Nick W. Lukacs, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Jayne S. Reuben, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow -- University of Michigan

Donna L. Farber, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Francesca I. Okoye, M.D., Ph.D., Graduate Student; John Teijaro, Ph.D., Graduate Student -- University of Maryland

Julie A. Wilder, Ph.D., Associate Scientist; Melanie Sanchez, B.S., Graduate Student; Valerie Hernandez-Hansen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow -- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

Elizabeth M. Hiltbold, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Curtis J. Henry, Graduate Student; Latoya M. Mitchell, Graduate Student -- Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Allen E. Silverstone, Ph.D., Professor; Christian Vidal, Graduate Student -- SUNY Upstate Medical University

James W. Lillard, Ph.D., M.B.A., Associate Professor; Crystal Johnson-Holiday, Graduate Student; Erica Johnson, Graduate Student -- Morehouse School of Medicine

Fernando Villalta, Ph.D., Professor and Chair; Marisa N. Madison, Graduate Student; Kaneatra J. Simmons, Graduate Student -- Meharry Medical College

Kristine M. Garza, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor; Oscar Ramirez, Graduate Student; Christine Delgado, Undergraduate Student -- University of Texas at El Paso

Alexander Khoruts, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine; Colleen J. Winstead, Graduate Student -- University of Minnesota

Sabita Roy, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Josephine Martin, Graduate Student -- University of Minnesota

Xin Dong, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher; Tania Portillo, Undergraduate Student -- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

J. David Farrar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Hilario J. Ramos, Graduate Student -- UTSW Medical Center at Dallas

Caroline C. Whitacre, Ph.D., Professor; Natosha Gatson, Graduate Student -- The Ohio State University

Yoji Shimizu, Ph.D., Professor; Ricardo B. Medeiros, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow -- University of Minnesota Medical School

Garry P. Nolan, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Omar D. Perez, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow -- Stanford University

Robert D. Miller, Ph.D., Professor; Zuly E. Parra, Graduate Student; Sandra D. Melman, Graduate Student -- University of New Mexico

Roberta Pelanda, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Maria-Gabriela Velez, Graduate Student -- National Jewish Medical & Research Center

Fred Finkelman, M.D., Professor; Debroski R. Herbert, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow -- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Ram R. Singh, M.D., Professor; Brenda Vazquez, Undergraduate Student -- UCLA Division of Rheumatology

Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Christopher R. Singh, Graduate Student -- University of Texas Health Sciences Center

CATEGORY II: TRAINEE-JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD

Starlette M. Sharp, Graduate Student, Auburn University
Reginald C. Gray, Graduate Student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Columbus Children’s Research Institute
Bolaji Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Amariliz Rivera, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Waithaka Mwangi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Adriano N. Salicru, Graduate Student, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Maria del P. Martin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center
April Ross, Graduate Student, University of California at Davis
Torry A. Tucker, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Verda K. Thomas, Graduate Student, NYU Medical Center
Cesar A. Corzo, Graduate Student, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Center
Jean N. Manirarora, Graduate Student, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center
Tricia Charles, Undergraduate Student, Morgan State University
Dwane Clarke, Undergraduate Student, Morgan State University
Michael W. Baker, Graduate Student, Morgan State University
Rafael M. Nunez, M.D., Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Adrian F. Arechiga, Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine