Celebrating Young Investigators: 2018 Award Winners
From blocking malaria from invading our cells, to developing a blood test to detect cancer sooner, discoveries by our trainees have helped propel research endeavors at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Marking its 41-year anniversary, the annual Young Investigators Day ceremony has celebrated the unique contributions of our junior researchers and the mentors who helped them excel in their fields.
Meet the 22 awardees in 2018. Select any trainee below to learn more about their extraordinary work—both in and outside the lab.
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Kaushal Asrani
Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Chris Cho
The Michael A. Shanoff Research Award
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Joshua Casaos
The Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Shiv Gandhi
The Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Research Award
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Justin Glenn
The Albert Lehninger Award
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Leah Greenspan
The David Yue Research Award
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David Herzfeld
The Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Corrine Kliment
The Physician Scientist Research Award
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Xia Lei
The Helen B. Taussig Research Award
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Haiyun Liu
The A. McGehee Harvey Research Award
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Rengyun Liu
The Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Jingchaun Luo
The Hans Joaquim Prochaska Research Award
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Firas Mawase
The Alfred Blalock Research Award
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Yuchuan Miao
The Michael A. Shanoff Research Award
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Hideki Nakamura
The W. Barry Wood, Jr Research Award
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Oluwaseun Basit Ogunbona
The Alicia Showalter Reynolds Research Award
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Debangshu Samanta
The Daniel Nathans Research Award
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Kyle Severson
The Bae Gyo Jung Research Award
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Kousik Sundararajan
The Mette Strand Research Award
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Collin Tokheim
Martin and Carol Macht Award
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Yuxuan Wang
The David Israel Macht Research Award
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Shira Ziegler
The Paul Talalay Research Award