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
2023 Kornfeld Fellows
Ryan Day, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Medical School: Washington University
Fellowship: Hematology/Oncology
Mentor: Timothy Ley, MD
Research Interests: Hematologic malignancies and Mechanisms of leukemogenesis
Ellen Schill, MD, PhD
Clinical Trainee; Department of Pediatrics
2022 Kornfeld Fellows
Laura Marks, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of 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: