Nominations for the 2019 Research Staff Awards will be solicited in Fall 2019

Presenters and 2018 SOM Research Staff Awards recipients, from top: Italo Biaggioni, MD, Sachin Paranjape, Stephen Gannon, CCRP, Chevis Shannon, MBA, MPH, DrPH, Jim Chappell, MD, PhD, and Xiaotao Lu (photo by Susan Urmy)
 

The School of Medicine Research Staff Awards are given each year to honor exemplary staff members across the research enterprise including Research Assistants, Senior Research Specialists, Research Nurses, Core Facility Managers, Core Research Assistants, and Research Support Staff. Their contributions to research are unmatched and invaluable to the science conducted at Vanderbilt. Candidates are nominated by faculty members with whom they work most closely.

Awardees are selected by the VU-VUMC joint faculty review committee. An awards luncheon in honor of the winners is held each year in the spring semester.

Awards given each year:

• Edward E. Price Jr. Award for Basic Research – recognizing excellence in conducting basic research
  Learn more about Mr. Price
   

• Vivien Thomas Award for Clinical Research – recognizing excellence in conducting clinical research
  Learn more about Dr. Thomas
   

• Contributing to Multi-Investigator Teams – recognizing excellence in research contributing to multi-disciplinary teams​

Eligibility:

Eligible staff include: Research Assistants I, II, & III; Senior Research Specialists; Research Nurses, Research Support Staff, or any staff member who provides exemplary research support. Faculty members, research fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are not eligible.
 

Nomination Instructions: 

Nominations must be submitted as a single PDF by October 21, 2019 to the VUMC Office of Research, in care of Lauren Vronko, CMP at lauren.a.vronko@vumc.org. Nomination packages must include, in the following order:

• a completed nomination form
• a nomination letter (completed by nominator)
• at minimum one, and at most three, accompanying support letters 
• the nominee's CV

 If you have any questions, please contact Lauren Vronko, CMP at lauren.a.vronko@vumc.org or 615-875-7529.

Past Research Staff Award Recipients