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2018 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Awards

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Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award

Individual Awards

For exemplary performance while demonstrating significant leadership, skill, and ability in serving as a mentor.

  • Helena Mishoe, OD

Administrative

Group Awards

Diversity And Inclusion Inaugural Roadmap Rollout Team

For the creation of the inaugural NHBLI Strength Through Diversity Roadmap for working together toward a shared vision for an inclusive, diverse workplace.

  • Lisa Douek, NHLBI
  • Jennifer Eybl, NHLBI
  • Bonnie Hamalainen, OD
  • Treava Hopkins-Laboy, OD
  • Elizabeth Mcmahon, NHLBI
  • Katherine Pattillo, NHLBI
  • Leslie Traub, NHLBI
  • Hannah A. Valantine, OD
  • Diana Weigel, NHLBI

NHLBI COPD National Action Plan Team

For the successful implementation of a comprehensive engagement strategy, as part of the first National Action Plan to reduce the burden of COPD.

  • Neyal J. Ammary-Risch, NHLBI
  • Jorge Arango, NHLBI
  • Jean E. Berube, NHLBI
  • Thomas L. Croxton, NHLBI
  • Cesar Garzon, NHLBI
  • Darienne Gutierrez Melendez, NHLBI
  • Anthony N. Jackson, NHLBI
  • Lenora Johnson, NHLBI
  • James Kiley, NHLBI
  • Judith Mcauley, NHLBI
  • Staci Mccabe, NHLBI
  • Marilyn Milloy, NHLBI
  • Lisa Postow, NHLBI
  • Antonello Punturieri, NHLBI
  • Daniel Stimson, NHLBI
  • Hillary Viers, NHLBI
  • Lisa Viviano, NHLBI
  • Gail G. Weinmann, NHLBI

NHLBI Strength Through Diversity Roadmap Team

In recognition of your participation in creating the inaugural NHLBI Strength Through Diversity Roadmap.

  • Lisa Douek, NHLBI
  • Katherine Pattillo, NHLBI
  • Diana Weigel, NHLBI

Individual Awards

For expansion of population-based cancer surveillance through management, analyses and publication of innovative studies linking cases, biospecimens and rich data.

  • Sean Altekruse, NHLBI

In recognition of your efforts in leading the development of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Roadmap.

  • Jennifer Eybl, NHLBI

Common Fund Leadership

Group Awards

Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (HUBMAP) NIH Common Fund Team

For building exceptional collaborations within and outside NIH to create a transformative paradigm that enables cooperative worldwide efforts to map the human body.

  • David Balasundaram, CSR
  • Marishka Brown, NHLBI
  • Robert Carter, NIAMS
  • Richard Conroy, OD
  • Zorina S. Galis, NHLBI
  • Deborah Hoshizaki, NIDDK
  • Qing S. Lin, NHLBI
  • Malgorzata J. Ochocinska, NHLBI
  • Ajay Pillai, NHGRI
  • Jessica Smith, OD
  • Pothur R. Srinivas, NHLBI
  • Reiko Toyama, NICHD

Scientific/Medical

Group Awards

Cure Sickle Cell Initiative Team

In recognition of building the Sickle Cell Cure Initiative.

  • Nancy Di Fronzo, NHLBI
  • Ann Gawalt, NHLBI
  • William Hoots, NHLBI
  • Jessica Hostetler, NHLBI
  • Lenora Johnson, NHLBI
  • Teresa F. Marquette, NHLBI
  • Traci H. Mondoro, NHLBI
  • Ilsa I. Rovira, NHLBI
  • Jeffrey Snyder, NHLBI
  • John F. Tisdale, NHLBI
  • Lisbeth Welniak, NHLBI

Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project Team

For conceptualizing and implementing the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project to accelerate progress and stimulate innovation and partnerships in regenerative medicine using adult stem cells.

  • Neil Aggarwal, NHLBI
  • Anthony J. Agresti, NHLBI
  • Guillermo Arreaza-Rubin, NIDDK
  • Steven M. Becker, NEI
  • Jean E. Berube, NHLBI
  • Nancy Bridges, NIAID
  • Philip Brooks, NCATS
  • Robert Carter, NIAMS
  • Faye Chen, NIAMS
  • Tony Creazzo, NHLBI
  • Melody A. Earle, NHLBI
  • Nancy L. Freeman, NIDCD
  • Lindsay Garvin, NHLBI
  • Nitin Gogtay, NIMH
  • Julia S. Goldstein, NIAID
  • Mary E. Groesch, NHLBI
  • Deborah Hoshizaki, NIDDK
  • Rosemarie D. Hunziker, NIBIB
  • Aminul Islam, NHLBI
  • Lenora Johnson, NHLBI
  • Charles W. Joyce, NHLBI
  • Nicholas Jury, NHLBI
  • Candace Kerr, NIA
  • Christian J. Ketchum, NIDDK
  • Timothy M. Lavaute, NINDS
  • Qing S. Lin, NHLBI
  • Ryan Lombardi, NHLBI
  • Nadya L. Lumelsky, NIDCR
  • Martha Lundberg, NHLBI
  • Robin Mackar, NHLBI
  • Juanita J. Marner, NHLBI
  • Teresa F. Marquette, NHLBI
  • Megan S. Mitchell, NHLBI
  • Laura K. Moen, NHLBI
  • David F. Owens, NINDS
  • David M. Panchision, NIMH
  • Anne Pariser, NCATS
  • Amy P. Patterson, NHLBI
  • Dana Phares, NHLBI
  • Michael Reilly, NHLBI
  • Sheryl M. Sato, NIDDK
  • Allan Shipp, NHLBI
  • Lillian Shum, NIDCR
  • Martha J. Somerman, NIDCR
  • Robert A. Star, NIDDK
  • Michael Steinmetz, NEI
  • Daniel Stimson, NHLBI
  • John W. Thomas, NHLBI
  • Fei Wang, NIAMS
  • Bradley C. Wise, NIA

Individual Awards

For exceptional performance and team leadership which demonstrated first in-human evidence that treatment with systemic anti-inflammatory medications improves coronary artery disease in inflammatory diseases.

  • Nehal N. Mehta, NHLBI

Recognition Across NIH

The following individuals are recognized as part of a group hosted by another IC.

NHGRI

  • Norma Lerner, NHLBI
  • Emmanuel Peprah, NHLBI

NICHD

  • Jerome Fleg, NHLBI

NIMH

  • Leshawndra N. Price, NHLBI

OD

  • Azza Alamin, NHLBI
  • John Bucheimer, NHLBI
  • Karen L. Deleon, NHLBI
  • Malvinder Deol, NHLBI
  • Sonya A. Freeman, NHLBI
  • Weiniu Gan, NHLBI
  • Melissa E. Garcia, NHLBI
  • Ann Gawalt, NHLBI
  • Kimberley Hetkowski, NHLBI
  • Cashell E. Jaquish, NHLBI
  • Maarten Leerkes, NHLBI
  • Josephine Magnaye, NHLBI
  • Marianne Manheim, NHLBI
  • Teresa F. Marquette, NHLBI
  • Kathleen O'Sullivan, NHLBI
  • George Papanicolaou, NHLBI
  • Angela Radke, NHLBI
  • Charles Schwartz, NHLBI
  • Aroos A. Shafi, NHLBI
  • Jeffrey Snyder, NHLBI
  • Kimberly O. Stanton, NHLBI
  • Alastair Thomson, NHLBI
  • Kathryn M. Valeda, NHLBI
  • Frank Vega, NHLBI