{"id":17659,"date":"2021-03-24T18:53:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/?page_id=17659"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:29:53","slug":"evans-center-for-interdisciplinary-biomedical-research-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/dom-awards\/evans-center-for-interdisciplinary-biomedical-research-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Annually, awards are given to individuals who have made special contributions to the efforts and progress of the Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs). Beginning in\u00a0May\u00a0and through September nomination letters in support of a nominee may be submitted via email to Robin MacDonald (at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:remac@bu.edu\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">remac@bu.edu<\/a>)\u00a0or Dr. Katya Ravid\u00a0(at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:krvid@bu.edu\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">kravid@bu.edu<\/a>) by their\u00a0ARC directors and peers. Nominating letters should include the candidate&#8217;s contributions\u00a0to the success and progress of ARCs and\u00a0Team Science\u00a0in general, or to a specific ARC. Of great importance is the nominee&#8217;s contribution and support of the collaborative educational and translational research mission of the Evans Center\u00a0for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (ECIBR)\u00a0and\u00a0BU Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Office (IBRO).\u00a0Awardees are decided by an\u00a0ad hoc committee\u00a0called for by the ECIBR director\u00a0and comprised of 3-4 faculty members in addition to the\u00a0ECIBR\u00a0Director.\u00a0Awardees are selected based on the strength and number of\u00a0the recommendations.\u00a0The recipient(s) receive notification by email and are recognized during DOM Evans Days in October.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>ARC leadership Award (Junior or Senior faculty category)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Criteria<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(with at least three criteria fully fulfilled)<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commitment to developing interdisciplinary research groups within an ARC<\/li>\n<li>Commitment to engaging trainees within an ARC<\/li>\n<li>Commendable\u00a0research outcomes demonstrated by metrics<\/li>\n<li>Commitment to collaboration across ARCs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Past awardees (not eligible for nomination)<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020 &#8211;<\/strong> Lindsay Farrer, PhD, Chief, Section of Biomedical Genetics, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, inaugural recipient<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Outstanding Research Collaborator<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Criteria<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(with at least three criteria fully fulfilled)<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative discovery through Team Science\u00a0across campuses<\/li>\n<li>Commitment to engaging trainees within an ARC<\/li>\n<li>Commendable\u00a0research outcomes demonstrated by metrics<\/li>\n<li>Significant contribution to reviewing \u00a0and shaping ARC proposals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Past awardees (not eligible for nomination)<\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>2025 &#8211; <span>Florian Douam, PhD &amp; <\/span><span>Kevin C. Thomas, PhD<\/span><br \/>\n2024 &#8211; Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis &#8211; Electrical and Computer Engineering<br \/>\n2023 &#8211; Elise Morgan, PhD &#8211; Engineering Design &amp; Innovation<br \/>\n2022 &#8211; David Sherr, MD, Professor \u2014 Environmental Health<br \/>\n2021 &#8211; Shelley Russek, PhD, Professor, Pharmacolgy &amp; Experimental Therapeutics \u2014 IBRO Outstanding Research Collaborator Award<br \/>\n2020 &#8211; Jessica Fetterman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Vascular Biology \u2014 Tobacco Regulatory Sciences ARC<br \/>\n2020 &#8211; Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA, Assistant Professor, Computational Biomedicine \u2014 Fibrosis ARC: Connecting Tissues and<br \/>\nInvestigators (FCTI ARC)<br \/>\n2019 &#8211; Rhoda Au, PhD, Professor of Anatomy &amp; Neurobiology<br \/>\n2018 &#8211; Irving Bigio, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<br \/>\n2018 &#8211; Kathleen G. Morgan, PhD, Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences<br \/>\n2018 &#8211; Bob Varelas, Associate Professor, Biochemistry<br \/>\n2017 &#8211; Belinda Borrelli, Professor,\u00a0 Health Policy and Health Services Research<br \/>\n2017 &#8211; Daniel Segre, Professor \u2014 Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research ARC<br \/>\n2016 &#8211; Maria Kukuruzinksa, Professor, Director of the Oral Cancer Research Initiative \u2014 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Oral Cancer Care (EPOC) ARC<br \/>\n2015 &#8211; Carmela Abraham &#8211; Professor, Biochemistry<br \/>\n2015 &#8211; Kostya Kandror, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry \u2014\u00a0 Biochemistry Collaborator<br \/>\n2015 &#8211; Bela Suki, PhD, Professor of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering \u2014 Research Collaborator Award<br \/>\n2014 &#8211; Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery \u2014\u00a0 Interdisciplinary Educational Mission of the Evans Center<br \/>\n2014 &#8211; Mark Grinstaff, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry \u2014\u00a0 Physical Sciences &amp; Engineering Collaborator<br \/>\n2014 &#8211; Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology \u2014\u00a0 Sex Differences in Adipose Tissues Biology and Related Metabolic Disease ARC<br \/>\n2013 &#8211; Donald Hess, MD, Chief, Section of Bariatric Surgery \u2014 Clinical Collaborator Award<br \/>\n2013 &#8211; Karl J. Karlson, MD, Chief, Cardiac Surgery \u2014 Clinical Collaborator Award<br \/>\n2013 &#8211; Kathleen G. Morgan, PhD, Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences \u2014 Molecular, Biomechanical and Genetic Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffness ARC<br \/>\n2012 &#8211; Noyan Gokce, MD, Professor of Cardiology \u2014 Interdisciplinary Clinical Collaborator Award<br \/>\n2012 &#8211; Gary F. Mitchell, PhD, Professor of Cardiology \u2014\u00a0 Molecular, Biomechanical and Genetic Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffness ARC Industry Collaborator Award<br \/>\n2012 &#8211; Paul Pilch, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry \u2014 Sex Differences in Adipose Tissue Biology and Related Metabolic Disease ARC<br \/>\n2012 &#8211; Joyce Wong, PhD, Professor of Engineering \u2014 Nanotheranostics ARC<br \/>\n2011 &#8211; Mario Cabodi, PhD, Senior Lecturer of Engineering<br \/>\n2011 &#8211; Bennett Goldberg, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Physics \u2014 Nanotheranostics ARC<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annually, awards are given to individuals who have made special contributions to the efforts and progress of the Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs). Beginning in\u00a0May\u00a0and through September nomination letters in support of a nominee may be submitted via email to Robin MacDonald (at:\u00a0remac@bu.edu)\u00a0or Dr. Katya Ravid\u00a0(at\u00a0kravid@bu.edu) by their\u00a0ARC directors and peers. 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