Past Honors and Awards Winners

The Helen Abbey Award

• 2022: Emily Scott
• 2021: Sophie Berube, Marta Karas
• 2020: Jacob Fiksel
• 2019: Bonnie Smith
• 2018: Jack Fu
• 2017: Leslie Myint
• 2016: Prasad Patil
• 2015: Francis Abreu
• 2014: Jenna Krall
• 2013: Kirsten Lum, Therri Usher, George Wu
• 2012: Alyssa Frazee, Hilary Parker
• 2011: Jeffrey Goldsmith, Daniel Obeng, Bruce Swihart
• 2010: Matthew McCall
• 2009: Nicholas Reich
• 2008: Sandrah Eckel
• 2007: Ming-Wen An, Robert Scharpf
• 2006: Kim Fai Kenny Shum
• 2005: Kathryn Ziegler
• 2004: Michelle Shardell
• 2003: Hongfei Guo, Nikhil Gupte
• 2002: Wesley Eddings
• 2001: Michael Griswold
• 2000: Natalie Blades
• 1999: Felicity Boyd, Thomas Travison
• 1998: Elizabeth Garrett
• 1997: Jeffrey Blume
• 1996: Laura Cramer
• 1995: Sterling Hilton

The June B. Culley Award

• 2021: Erija Cui 
• 2020: Athena Chen
• 2019: Bonnie Smith
• 2018: Zhicheng (Jason) Ji
• 2017: Junrui Di
• 2016: Yu Du, Claire Ruberman
• 2015: Jean-Philippe Fortin
• 2014: Aaron Fisher
• 2013: Juemin Yang
• 2012: Yingying Wei, Zhenke Wu
• 2011: Shanshan Li
• 2010: Russell Shinohara
• 2009: Haley Hedlin, Bruce Swihart
• 2008: Marco Carone
• 2006: Aristide Achy-Brou
• 2005: Wenyi Wang
• 2004: Elizabeth Johnson
• 2003: Brian Egleston

The Louis I. And Thomas D. Dublin Award

• 2022: Jiyang Wen (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang; Co-Advisor: Chen Hu ) and Emma Nichols (Advisor: Alden Gross; Co-Advisor: Jennifer Deal)
• 2021: Marta Karas (Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu; Co-Advisor: Jacek Urbanek) and Forrest Jones (Advisor: Justin Lessler; Co-Advisor: Andrew Azman)
• 2020: Sophie Berube (Advisor: Tom Louis) and Dylan Duchen (Advisor: Priya Duggal)
• 2019: Haoyu Zhang (Advisor: Nilanjan Chatterjee; Co-Advisor: Ni Zhao) and Pei-Lun (Perry) Luo (Advisor: Jennifer Schrack; Co-Advisor: Alden Gross)
• 2018: Lamar Hunt (Advisor: Daniel Scharfstein); Esther Kim ( Dr. Kunihiro Matsushita)
• 2017: Junrui Di (Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov); Talia Quandelacy (Advisor: Justin Lessler)
• 2016: Youjin Lee (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang; Co-Advisor: Elizabeth Ogburn); Shan Andrews (Advisor: Christine Ladd-Acosta)
• 2015: Yibing (Oliver) Chen (Advisor: Martin Lindquist); Kathryn Risher (Advisor: Shruti Mehta)
• 2014: Jiawei Bai (Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov); Kelly Searle (Advisor: William Moss)
• 2013: Jenna Krall (Advisor: Roger Peng); Andrew Azman (Advisor: Justin Lessler)
• 2012: Kirsten Lum (Advisor: Tom Louis); Henrik Salje (Advisor: Derek Cummings)
• 2011: Jennifer Feder Bobb (Advisor: Roger Peng); Andrew Jaffe (Advisor: M. Daniele Fallin)
• 2010: Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer (Advisor: Derek Cummings); Russell Shinohara (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis; Co-Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang)
• 2009: Sandrah Eckel (Advisor: Thomas Louis); Maria Tellez-Plaza (Advisor: Ana Navas-Acien)
• 2008: Marco Carone (Advisor: Daniel Scharfstein); Bryan James (Advisor: Thomas Glass) and Bruce Swihart (Advisor: Brian Caffo)
• 2007: Susan Hutfless (Advisor: Christopher Cox); Sheng Luo (Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu)
• 2006: Kelly Benke (Advisor: M. Daniele Fallin); Yun Lu (Advisor: Scott Zeger) and J. Morel Symons (Advisor: Alyson Geyh)
• 2005: Alison Gump (Advisor: Janet Holbrook) and Xiaojun You (Advisor: Ron Brookmeyer)
• 2004: Sonja Berndt (Advisors: Kathy Helzlsouer and M. Daniele Fallin) and Sorina Eftim (Advisor: Francesca Dominici)
• 2003: Betty Doan (Advisor: Yin Yao); Laura Podewils (Advisor: Eliseo Guallar) and Ravi Varadhan (Advisor: Charles Rohde)
• 2002: Jean-Paul Chretien (Advisor: Josef Coresh); Nikhil Gupte (Advisor: Ron Brookmeyer)
• 2001: Felicity Boyd (Advisor: Marie Diener-West)

The Jane and Steve Dykacz Award

• 2022: Zitong Wang
• 2021: Erjia Cui
• 2020: Athena Chen
• 2019: Lamar Hunt
• 2018: Youjin Lee
• 2017: Jack Fu
• 2016: Prasad Patil and Elizabeth Sweeney
• 2015: Yifei Sun
• 2014: Lei Huang and Elizabeth Sweeney
• 2013: Jiawei Bai
• 2012: Russell (Taki) Shinohara
• 2010: Jeffrey Goldsmith
• 2008: Wenyi Wang
• 2006: Brian Egleston
• 2004: Michelle Shardell

The Glaxo Smithkline Award

• 2011: Yifei Sun
• 2010: Haochang Shou
• 2009: Shanshan Li
• 2008: Russell Shinohara
• 2007: Simina Boca
• 2006: Marco Carone
• 2005: Gary Chan
• 2004: Siobhan Sutcliffe
• 2003: Yun Lu
• 2002: Jennifer Ryea, Yue Yin
• 2001: Brian Egleston
• 2000: Weimin Chen

The Golden Apple Award

• 2018: Leah Jager
• 2017: Marie Diener-West
• 2016: John McGready
• 2013: Marie Diener-West
• 2012: John McGready
• 2010: Karen Bandeen-Roche, Elizabeth Stuart
• 2009: Marie Diener-West
• 2008: John McGready, Brian Caffo
• 2006: Scott Zeger
• 2005: Marie Diener-West
• 2004: John McGready and Ron Brookmeyer
• 2003: James Tonascia
• 2002: Scott Zeger
• 2001: Marie Diener-West, John McGready
• 2000: Bill Rising
• 1999: Ron Brookmeyer
• 1998: Marie Diener-West
• 1997: Marie Diener-West
• 1995: James Tonascia
• 1994: Charles Rohde
• 1991: Marie Diener-West
• 1990: Judith Cuthie
• 1989: Alan Ross
• 1988: Scott Zeger
• 1987: James Tonascia
• 1985: Ron Brookmeyer
• 1984: Helen Abbey
• 1983: Alan Ross
• 1979: Allyn Kimball
• 1977: Helen Abbey
• 1976: James Tonascia
• 1975: Alan Ross
• 1971: Helen Abbey

The Kocherlakota Award

• 2021: Chang Chen & Yuehan (Jenny) Zhang
• 2020: Wanlu Chen
• 2019: Zebin Wang
• 2018: Luqin Gan and Xinye Li
• 2017: Hilary Robbins
• 2016: Boyang Zhang and Guoqing Wang
• 2015: Weixiang Fang
• 2014: Zhicheng Ji
• 2013: Yao Lu, Shilu Zhang
• 2012: Bing He
• 2011: Jiehuan Sun
• 2010: Qingfeng Li

The Margaret Merrell Award

• 2021-22: Athena Chen (Advisor: Ingo Ruczinski)
• 2020-21: Arkajyoti Saha (Advisor: Nilanjan Chatterjee; Co-Advisor: Abhirup Datta) and Bingkai Wang (Advisor: Michael Rosenblum; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo)
• 2019-20: Guanghao Qi (Advisor: Nilanjan Chatterjee)
• 2018-19: Zhicheng (Jason) Ji (Advisor: Hongkai Ji)
• 2017-18: Yu Du (Advisor: Michael Rosenblum; Co-Advisors: Vadim Zipunnikov and Ravi Varadhan) and Youjin Lee (Advisor: Elizabeth Ogburn)
• 2016-17: Jiawei Bai (Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu; Co-Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov) and Tianchen Qian (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis; Co-Advisor: Michael Rosenblum)
• 2015-16: Aaron Fisher (Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo) and Amanda Mejia (Advisor: Martin Lindquist; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo)
• 2014-15: Fang Han (Advisor: Han Liu; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo)
• 2013-14: Yingying Wei (Advisor: Hongkai Ji)
• 2012-13: Shanshan Li (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo)
• 2011-12: Jeff Goldsmith (Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo) and Russell Shinohara (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis; Co-Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang)
• 2011: Simina Boca (Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani; Co-Advisor: Jeffrey Leek)
• 2010: Yong Chen (Advisor: Kung-Yee Liang; Co-Advisor: Charles Rohde) and Hao Wu (Advisor: Rafael Irizarry; Co-Advisor: Hongkai Ji)
• 2009: Chongzhi Di (Advisor: Kung-Yee Liang; Co-Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu)
• 2008: Gary Chan (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang) and Yue Yin (advisor: Thomas Louis)
• 2007: Robert Scharpf (Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani; co-advisor: Ingo Ruczinski)
• 2006: Hormuzd Katki (Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani)
• 2005: Zhijin Wu (Advisor: Rafael Irizarry)
• 2004: Weimin Chen (Advisor: Karl Broman) and Ravi Varadhan (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis)
• 2003: Natalie Blades (Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani)
• 2002: Chiung-Yu Huang (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang) and Thomas Travison (Advisor: Ron Brookmeyer)
• 2000: Guan-Hua Huang (Advisor: Karen Bandeen-Roche) and Diana Miglioretti (Advisor: Scott Zeger)
• 1999: Yingqing Chen (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang)
• 1998: Wenzheng Huang (Advisor: Richard Royall)
• 1997: Sarah Gray (Advisor: Ron Brookmeyer)
• 1996: Paul Rathouz (Advisor: Kung-Yee Liang)
• 1995: Patrick Heagerty (Advisor: Scott Zeger)

PhD Examination Award

• 2021: Yuzheng Dun
• 2020: Claire Heffernan
• 2019: Jingning Zhang
• 2018: Bohao Tang
• 2017: Weixiang Fang and Arkajyoti Saha
• 2016: Guanghao Qi
• 2015: Lu Li, Sheng Xu
• 2014: Yu Du
• 2013: Jean-Philippe Fortin
• 2012: Lei Huang
• 2011: Yifei Sun
• 2010: Haochang Shou
• 2009: Shanshan Li
• 2008: Russell Shinohara
• 2007: Simina Boca
• 2006: Marco Carone
• 2005: Gary Chan
• 2004: Siobhan Sutcliffe
• 2003: Yun Lu, Jing Ning