Annual Department of Medicine Evans Days
October 15-16, 2026
The Annual Evans Department of Medicine Research Days celebrate and showcase the research activities of the department’s faculty, trainees and researchers.
Wilkins Professor
Benjamin L. Ebert, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Director, Harvard Cancer Consortium
Ingelfinger Professor
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
19th Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Learn more about Dr. Walensky’s work here
*photo credit to A Hornischer
2025 Evans Days Recap
2025 Evans Days Recap
2025 DOM Evans Days Digital Booklet
Evans Days 2025: Celebrating 40th Annual Evans Days
This October, the Evans Department of Medicine hosted its 40th annual research celebration, continuing a tradition that began in 1985 to showcase the department’s commitment to advancing science and education. Founded in 1912 through the visionary gifts of Maria Antoinette Evans, the department has long integrated research, teaching, and clinical care across Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
The two-day event featured expanded poster sessions, oral presentations, and distinguished lectures by Dr. Benjamin D. Humphreys and Dr. Jean S. Kutner. With record participation and vibrant discussions, Evans Days reaffirmed the department’s enduring legacy of innovation and collaboration—values that have shaped its mission for more than a century.
Wilkins Professor
“Acute Kidney Injury, Repair and Transition to Chronic Kidney Disease“
Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD
Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Washington University
Ingelfinger Professor
“Serious Illness Requires Serious Science: Advancing Care Through Evidence Generation, Investigator Development, and Infrastructure Creation“
Jean S. Kutner, MD, MSPH
Chief Medical Officer, University of Colorado Hospital
Chief Academic Officer, UCHealth
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Click here to view the 2025 Evans Days Awardees
2024 Evans Days Recap
2024 Evans Days Recap
Thursday, October 10
8:15am – 9:15am Oral Presentations | L110
9:30am– 11:00am Basic Science Poster Presentations | Hiebert Lounge
11:15am – 12:45pm Basic Science & Clinical Research Poster Presentations | Hiebert Lounge
1:00pm – 2:00pm Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium
2:00pm – 3:00pm ARC & D. Coleman Prize Presentations | Keefer Auditorium
6:00pm – 9:00pm Reception & Awards Ceremony | Hiebert Lounge
Wilkins Professor
“The expanding translational relevance of L cell derived therapeutics”
Daniel J. Drucker, MD
Senior Scientist,
Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Professor of Medicine,
University of Toronto
Friday, October 11
12:00pm – 1:00pm Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium
Ingelfinger Professor
“Humanizing Academic Medicine with Authenticity: A Transformative Staged Approach Leveraging our Missions to Achieve Progress for All”
Michelle A. Albert, MD MPH FACC FAHA
Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Professor of Medicine,
Director, CeNter for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center)
Associate Dean of Admissions, UCSF School of Medicine
Immediate Past-President, American Heart Association
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2023 Evans Days Recap
2023 Evans Days Recap
Thursday, October 19
8:15am – 9:15am Oral Presentations | L110
9:30am– 11:00am Basic Science poster presentations | Hiebert Lounge
11:15am – 12:45pm Basic Science & Clinical Research poster presentations | Hiebert Lounge
1:00pm – 1:30pm Dr. Anthony Hollenberg Interviews Dr. Barbara Kahn | Keefer Auditorium
1:30pm – 2:30pm ARC & Dr. D. Coleman Prize Presentations | Keefer Auditorium
3:00pm – 4:00pm Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium
6:00pm – 9:00pm Reception & Awards Ceremony | Hiebert Lounge
Wilkins Visiting Professor
A Novel Class of Signaling Lipids With Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Diabetic Effects
Barbara Kahn, MD
George R. Minot Professor of Medicine – Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair for Research Strategy,
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Friday, October 20
12:00pm – 1:00pm Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium
Ingelfinger Visiting Professor
Addressing Health Inequities in Hypertension: Having Impact through Research
Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH
Dr. Adolph & Margaret Berger Professor of Population Health,
Grossman School of Medicine,
New York University
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| Evans Center / IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award Elise Morgan, PhD – Engineering Design & Innovation |
Clinical Excellence Award Praveen Govender, MB BCh – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine |
| Clinical Innovation Award Deepa Gopal, MD, MS – Cardiovascular Medicine Nir Ayalon, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine |
Research Mentoring Award Alexander Walley, MD – General Internal Medicine |
| Junior Faculty Mentoring Award Jessica Taylor, MD – General Internal Medicine |
Clinical Quality Improvement Award David Yuh, MD – General Internal Medicine |
| Outstanding Citizenship Award Sarah Kimball, MD – General Internal Medicine |
David “Aaron” Freed Award Dennis Chow – Central Finance |
| Special Recognition Teaching Award Mark Sloan, MD – Hematology & Oncology |
Marie Antoinette Evans Award Erin Kane – Computational Biomedicine Daneiris Heredia-Perez, MSPM – General Internal Medicine |
| Faculty Diversity Award Kaku So-Armah, PhD – General Internal Medicine |
Evans Clinician Lauren Stern, MD – General Internal Medicine |
| David Coleman, MD Junior Faculty Prize Lauren Stern, MD – General Internal Medicine |
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| Clinical Poster Winners 1st Place: Samantha Malatesta, PhD Candidate 2nd Place: Adriana Flores, MD 3rd Place: Alex Werekuu, MPH |
Basic Science Poster Winners 1st Place: Gwen Beacham, PhD 2nd Place: Burcu Erdogan, PhD 3rd Place: Lorraine Soares De Oliveira, PhD |
| Clinical Oral Presentation Winners 1st Place: Lauren Kearney, MD 2nd Place: Victoria Overbeck, MPH 3rd Place: Breanne Biondi, MPH |
Basic Oral Presentation Winners 1st Place: Lucien Garo, PhD Candidate 2nd Place: Olivia Perry 3rd Place: Roxana Pfefferkorn, PhD |
2022 Evans Days Recap
2022 Evans Days Schedule
Thursday, October 13
*Please note – Evans Days is planned to be held in person with video capabilities for people who are unable to attend
8:30am – 9:30am Oral Presentations | L110
9:30am– 11:00am Basic Science poster presentations | Hiebert Lounge
11:15am – 12:45pm Basic Science & Clinical Research poster presentations | Hiebert Lounge
1:00pm – 1:30pm Dr. Coleman interviews Dr. Cooney / Dr. Salant interviews Dr. Kaelin | Keefer Auditorium
1:30pm – 2:30pm ARC Presentations | Keefer Auditorium
3:00pm – 4:00pm Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium
“The von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Gene: Insights into Oxygen Sensing, Protein Degradation, and Cancer”
Dr. William Kaelin – 2019 Nobel Prize Winner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
6:00pm – 9:00pm Reception & Awards Ceremony | Hiebert Lounge
Friday, October 14
12:00pm – 1:00pm Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium
“Prostate Cancer Susceptibility: Translating Genetic Discoveries to the Clinic”
Dr. Kathleen Cooney – Professor of Medicine, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Chair – Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
| Evans Center / IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award David Sherr, MD – Environmental Health |
Clinical Excellence Award Ramon Bonegio, MD – Nephrology |
| Clinical Innovation Award Pablo Buitron de la Vega, MD, MSc – General Internal Medicine |
Research Mentoring Award Renda Wiener, MD, MPH- Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine |
| Junior Faculty Mentoring Award Deepa Gopal, MD, MS – Cardiovascular Medicine |
Clinical Quality Improvement Award Nicholas Bosch, MD, MSc – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine |
| Outstanding Citizenship Award Frederick Ruberg, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine |
David Aaron Freed Award Jennifer Fosbroke – General Internal Medicine |
| Special Recognition Teaching Award Ashish Upadhyay, MD – Nephrology |
Marie Antoinette Award Inel Ferrara – Hematology/Oncology Amanda Tran, MPH – Geriatrics |
| Faculty Diversity Award Elizabeth Klings, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine |
Excellence in Education Scholarship Mentoring Award Lindsay Demers, MS, PhD – Geriatrics |
| Evans Clinician Ashvin Pande, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine Christine Reardon, MD – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine Michael York, MD – Pheumatology Sandhya Rao, MD – General Internal Medicine |
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| Clinical Poster Winners 1st Place: Dylan Steiner 2nd Place: Najia Idrees, MD 3rd Place: Divya Shankar, MD |
Basic Poster Winners 1st Place: Liang (Martin) Ma, MD, PhD Candidate 2nd Place: Anna McGregor 3rd Place: Mehmed Taha Dinc, MD |
| Clinical Oral Presentation Winners 1st Place: Ioanna Yiannakou, RDN, MS, PhD Candidate 2nd Place: Samantha Siskind, MD 3rd Place: Ross Okazaki, MD |
Basic Oral Presentation Winners 1st Place: Kiloni Quiles 2nd Place: David Bean 3rd Place: Fatima Rizvi, Phd |
2021 Evans Days Recap
2021 Virtual Evans Days Schedule
Thursday, October 7, 2021
8:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m. – Oral Presentations
9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. – Poster Sessions – Looking for a specific poster? View poster directory here!
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Dr. Coleman Interviews Ingelfinger Visiting Professor, Dr. Dale Abel
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. ARC Presentations
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Fireside Chats with Visiting Professors
- Graduate students and postdocs meet with Dr. Weissman.
- URG faculty and trainees meet with Dr. Abel.
Wilkins Visiting Professor
Nucleoside-modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics
Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Friday October 8, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Lecture
Ingelfinger Visiting Professor
(Glucose Metabolism) a Common Soil Linking Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Failure and Cancer?
Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Chair & Professor of Internal Medicine – Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Iowa
Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
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Award Winners – View Criteria
| Evans Center / IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award Shelley Russek, PhD – Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics |
Clinical Excellence Award Susan Phillips, MD – General Internal Medicine |
| Clinical Innovation Award Jessica Taylor, MD – General Internal Medicine |
Research Mentoring Award Lindsay Farrer, PhD – Biomedical Genetics |
| Junior Faculty Mentoring Award Gene Kwan, MD, MPH – Cardiovascular Medicine |
Clinical Quality Improvement Award Antonieta Camara, MSN, NP – General Internal Medicine |
| Outstanding Citizenship Award Craig Noronha, MD – General Internal Medicine |
David Aaron Freed Award Linda Neville – Academic Primary Care, Preventive Medicine & Addiction Medicine Fellowships |
| Special Recognition Teaching Award Warren Hershman, MD – General Internal Medicine |
Marie Antoinette Award Rachelle Joseph – Director – Department of Medicine |
| Faculty Diversity Award Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD – Biomedical Genetics |
Excellence in Education Scholarship Mentoring Award Hollis Day, MD, MS, MHPE – Geriatrics |
| Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professors of Medicine Emelia Benjamin, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine David Felson, MD – Rheumatology Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD – General Internal Medicine Thomas Perls, MD – Geriatrics David Salant, MD – Nephrology |
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| Clinical Poster Winners 1st Place: Hamza Hassan, MD 1st Place: Kate Bloch, PhD 3rd Place: Mengjie Yuan, PhD |
Basic Poster Winners 1st Place: Neelou Etesami, MD, PhD Candidate 2nd Place: Liang (Martin) Ma, MD, PhD Candidate 3rd Place: Megan Snyder, PhD Candidate |
| Clinical Oral Presentation Winners 1st Place: Eduardo Núñez, MD 2nd Place: Yusuke Koga, BS, MS 3rd Place: Brooke Rice, MD |
Basic Oral Presentation Winners 1st Place: Anukul T. Shenoy, PhD 2nd Place: Khaliun Enkhbayar 3rd Place: Rhiannon Werder |
2020 Evans Days Recap
The 35th Annual Evans Department of Medicine Research Days celebrated and showcased the research activities of the department’s faculty, trainees and researchers. This year’s event featured 120 5-minute pre-recorded presentations each followed by a 4-minute live Q&A between the author and judges.
The poster session features 120 presentations, a record high for the event and included virtual poster displays not eh CTI platform.
The Virtual Awards Ceremony celebrated trainee winners of both the Basic and Clinical Research Poster Sessions, and honored faculty recipients of the department’s annual awards. This year’s event saw the inaugural Faculty Diversity Award and the Marie Antoinette Award.
Thank you to all who helped make this year’s event so special!
Award Winners – View Criteria
| Evans Center IBR Research Collaborator of the Year Award Jessica Fetterman, MD – Vascular Biology Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD – Computational Biomedicine |
Clinical Excellence Award Alice Jacobs, MD – Cardiology |
| Clinical Innovation Award Influenza-like Clinic Jason Worcester, MD – Team Lead – General Internal Medicine Sarah Kimball, MD – Co-Lead – General Internal Medicine |
Research Mentoring Award Katya Ravid, DSc – Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Junior Faculty Mentoring Award Michelle Long, MD – Gastroenterology Omar Siddiqi, MD – Cardiology |
Clinical Quality Improvement Team Award Reducing No Shows in the Multidisciplinary Lupus Clinic Michael York, MD – Co-Lead – Rheumatology Hanni-Menn Josephy, MD – Co-Lead – Nephrology Christina Lam, MD – Co-Lead -Dermatology |
| Citizenship Award Mike Kirber, PhD – Research Implementation Michael Ieong, MD – Pulmonary Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, MSc – Infectious Disease Miriam Komaromy, MD – General Internal Medicine |
David Aaron Freed Award Nicole Nguyen – Internal Medicine Residency Program |
| Special Recognition Teaching Award Asher Tulsky, MD – General Internal Medicine Matthew Jones, PhD – Pulmonary |
Marie Antoinette Award Rania Omar Burke, PhD – Department of Medicine |
| Faculty Diversity Award Sheila Chapman, MD – General Internal Medicine |
Most Abstract Submissions Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) – 22 Computational Biomedicine – 22 |
| Clinical Poster Winners 1st Place: Michael Garcia, MD 2nd Place: Kathryn Fantasia, MD 2nd Place: Meena Zareh, MD |
Basic Research Poster Winners 1st Place: Jessie Huang, PhD 2nd Place: Wenqing Yin, MD, PhD 2nd Place: Anukul T. Shenoy, MS, PhD 2nd Place: Michael Herriges, PhD |
2020 Schedule
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Research Poster Session
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | CTI Virtual Platform
View Poster Session Schedule Here!
View Abstracts Here
Shining Light on BU Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs): “BU Covid-19 pre-clinical ARC research”
12:30 p.m. – 01:30 p.m. | CTI Virtual Platform
Dr. Coleman Interview with Dr. Cook
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | CTI Virtual Platform
Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture
2:30 p.m. | CTI Virtual Platform
“Skin StemCells: Coping with Stress“
Elaine Fuchs, PhD
HHMI Investigator, Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor
Rockefeller University
Friday, November 6, 2020
Clinical Poster Session
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | CTI Virtual Platform
View Poster Session Schedule Here!
View Abstracts Here
Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Grand Rounds
Noon | CTI Virtual Platform
“Driving Toward Health Impact: Our Journey and the Path Forward“
Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institution (PCORI)
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
DOM Awards Ceremony
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2019 Evans Days Recap
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The 34th Annual Evans Department of Medicine Research Days celebrated and showcased the research activities of the department’s faculty, trainees and researchers. This year’s event featured the 2nd year of the Poster Blitz, 24 3-minute oral presentations of some of this year’s most exciting submissions. The poster session featured 97 presentations, a record high for the event, and included digital poster displays in the newly remodeled entry lounge to the Hiebert Ball Room.
The Gala reception celebrated trainee winners of the Oral Presentations and Poster Session, and honored faculty recipients of the department’s annual awards. This year’s event saw the inaugural ARC Leadership Award presented by the Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical research and the inaugural David Aaron Freed award in memory of Aaron’s legacy of compassion and excellence.
Thank you to all who helped make this year’s event so special!
Award Winners – View Criteria
| Evans Center IBR Research Collaborator of the Year Award Rhoda Au, PhD – Anatomy & Neurobiology |
Inaugural ARC Leadership Award Lindsay Farrer, PhD – Biomedical Genetics |
| Clinical Innovation Award Palliative Medicine Unit Sandhya D. Rao, MD -Team Lead Henri Lee, MD Perla Macip-Rodriguez, MD Alexandra Dobie, LICSW Jessica Knight, FNP-C, ACHPN Amy L Cann, BS |
Clinical Excellence Award Won M. Lee, MD —Geriatrics |
| Junior Faculty Mentoring Award Shayna Sarosiek MD —Hematology and Medical Oncology Jessica L Fetterman, PhD —Vascular Biology |
Research Mentoring Award Vipul C. Chitalia, MD, PhD –Nephrology |
| Citizenship Award Thomas Ostrander, MD — General Internal Medicine Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD— Gastroenterology |
Clinical Quality Improvement Team Award Antibiotic Stewardship Team Tamar F. Barlam MD – Team Lead Karrine Brade PharmD – Co-Lead |
| Excellence in Educational Scholarship Mentoring Catherine A. Rich, MD — General Internal Medicine |
Special Recognition Teaching Award Gopal Yadavalli, MD — Infectious Diseases |
| Inaugural David Aaron Freed Award John Farrell — Biomedical Genetics |
Most Abstract Submissions Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) |
| Clinical Oral Presentation 1st Place: Maura Walker 2nd Place: Magdalena Buczek 3rd Place: Simeon Kimmel |
Basic Research Oral Presentation 1st Place: Fatima Rizvi 2nd Place: Jason Nasse 3rd Place: Elissa Everton |
| Clinical Poster Winners 1st Place: Mengjie Yuan 2nd Place: Feven Ataklte 3rd Place: Erika Crable |
Basic Research Poster Winners 1st Place: Kristine Abo 2nd Place: Anukul Shenoy 3rd Place: Ayumu Osaki |
2019 Schedule
Thursday, October 03, 2019
Continental Breakfast
7:00-8:00 a.m. | L110
Poster Blitz Presentations
8:30-9:30 a.m. | L110
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. | L1403
Research Poster Session
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Hiebert Lounge
Shining Lights-State of the ARCs
12:00 p.m. – 02:00 p.m. | L112
Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture
3:00 p.m. | Keefer Auditorium
“Cell atlases as roadmaps to understand and treat disease”
Aviv Regev, PhD
Director, Klarman Cell Observatory and Cell Circuits Program
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University
Reception and Dinner
6:00 p.m. | Colonnade Hotel, Boston
Friday, October 04, 2019
Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Grand Rounds
Noon | Keefer Auditorium
“Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in T2DM through Better Pharmacology”
Nancy Brown, MD
Hugh Jackson Morgan Chair and Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University