Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Milton & Shirley F. Levy Family Chair, and Director of the Aging Brain Center at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, will present:
The inter-relationship of delirium and dementia: An investigative journey
This session will be moderated by Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS, Professor and the Arthur Stach Family Endowed Professor in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington. Dr. Bansal serves on the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee.
Thank you for your participation, please stay tuned for details about our 2025-2026 program!
The American Society for Clinical Investigation is proud to announce our 2025 Early-Career Awardees:
Young Physician-Scientist Awards
The ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research. Our 50 Young Physician-Scientist Awardees (see all awardees) were drawn from an exceedingly talented group of 188 nominees.
Emerging-Generation Awards
The ASCI Emerging-Generation Awards recognize post-MD, pre-faculty appointment physician-scientists who are meaningfully engaged in immersive research. Our 26 Emerging-Generation Awardees (see all awardees) were drawn from an equally talented group of 98 nominees.
With these awards, the ASCI seeks to encourage and inspire these physician-scientists through their participation in the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting and through access to and participation in the ASCI community. These awards provide a two-year longitudinal experience that includes:
leadership development workshops
topical panel discussions with distinguished ASCI members
scientific and career-oriented networking and mentorship opportunities
Congratulations to our awardees and to the institutions they represent!
Alexander Marson, MD, PhD, Director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, Professor in the UCSF Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director of the Parker Institute of Cancer Immunotherapy at Gladstone, scientific director for Human Health at the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub investigator, will present:
Decoding and reprogramming T cell circuits with CRISPR
This session will be moderated by Jennifer S. Yu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic, and member of the ASCI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
Stay tuned for our final Scientific Session of the 2024-2025 academic year:
Daniel J. Rader, MD, Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine, Chair of the Department of Genetics at the Perelman School of Medicine, Chief of the Divisions of Human Genetics in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, and the Associate Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, will present:
Advancing genomic medicine in the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disease
This session will be moderated by Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD, 2024-2025 ASCI President-Elect, Professor of Medicine, and Chief of the Cardiology Division at UCLA Health.
Stay tuned for the following upcoming Scientific Sessions (all 1-2 pm Eastern):
With these awards, the ASCI seeks to recognize early-career physician-scientists who have made notable achievements in their research, and to encourage and inspire them through their participation in the ASCI physician-scientist community.
2 years of longitudinal early-career specific programming including Leadership Development Workshops, networking opportunities and topical panels with ASCI members
Click here to view a webinar about these nomination processes. ASCI staff will be available via Zoom (link here) to answer your questions about the nomination process from 1 – 2 pm Eastern on the following dates:
September 6 (Friday), 18 (Wednesday)
October 1 (Tuesday), 14 (Monday)
Nominee eligibility criteria:
E-Gen:
YPSA:
– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree
– will have demonstrated creative promise during research training exemplified by publication and preprint activity (noted in biosketch)
– is currently meaningfully engaged in immersive research
– does not have an independent NIH K-08 level / equivalent award; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed
– must be nominated by an ASCI member
– may name a supporting contact, this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support
– has an MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree
– should preferably have a first faculty / institutional appointment within the past 5 years; if not within this range, nominees should note that extenuating circumstance(s) apply and may provide detail if they wish
– have a current NIH / comparable, foundation, or society-sponsored career development award (see nomination form for details)
– does not yet have current NIH R01 / equivalent independent project funding; a favorable score at the time of nomination is allowed. DP5s and R56s are also allowed; direct questions about R01 equivalents to programs@the-asci.org
– must be nominated by an ASCI member
– may name a supporting contact, this person may provide a 250-word a letter of support
The nominator must be an ASCI member in good standing and must start the nomination:
Go to the “Activities / nominations” tab, then click to the applicable nomination section
Select “I’m the nominator” option
Search for your nominee:
If found, click on “Start nomination”
If no result is found, provide and save the requested information (first name, last name, and email address), then click on “Create nomination” for the newly created nominee in the “Results” section.
At the top of the nomination form, click on “Send access notification to the nominee at: <email>”.
Provide a 250-word-limit statement regarding the nominee.
Submit the statement, which can be done regardless of whether the nominee’s part of the nomination is completed.
The nominee receives an email with information to access their part of the nomination and then must provide the following:
E-Gen
YPSA
– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process)
– a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded)
– a brief NIH biosketch (as a PDF), using Section A. as a Scientific Vision Statement, rather than a Personal Statement, and including any funding information, for this award
– a completed ASCI demographics profile
– a completed ASCI research domains survey
– a supporter (optional), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words
– nominee contact, education, funding information, and a headshot (the headshot will be used if awarded and is not used during the review process
– a short bio (for use during review, and for public display if awarded)
– a brief NIH biosketch, including detailed funding information (as a PDF)
– a completed ASCI demographics profile
– a completed ASCI research domains survey
– a supporter (optional), who may provide a statement of up to 250 words
Note that the nominee can submit this information regardless of whether the nominator’s part of the nomination is completed.
Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of California, San Diego, and thought leader in translational research and innovative clinical trial design, will present:
Advances in Non-Invasive Assessment and Management of MASLD
This session will be moderated by Christopher Williams, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Physician Scientist Education and Training, and MSTP Director at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams is co-founder of the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee.
Stay tuned for the following upcoming Scientific Sessions (all 1-2 pm Eastern):
Emily Wang, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Director of the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, Yale School of Medicine, presented:
Can we achieve health equity without ending mass incarceration?
This session was moderated by Susan Cheng, MD, MMSc, MPH, ASCI Councilor, the Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Health and Population Science, and director of Public Health Research in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.
Tippi Cicek MacKenzie, MD, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Institute of Regeneration Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, presented:
This session was moderated by Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Human Genetics, and Computational Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. Elected to ASCI membership in 2022, Dr. Arboleda serves on the ASCI Physician-Scientist Development Committee. Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.
The American Society for Clinical Investigation is proud to announce our 2024 Early-Career Awardees:
Young Physician-Scientist Awards
The ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Awards recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research. Our 52 Young Physician-Scientist Awardees (see all awardees) were drawn from an exceedingly talented group of 172 nominees.
Emerging-Generation Awards
The ASCI Emerging-Generation Awards recognize post-MD, pre-faculty appointment physician-scientists who are meaningfully engaged in immersive research. Our 33 Emerging-Generation Awardees (see all awardees) were drawn from an equally talented group of 91 nominees.
With these awards, the ASCI seeks to encourage and inspire these physician-scientists through their participation in the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting and through access to and participation in the ASCI community. These awards provide a two-year longitudinal experience that includes:
leadership development workshops
topical panel discussions with distinguished ASCI members
scientific and career-oriented networking and mentorship opportunities
Congratulations to our awardees and to the institutions they represent!
Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, presented:
Leveraging dynamic epigenetic landscapes to decode macrophage phenotypes in health and disease
This session was moderated by Julie Saba, MD, the John & Edna Beck Chair in Pediatric Cancer Research and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Saba is a member of the ASCI’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Click here for more information and to view past ASCI Scientific Sessions.
