Career Awards for Medical Scientists

Application Deadline:

Oct 08, 2024

by

3:00pm

ET

Status:

Now Accepting Applications

Eligibility & Application Process:

Advisory Committee

Geoffrey Aguirre, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 2004

Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Translational OCD Laboratory
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
BWF Career Awardee for Medical Scientists – 2013

Chester W. Brown, MD, PhD
St. Jude Chair of Excellence in Genetics
Professor of Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 2000

Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD
Professor & Department Chair of Pathology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
BWF Career Awardee for Medical Scientists – 2008

Trevor Burt, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Duke University School of Medicine

Jeanine D'Armiento, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Molecular Pulmonary Disease in Anesthesiology and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics
Director, Center for LAM and Rare Lung Disease
Professor of Medicine in Anesthesiology
Columbia University
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 1996

Seth Field, MD, PhD
Investigator, Harrington Discovery Institute
Director, Harrington Discovery Institute Physician-Scientist Programs
Professor of Medicine in Endocrinology
Case Western Reserve University
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences - 2004

Nicola Jones, MD, PhD
Director, Integrated Physician Scientist Training Program
Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto

Annet Kirabo, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Vanderbilt University

Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD
Professor and W. Paul Bowers Research Chair
Department of Pediatrics and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Emory University

Heather C. Mefford, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
Full Member of the Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
BWF Career Awardee for Medical Scientists – 2008

Upinder Singh, MD
François M. Abboud Chair & Department Executive Officer
Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 1998

Barry Sleckman, MD, PhD
Director, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Hematology and Oncology
University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical School
BWF Career Awardee in the Biomedical Sciences – 1996

Maureen Su, MD
Morrison Family Endowed Chair
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics
Department of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
University of California Los Angeles

Alik Widge, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
University of Minnesota

Additional members may be added to the committee.

Award Timeline

Oct 08, 2024

Application Deadline

Mar 17 - 19, 2025

Finalist virtual interviews

Jun 18, 2025

Notice of Award

Sep 01, 2025

Award Start Date

Aug 31, 2030

Award End Date

Program Contacts

Paige Cooper Byas, PhD

Program Officer

919-991-5127

Daniel Baroff

Program Associate

919-991-5133

Lama Haidar

Program Coordinator

919-991-5115