February Recognitions

The ChEM-H Institute scholar and assistant professor of chemical engineering and genetics has been awarded the R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology by the American Association for Anatomy. Abu-Remaileh is being recognized as an early-stage investigator who has made important contributions to biomedical science through his research, which is focused on identifying novel pathways that enable cellular and organismal adaptation to metabolic stress and changes in environmental conditions. Learn more here.

The Stanford Medicine Discovery Professor and professor of epidemiology and population health has received the 2024 Fraumeni Award from the American Society of Preventative Oncology. The award is in recognition of Bondy’s research and contributions to preventive oncology, cancer control and cancer prevention. She directs an international consortium aimed at identifying genes in familial glioma and leads studies on the genetic predictors of outcomes in glioma. Learn more here.

Cardozo Pinto, a recent graduate of the neurosciences PhD program, has received the 2024 Weintraub Award for exceptional achievement in graduate studies from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. The award, which includes a $2,500 honorarium, recognizes his thesis research which revealed that the brain integrates inverse dopamine and serotonin signals to drive reward learning, thus uncovering a long-hypothesized oppositional relationship between dopamine and serotonin signaling. Cardozo Pinto is now a postdoctoral scholar in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Learn more here.

The Krishnan-Shah Family Professor and a professor of chemical and systems biology has received the American Association for Cancer Research’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research. The award is in recognition of Gray’s work on pioneering innovative structure-based chemical biology approaches to designing and developing protein inhibitors and degraders that have revolutionized the future of cancer therapeutics, and for spearheading novel combinatorial chemistry and genomic approaches that have resulted in the development of several cancer therapies. Learn more here.

Lee, the chief quality officer at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, associate dean for maternal and child health, and professor of pediatrics, has been selected for the 2024 STATUS List by STAT. The list recognizes 50 individuals from sectors ranging from biotechnology and health care to education and policy who are shaping the future of health, medicine and life sciences. Learn more here.

The Arline and Pete Harman Professor for the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, physician-in-chief at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and director of Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute has received the Donald W. Seldin Award by the National Kidney Foundation. The award honors specialists in nephrology who most exemplify the relentless efforts of the foundation, to enhance the lives of patients through action, education and accelerating change. Learn more here.

The Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor II of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Uytengsu Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program has received the 2024 International Society for Stem Cell Research’s Momentum Award. The award recognizes investigators whose innovative research has established a major area of stem cell-related research with a strong trajectory for success. Paşca seeks to understand the rules governing human brain assembly and the mechanisms of disease. Learn more here.

The Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Service Award by the American College of Psychiatrists. This award recognizes significant achievements in science and leadership in psychiatry. Learn more here.