Celebrating Young Investigators: 2020 Award Winners

Discoveries by our trainees have helped propel research endeavors at Johns Hopkins Medicine. The annual Young Investigators Day ceremony celebrates the unique contributions of our junior researchers and the mentors who helped them excel in their fields. Meet this year’s 22 awardees. Select any trainee below to learn more about their extraordinary work — both in and outside the lab.

Meet the 2020 Winners

Ali Afify

Alfred Blalock Award
Rizwan Ahmed

Paul Ehrlich Award
Scott Albert

Mette Strand Award
Daniel Ardeljan

Hans J. Prochaska Award
Marios Arvanitis

Physician Scientist Award
Sneha Berry

Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Award
Lujing Chen

Alicia Showalter Reynolds Award
Mengfei Chen

A. McGehee Harvey Award
Helen Clark

Martin and Carol Macht Award
Alyssa Coyne

Daniel Nathans Award
Karole D'Orazio

Paul Talalay Award
Dustin Gable

David I. Macht Award
Fadi Jacob

Paul Ehrlich Award
Kanghoon Jung

W. Barry Wood Jr. Award
James Meixiong

Michael A. Shanoff Award
David Ottenheimer

Michael A. Shanoff Award
Joseph Shin

David Yue Award
Shuohao Sun

Helen B. Taussig Award
Evan Worden

Paul Ehrlich Award
Junhua Yang

Paul Ehrlich Award
Yue Yuan

Albert Lehninger Award
Chen Zhao

Bae Gyo Jung Award

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Through the Years Celebrating Young Investigators

The annual Young Investigators' Day ceremony celebrates the unique contributions of our junior researchers and the mentors who helped them excel in their fields. Take a look at some of our winners from past years.