March Recognitions

Stanford School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Data Science has been awarded a $5 million grant by the Warren Alpert Foundation. The grant will fund the training of 15 graduate scholars over the next five years to enhance the education and retention of scholars in computational biology and artificial intelligence. Plevritis, professor of biomedical data science and of radiology, will serve as the principal investigator for the grant, along with co-principal investigators Engelhardt, professor of biomedical data science, and Gevaert, associate professor of biomedical informatics and of biomedical data science.

The assistant professor of pediatrics has been honored with the 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Innovation Award from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Gomez-Ospina was acknowledged for discovering several new genetic conditions and for her research to advance cell-based therapies for genetic disorders. Specifically, she was recognized for using genome editing to engineer hematopoietic stem cells to treat lysosomal storage diseases.

The associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. The AIMBE recognized Huang for her outstanding contributions to the development and delivery of biological therapeutics, and for her leadership in promoting diversity in the field.

Oyekan, Stanford Health Care’s chief pharmacy officer, has been named one of Modern Healthcare’s Women Leaders. The award honors influential women from all sectors of the health care industry for their work in developing policy, leading change and guiding improvements in care delivery.

The assistant professor of neurobiology has been named a recipient of the MIND Prize by the Pershing Square Foundation. The MIND [Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery] Prize supports and empowers early-to-mid-career investigators to rethink conventional paradigms. Tan will receive an award of $250,000 a year for three years in support of his work, focused on building the next generation of DNA sequencing-based “biochemical microscopes” to precisely measure and manipulate the genome architecture of individual cells to uncover the fundamental principles of how DNA folds and regulates gene expression.

Dhanani, a medical student and graduate of the Stanford Medicine master’s in health policy program, has received the 2024 American Association for People with Disabilities Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leaders Award for her nonprofit organization, Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness. The honor, which includes a $10,000 award, recognizes outstanding emerging leaders with disabilities who exemplify leadership, advocacy and dedication to the cross-disability community.