Each year at Translational Science, ACTS presents prestigious awards to members who have demonstrated excellence in translational science. At Translational Science 2025 (TS25), CR Forum also recognized its award recipients. Join us in celebrating this year’s honorees!
2025 ACTS Awards
JCTS Publication Award
Daniella Meeker, PhD - Yale School of Medicine
ACTS Edward H. Ahrens, Jr. Distinguished Investigator Award
Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS, FAAP - UC Davis School of Medicine
ACTS Clinical and Translational Research Distinguished Educator Award: The Rebecca Jackson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education Innovation
Wayne Thomas McCormack, PhD - University of Florida
ACTS Clinical and Translational Research Distinguished Educator Award: Mentorship Innovation
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS - The Ohio State University
ACTS Team Science Award
Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD - Stanford University
ACTS Oustanding Trainee: Early (Faculty) Career Development Award
Abhishek Jain, PhD - Yale School of Public Health
ACTS Oustanding Trainee: Post-Doctoral Award
Cathy Shyr, PhD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
ACTS Outstanding Trainee: Predoctoral Scholar Award
Saket Myneni, BS - Johns Hopkins University
ACTS Award for Contributing to the Diversity and Inclusiveness of the Translational Workforce
Nwora Lance Okeke, MD, MPH - Duke University
ACTS Award for Addressing Health Equity Through Partnership and Innovation
Gayathri Devi, PhD, MS - Duke University School of Medicine
ACTS Distinguished Investigator: Translation from Proof of Concept to Widespread Clinical Practice
Umut Gurkan, PhD - Case Western Reserve University
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