Past Merit Awardees
ASMB is proud to recognize the outstanding contributions of our members at the biennial meetings. Below you will find our previous year's awardees.

2025 Awardees:
Senior Investigator: Peter Yurchenco, Rutgers – RW Johnson Medical School Junior Investigator: Brian Aguado, University of California San Diego Iozzo Award: Yao Yao, University of South Florida Founders Award: Neha Dinesh, McGill University ISMB Distinguished Investigator: Sylvie Ricard-Blum, University of Lyon Iozzo Trainee Awardees: Lexi Rindone, Johns Hopkins University, (PostDoc); Iram Fatima Siddiqui, McGill University, (Student)
2023 Awardees:
Senior Investigator: Hans Peter Bachinger, Shriners Hospital for Children and Oregon Health Science University Junior Investigator: Evangelia Bellas, Temple University Iozzo Award: Valerie Horsley, Yale University Founders Award: Simon Schworer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ISMB Distinguished Investigator: Taina Pihlajaniemi, University of Oulu Iozzo Trainee Awardees: Neha Dinesh, McGill University (Student), Amanda Daulagala, Medical University of South Carolina (Post-Doc)
2021 Awardees:
Senior Investigator: William Parks, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Junior Investigator: Ashley Brown, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Iozzo Award: Jessica Wagenseil, Washington University in St. Louis Founders Award: Heena Kumra, McGill University ISMB Distinguished Investigator: Robert Mecham, Washington University School of Medicine Iozzo Trainee Awardees: Sarah Lipp, Purdue University (Student) and Nandaraj Taye, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at New York (Post-Doc)
2020 Awardees:
Iozzo Trainee Awards: (During this pandemic year - no in-person meeting was held. The following were awarded virtually.) Student Category: Claire Gianakas, Duke University; Samantha Schwager, Vanderbilt University Post Doc Category: Yael Efraim, University of California San Francisco, and Aastha Kapoor, Thomas Jefferson University
2018 Awardees:
Senior Investigator: Jean Schwartzbauer, Princeton University Junior Investigator: Alexandra Naba, University of Illinois at Chicago Iozzo Award: Rachel Lennon, University of Manchester Founders Award: Vincent Fiore, The Rockefeller University ISMB Distinguished Investigator: Billy Hudson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2016 Awardees:
Iozzo Award: Thomas Barker, University of Virginia Senior Investigator: Renato Iozzo, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Junior Investigator: Vincent Tagliabracci,University of Texas, Southwestern, Medical Center ISMB Distinguished Investigator: Karl Tryggvason, Karolinska Institute/Duke University-National University of Singapore
2014 Awardees:
Iozzo Award: Adam Engler, University of California, San Diego, California Senior Investigator: Vince Hascall, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Junior Investigator: Sean E. Gill, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada ISMB Distinguished Investigator: Leena Bruckner-Tuderman, University Frieburg, Germany
2012 Awardees:
Senior Investigator Award: Billy Hudson, Vanderbilt University Junior Investigator Award: Thomas Barker, Georgia Institute of Technology
2010 Awardees:
Senior Investigator Award: Benoit de Crombrugghe, MD Anderson Cancer Center Junior Investigator Award: Pyong Woo Park, Children's Hospital at Harvard, MA
2008 Awardees:
Senior Investigator Award: Robert Mecham, Washington University in St. Louis Junior Investigator Award: Hiromi Yanagisawa, University of Texas Southwestern One Time Founder's Award: Paul Bornstein, University of Washington (retired)

2006 Awardees:
Senior Investigator Award: Bjorn Olsen, Harvard University Junior Investigator Award: David Calderwood, Yale University
2004 Awardees:
Senior Investigator Award: Ken Yamada, NIDCR, NIH Junior Investigator Award: Dwayne Stupack, Scripps Institute
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