Research Recognition

AURI Research Awards

Each year in the Fall, we take the time to recognize our faculty members who have contributed significantly to research at AU in the following categories: Emerging Scientist Award, Distinguished Research Award(s), and Lifetime Achievement Award.  Below is a listing of all of our past winners since 2006.    

2018

Emerging Scientist Award

Dr. gabor csanyi

Medical College of Georgiacsanyi-gabor    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

The Graduate School
    Department of Graduate Studies

Education
PhD, Physiology, Pathology, and Rela - University of Szeged Albert Sz, 2008
BA, Pharmaceutical Sciences - University of Szeged Albert Sz, 2003

Research Interests
Regulation of vascular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in health and disease. • The role of distinct vascular isoforms of NADPH oxidase (Nox) and increased ROS generation in the initiation and progression of vascular disorders. • Vascular redox signaling pathways and identification of new redox targets downstream of Nox activation. • The role of matricellular protein thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) in vascular disease. • Interrogation of TSP1-CD47-Nox axis as a proximate promoter of macrophage and vascular parenchymal cell ROS and its role in atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular disorders.

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DR. Rudolf lucas

Medical College of Georgia
    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
    Department of Medicine
    Vascular Biology Center

The Graduate School
    Department of Graduate Studies

Education
PhD, Biotechnology, Vrje Universiteit Brussels, 1993

Research Interests
Acute Lung injury, inflammation, endothelial biology, cytokines, nephritis, diabetic complications

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DR. CHERYL NEWMAN

Medical College of Georgia
    Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease

Education
MD, Medicine - Medical College of Georgia, 1982
BS, Physician Assistant, Wake Forest University, 1976

Research Interests
Infectious Diseases

2017

  
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Megan McGee-Lawrence
  • Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Ruth Harris
    Dr. Satish Rao
  • Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Paul McNeil

2016
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Nilkantha Sen
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Eric Belin de Chantemele
  • Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. David J. Fulton

2015
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. II-Man Kim
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Wen-Cheng Xiong
  • Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Lin Mei
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Clinton Webb

2014
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Ryan Harris
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Adviye Ergul
  • Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Javier Stern
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Darrell Brann

2013
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Brian Miller
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. David Munn
  • Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Katherine "Katie" Davis
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Dennis Ownby

2012
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Jay Hegde
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Gregory Harshfield
  • Distinguished Research Awards
    Dr. Avid Hess
    Dr. Martha Tingen
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Gary Whitford

2011
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Jennifer Sullivan
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. William Rainey
  • Distinguished Research Awards
    Dr. Carlos Isales
    Dr. Jin-Xiong She
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. David Pashley

2010
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Arun Sreekumaar
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. David Stepp
  • Distinguished Research Awards
    Dr. Edward Inscho
    Dr. David Pollock
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Robert Yu

2009
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Darrell Brann
  • Distinguished Research Awards
    Dr. R. Clinton Webb
    Dr. Gregory Harshfield
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. George S. Schuster

2007
  • Emerging Scientist Awards
    Dr. Kalu Ogbureke
    Dr. Haidong Zhu
    Dr. Jeannette Andrews
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Sylvia B. Smith
  • Lifetime Achievement Awards
    Dr. William B. Strong
    Dr. Paul G. McDonough

2006
  • Emerging Scientist Award
    Dr. Yanbin Dong
  • Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
    Dr. Robert Yu
  • Distinguished Research Awards
    Dr. David Pashley
    Dr. John Catravas
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
    Dr. Virendra Mahesh