University
- 2021 - Jacob A. George, PhD - University of Utah
- 2020 - Sarah Sheppard, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
ACTS Outstanding Trainee: Predoctoral Scholar Award
2025 - Saket Myneni, BS - Johns Hopkins University
- 2024 -Terrence Tsou, BA - Johns Hopkins University
- 2023 - Courtney McDermott, BA - Rutgers University
- 2022 - Afaf Saliba, M.S.c - University of Texas Health San Antonio
- 2021 - Sarah Libring - Purdue University
- 2020 - Uriel Kim - Case Western Reserve University
ACTS Award for Contributing to the Diversity and Inclusiveness of the Translational Workforce
2025 - Nwora Lance Okeke, MD, MPH - Duke University
- 2024 - Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, FACNP, FASPET - State University of New York at Buffalo
- 2023 - Carol Feghali-Bostwick, PhD - Medical University of South Carolina
- 2022 - Susan R. Passmore, PhD - University of Wisconsin - Madison
- 2021 - Doris M. Rubio, PhD - University of Pittsburgh
ACTS Award for Addressing Health Equity Through Partnership and Innovation
2025 - Gayathri Devi, PhD, MS - Duke University School of Medicine
- 2024 - Mark L. Wieland, MD - Mayo Clinic
- 2023 - Olajide A. Williams, MD, MS - Columbia University
- 2022 - Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP - University of Chicago
- 2021 - Dorothy Farrar-Edwards, PhD - University of Wisconsin
ACTS Distinguished Investigator: Translation from Proof of Concept to Widespread Clinical Practice
2025 - Umut Gurkan, PhD - Case Western Reserve University
- 2024 - Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- 2023 - David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD - University of Southern California
- 2022 - Jane Ellen Mahoney, MD - University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2021 - N. Scott Adzick, MD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2020 - Was not awarded
- 2019 - Carl H. June, MD - University of Pennsylvania
- 2018 - James Krueger, MD - Rockefeller University
- 2017 - Peter J. Snyder, MD - University of Pennsylvania
Partner Organization Awards
We'd also like to congratulate the Clinical Research Forum awardees that were recognized at Translational Science 2025.
CR Forum 2025 Top 10 Clinical Research Acheivement Awards
Development and Validation of an Automated Classifier to Diagnose Acute Otitis Media in Children
Nader Shaikh, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine/UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Diversity and Scale: Genetic Architecture of 2068 Traits in the VA Million Veteran Program
Scott Damrauer, MD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center/School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Empowering a Man with ALS to Speak
David Brandman, MD, PhD, UC Davis School of Medicine
Gene Editing for CEP290-Associated Retinal Degeneration
Tomas Aleman, MD, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hepatitis C Treatment Through Facilitated Telehealth in Opioid Use Disorder
Andrew Talal, MD, MPH, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Memory Reprogramming Enhances CAR T Cell Efficacy
Evan Weber, PhD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania
Noninvasive Ventilation for Preoxygenation During Emergency Intubation
Kevin Gibbs, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Pomalidomide for Bleeding in Patients with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Keith McCrae, MD, Cleveland Clinic
RCT for Treatment of Food Allergies
Robert Wood, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Teamwork, Targets, Technology, and Tight Control (4T) study
David Maahs, MD, PhD, Stanford University
The Herbert Pardes Clinical Research Excellence Award
- Empowering a Man with ALS to Speak
David Brandman, MD, PhD UC Davis School of Medicine
The Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award
- RCT for Treatment of Food Allergies
Robert Wood, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Hepatitis C Treatment through Facilitated Telehealth in Opioid Use Disorder
Andrew Talal, MD, MPH University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Barry Coller Award
- 2017 - Rebecca Jackson, MD - The Ohio State University
- 2016 - Art Feldman, MD, PhD - Temple University
3MT Predoctoral Trainee Award
2025 - Jacob Mattia, GSBS MD/PhD Student - UTHealth Houston
3MT Postdoctoral Trainee Award
2025 - Joel Acevedo, PhD, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
3MT Early Career Faculty Scholar Award
2025 - Diogo Anyigbo, MD, MPH, University of Cincinnati