Please join us in person or online for a ceremony to honor the recipients of the 2025 CU Anschutz Research Awards.
 
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
4 - 5:30 p.m.
Anschutz Health Sciences Building
Elliman Conference Center

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Zoom

A reception with light refreshments will follow. Please register by February 12.

2025 Award Recipients

Research Mentor Award

Richard Benninger, PhD
Professor, School of Medicine (SOM), Dept. of Pediatrics; Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes

Raul Torres, PhD
Professor, SOM, Dept. of Immunology & Microbiology

Trainee Research Excellence Award

Basic Science:

Parker Nichols, PhD
Undergraduate Student Mentor, Vögeli Lab, SOM, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Clinical/Translational:

Ahmad Hider, MD
SOM, Dept. of Surgery

Research Administration Award

Shannon Onken
Research Services Principal Professional, SOM, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Program

Fadul Award

Jeffrey Kavanaugh, PhD
Research Associate, SOM, Dept. of Immunology & Microbiology

Research Staff Collaborator Award

Mingjie Zhu, DAOM, MPH
Research Service Senior Professional, SOM, Dept. of Orthopedics

Rising Star Research Award

Ian Stanley, PhD
Assistant Professor-Research, SOM, Dept. of Emergency Medicine

Joanne Cole, PhD
Assistant Professor, SOM, Dept. of Biomedical Informatics

Research Collaboration Team Award

Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome:

Joaquin Espinosa, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology

Kelly Sullivan, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Angela Rachubinski, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics

Matthew Galbraith, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Pharmacology

Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Lectureship Award

Nanette Santoro, MD
Professor and E. Stewart Taylor Chair, SOM, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology

David Bentley, PhD
Professor, SOM, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics