Celebrating Young Investigators: 2026 Award Winners
Groundbreaking discoveries by our trainees and their faculty mentors are driving the research frontier at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Each year, the Young Investigators' Day ceremony celebrates the unique contributions of our junior researchers and the dedicated mentors who guide them.
Select any trainee below to learn more about their extraordinary work both inside the lab and beyond.
Young Investigators’ Day will be held Wednesday, April 15, 2026, from 3–5 p.m. in the Mountcastle Auditorium in the Preclinical Teaching Building, 725 N. Wolfe St.
Meet the 2026 Winners
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Akshaya Vijaya Annapragada
Martin & Carol Macht Award
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Joshua James Black, Ph.D.
W. Barry Wood Award
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Henry Yi Cheng
Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Mohammad Amin Fakharian, Ph.D.
Claude & Barbara Migeon Research Award
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Mauro A. Garcia, Ph.D.
David Yue Award
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Ruby Gupta
Albert Lehninger Award
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Vienna Huso
Paul Talalay Research Award
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Taibo Li
Physician Scientist Award
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Chuan Liu
Alfred Blalock Award
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Hongrui Liu, Ph.D. Candidate
Claude & Barbara Migeon Research Award
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Andrew Love
The Postbaccalaureate Award
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Jackson Mace
Michael Shanoff Research Award
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Didhiti Mukherjee
A McGehee Harvey Award
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Briana A. Santo, Ph.D., M2
Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Wen Shi
David Israel Macht Research Award
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Joel Sop
Paul Ehrlich Research Award
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Yotaro Sueoka
Michael A. Shanoff Award
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Atika Syeda
Alicia Showalter Reynolds Research Award
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Zanshe Thompson, Ph.D.
Helen B. Taussig Award
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Haobo Wang
Daniel Nathans Research Award
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Christine Wei
The Mette Strand Research Award
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Kaitlin Williams
Nupur Dinesh Thekdi Award
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Yingzhi Ye
The Mette Strand Research Award
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Xiaodi Zhang, Ph.D.
Paul Ehrlich Research Award