Awards and Honors | Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Eman Gohar, PhD

Dr. Eman Gohar's awards and honors, 2020-2025

2025: Innovator Science Accelerator Program (ISAC) Award, Augusta University, NIDDK
2025: Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA)
2023: Benedict R. Lucchesi Young Scientist Award in Cardiac Pharmacology, Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, ASPET
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
2020: UAB Centers for Women’s Reproductive Health and Hypertension Award
2019-2024: K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK/NIH)

Dr. Gohar's awards and honors, 2015-2019

2019: Renal Section Research Recognition Award (Junior Faculty), APS
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
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
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
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)

Frank Kiyimba, PhD

Dr. Frank Kiyimba's awards and honors

2025: Recipient of VICTR funds for Examining the Capacity of Human Kidney Organoids to Biosynthesize Cholesterol, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translation Research (VICTR), VUMC

Gohar Lab alumni awards and honors

Jazmine Benjamin, PhD

Dr. Jazmine Benjamin's awards and honors

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
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
2021: ‘Ever Faithful 50’ Service Award, UAB
2020: Blazer Way Service Award, UAB
2017: Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, South Carolina Academy of Sciences
2017: Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, University of South Carolina Discovery Day
2016: Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, University of South Carolina Discovery Day

Supaporn Kulthinee, PhD

Dr. Supaporn Kulthinee's awards and honors

2025: The George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance (OKRA) travel award, George M. O’Brien Kidney Resource Alliance, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
2025: Excellence in Research Award, College of Health Professions, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 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
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
2018: Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards, American Physiological Society (APS), USA
2017: The John F. Perkins Jr. Memorial Award for International Physiologists, American Physiological Society (APS), USA
2012: Professional Achievement Alumni Award, Faculty of Allied Health Science, Naresuan University, Thailand