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Achieve Honors Worldwide RAFI AHMED, PhD, was among five Emory professors to be elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
PhD, RN, MSN, FAAN, together with DEBORAH WATKINS BRUNER, RN, PhD,
JINBING BAI,
FAAN, was presented the Mentor-Mentee Research Award at the NINR-ONS-NCI Symptom Science Advances in Oncology Nursing virtual colloquium held February 4–5, 2021. Bai also was honored by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) with the 2021 Victoria Mock New Investigator Award, recognizing his contributions to building a scientific foundation for oncology nursing practice. PhD, received a 2021 Eleanor Main Student Mentor Award, recognizing individuals who exemplify mentoring of the highest quality in graduate education.
ALISINA BAZRAFSHAN,
Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
AuntMinnie.com’s annual award program recognizing radiology excellence. MD, was elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. KIMBERLY CURSEEN,
MD, has been named to the steering committee of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Cancer Immunology Working Group.
KAVITA DHODAPKAR, VANESSA BRAMBLE, MS, MBA, CRA, RT (R) (M), Winship’s director of network development, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
MD, PhD, received the ASTRO-MRA Young Investigator Award in Radiation Oncology. ZACHARY BUCHWALD,
MD, MPH, was elected to be a board member of the American Thyroid Association.
AMY CHEN,
PhD, MPH, RN, CPON, received a K23 career development award from the National Institute of Nursing Research.
BREE EATON, MD, is a recipient of a 2021 Peach Bowl LegACy Fund grant to support Eaton’s project on sMRI for pediatric highgrade gliomas.
PhD, has received a five-year NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to support her project, “A Novel Framework for Quantifying Metabolic Brain Health.”
CANDACE FLEISCHER,
BROOKE CHERVEN,
MD, received the Daniel D. Von Hoff Innovative Protocol Award by the ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Care Workshop. JAMES BATES,
MD, Winship’s former executive director (2009–2021), is among the 2021 OncLive Giants of Cancer Care inductees in the radiation oncology category.
MD, MS, was a finalist for the Most Influential Radiology Researcher award in the 2021 Minnies, AuntMinnie.com’s annual award for radiology excellence. JUDY GICHOYA,
WALTER J. CURRAN, JR.,
MD, was named to the board of directors of the American Board of Ophthalmology. HANS GROSSNIKLAUS,
PharmD, was recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as an ASCO Advocacy Champion. R. DONALD HARVEY,
Emory’s Department of Radiology was recognized as a finalist for Best Radiologist Training Program by the 2021 Minnies,
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PhD, has been named Emory University’s new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Bellamkonda also received a five-year NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for his work using electrical fields to treat an aggressive pediatric cancer. Together with MAX COOPER, PhD, Bellamkonda was named a 2021 fellow of the National RAVI BELLAMKONDA,
