Awards and Honors | Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Dr. Eman Gohar's Awards and Honors

2015-2017: AHA Association-Wide Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association
2015: APS Abstract Travel Award, Physiology and Gender Conference (Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Diseases, Annapolis)
2015: CIRTL Scholarship, Professional Development Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
2015: Postdoctoral Scholar Award, Office of Postdoctoral Education, UAB
2015: APS Research Recognition Travel Award, 14th International Conference on Endothelin (Savannah)
2016: CIRTL Associate, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, UAB, 2016
2016: New Investigator Travel Award, Council on Hypertension Meeing, Orlando, FL
2016: Travel Fellowship by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacology and Toxicology, 4th Annual UAB Workshop on Metabolomics
2016: Juan Carlos Romero WEH Section Postdoctoral Research Recognition Award Finalist, APS Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) Section, Experimental Biology Meeting\ (EB2016)
2016: Career Enhancement Award, UAB
2016: Postdoctoral Trainee Recognition Presentation at the 2016 APS Renal Section Posters and Professors Session at the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego, APS Renal Section
2016: Joseph Reeves Award for Excellence in Research (semi-finalist), 32nd Annual Trainee Research Symposium, Department of Medicine at UAB
2016: Postdoctoral Travel Award, Office of Postdoctoral Education, UAB
2016: CIRTL Practitioner Scholarship Award, CIRTL, Professional Development Program, UAB.
2017: KCVD New Investigator Travel Award, AHA Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease (KCVD), Council on Hypertension Meeting, San Francisco, Calif
2017: Best Poster Presentation Award, First Place, 28th Annual Vascular Biology and Hypertension Symposium, UAB School of Medicine
2017: Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, APS
2017: Best Oral Presentation Award, Second Place, UAB Postdoctoral Research Day
2018: APS Abstract Travel Award: APS Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic Disease: Gender-Specific Implications for Physiology Conference, Knoxville
2018-2021: AHA Association-Wide Career Development Award, American Heart Association
2018: Council on Hypertension New Investigator Travel Award, AHA Council on Hypertension Meeting, Chicago
2018: Postdoctoral Scholar Award, UAB Office of Postdoctoral Education
2018: Best Oral Presentation Award, Third Place, UAB Postdoctoral Research Day
2019-2024: K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK/NIH)
2019: Renal Section Research Recognition Award (Junior Faculty), APS
2020: UAB Centers for Women’s Reproductive Health and Hypertension Award
2022: The American Physiological Society APSselect award
2022: Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease (VCKD) voucher for pilot and feasibility kidney research
2022: Renal Section New Investigator Award, APS
2022-2024: Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant (Transition to Independence Funding), ASN
2023: Benedict R. Lucchesi Young Scientist Award in Cardiac Pharmacology, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, ASPET

Dr. Victoria Nasci's Awards

AHA Predoctoral Fellowship (18PRE34000045) 2018-2020
Friends of MCW Doctor of Philosophy Outstanding Dissertation Award 2022
AHA Kidney Council New Investigator Travel Award 2022
APS Renal Section Postdoctoral Excellence in Research Award Winner 2023
ASN Karen L. Campbell, PhD, Travel Support Program for Fellows 2023
ASN and APS Basic Research Forum for Emerging Kidney Scientists People’s Choice Award 2023
Vanderbilt Postdoc Service Award 2024
AHA Council on Hypertension Trainee Advocacy Committee Poster Award 2024
APS Charlie Bates Research Award 2024
AHA New Investigator Award supported by the Council on Hypertension and the Council on Kidneys in Cardiovascular Disease 2024

Dr. Jazmine Benjamin's Awards and Honors

2016: Outstanding Poster Presentation Award
University of South Carolina Discovery Day
2017: Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
South Carolina Academy of Sciences
2017: Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
University of South Carolina Discovery Day
2020: Blazer Way Service Award
UAB
2021: ‘Ever Faithful 50’ Service Award
UAB
2022: Blazer Way Service Award
UAB
2022: Student Excellence Award for Inclusive Campus Commitment
UAB
2022: Vascular Biology & Hypertension Poster Presentation Award
UAB
2022: Ijeoma Obi Exceptional Near Peer Award
UAB
2022: Best Poster Presentation Award
VUMC – UAB Nephrology Retreat
2023: Best Oral Presentation Award
Black in Physiology
2023: Renal Section Predoctoral Excellence in Research Award
American Physiological Society
2023: Howard Garrison Advocacy Fellowship
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Dr. Supaporn Kulthinee's Awards and Honors

2012: Professional Achievement Alumni Award
Faculty of Allied Health Science, Naresuan University, Thailand.
2017: The John F. Perkins Jr. Memorial Award for International Physiologists,
American Physiological Society (APS), USA.
2018: Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards
American Physiological Society (APS), USA.
2019: Henry Christian Awards for outstanding abstract
American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR), USA.
2019: Kidney Council New Investigator Travel Award
American Heart Association (AHA), USA.
2019: Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award for the highest-ranked abstract submitted from Thailand
American Heart Association (AHA), USA.
2024: Juan Carlos Romero and Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) Section Postdoctoral Research Award
American Physiological Society, USA
2024: Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section Poster Research Award Runner-Up, American Physiological Society (APS)
2024: Council on Hypertension Trainee Advocacy Committee Poster Award, American Heart Association
2024: Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association People's Choice Poster Award, Vanderbilt University