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2023 Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHS) Awards

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Outstanding Service Medal

Individual Awards

Outstanding leadership and initiative in volunteering to travel overseas to prepare a clinical site for an FDA audit of a clinical trial.

  • CAPT Mark S. Miller, NIAID

For superior leadership in establishing and managing a federal jurisdiction for COVID/Monkeypox vaccines and therapeutics for NIH and HHS partner agencies.

  • CDR Megan M. Brose, OD

For outstanding leadership on scientific investigations that directly led to approval of novel COVID-19 vaccines in children.

  • CDR Cristina V. Cardemil, NIAID

For continuous outstanding programmatic leadership in overseeing the management of the NIH Commissioned Corps Awards Board Program.

  • CDR Richard D. Johnson, OD

For outstanding efforts to establish disseminate nutrition recommendations after prophylactic total gastrectomy to national and international audiences.

  • CDR Rachael C. Lopez, CC

For continuous leadership in regulatory oversight over the first Hepatitis E virus vaccine clinical trial in U.S.

  • CDR Eric X. Zhou, NIAID

For continuous outstanding leadership in his regulatory oversight over the first prophylactic vaccine clinical trial against the hepatitis C virus.

  • CDR Eric X. Zhou, NIAID

For outstanding continuous leadership in initiating, developing, and implementing National COVID Cohort Collaborative in response to COVID-19 Pandemic.

  • CDR Xinzhi Zhang, NHLBI

In Recognition of leading a team in sequencing and analyzing over 25,000 SARS-CoV-2 samples.

  • LCDR Christopher P. Morris, NIAID

For leading a first-in-human clinical trial featuring a next-generation anti-malarial monoclonal antibody for the prevention of malaria.

  • LCDR Richard L. Wu, NIAID

Outstanding Unit Citation

Group Awards

The Planning Team of the National Essay Contest on Youth Mental Health

Superior leadership, outstanding achievement, and long-lasting impact in promoting mental health awareness and wellbeing in youths nationwide.

  • Zieta M. Charles, NIMH
  • Rina Das, NIMHD
  • Alexander H. Denker, NINDS
  • Karen M. Gavin-Evans, NIMH
  • Linda H. Huynh, NICHD
  • Michelle Lo, OD
  • Valerie Maholmes, NICHD
  • Karen E. Mulak, NICHD
  • Maria Nurminskaya, NICHD
  • Heather R. Ovelmen, NIMH
  • Sybil Philip, NICHD
  • Shelly M. Pollard, NIMHD
  • Gina P. Roussos, NIMHD
  • Xinzhi Zhang, NHLBI
  • CDR Nancy Tian, OD
  • CDR Michelle Tsai, OD
  • CDR Eric X. Zhou, NIAID
  • LCDR Daniel Lee, OD
  • LCDR Heather Light, OD
  • LCDR Chaolong Qi, OD
  • LCDR Rebecca Wong, OD
  • LT Lacreisha Ejike-King, OD
  • LT Jiali He, OD
  • LT Rachael Oyewolen, OD