Established in 2022, this distinguished award acknowledges two exceptional physician- scientists from the DOM and PePSTP. The recipients of this award will receive $10,000/each to support their lab research. These awards will be presented each year at the Kornfeld Physician Scientist Lecture
2022 Kornfeld Fellows

Laura Marks, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: University of Buffalo
Mentor: Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD
Research Interests: the pathophysiology of invasive staphylococcal disease in PWID using genomic epidemiology and molecular biology models

Suong Nguyen, MD, PhD
Instructor in Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Texas-Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Mentor: Daniel Goldberg, MD, PhD
Research Interests: