Call for nominations, 2018 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award

Nominations for the ASCI’s 2018 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award are now open. This coming year represents a milestone for the Award — 20 years of recognizing the outstanding achievements of ASCI member physician-scientists. The recognition, first called the ASCI Award, was renamed in 2006 in honor of Dr. Korsmeyer, the first recipient of the Award in 1998, who passed away in 2005. The Korsmeyer Award recognizes individuals for their advancement of knowledge in a specific field and mentoring of future generations of life science researchers. Information on all past honorees is available here.

Nominees for the Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award must be ASCI members who are 55 years of age or younger as of January 1, 2018. They shall have made significant contributions to biomedical science and shall have adhered to the principles of scientific excellence that the ASCI exemplifies. The nominee should have a record that reflects high standards of intellectual integrity, a deep and abiding respect for the community of biomedical scientists, and a strong commitment to mentoring the next generation of physician-scientists. Prior nominees may be re-nominated. However, current ASCI Council members and prior Award recipients may not be nominated.

Nominations consist of:

  • a summary of the nominee’s accomplishments (in plain text, not to exceed 250 words),
  • a brief NIH biosketch (as a PDF),
  • a full curriculum vitae, including all publications and invited lectures (as a PDF),
  • and a trainee table (preferred as a PDF).

Nominations must be submitted by ASCI members through their online accounts.

The deadline for nominations is October 13, 2017, at 11:59 PM EDT.

Gordon F. Tomaselli elected as next JCI Editor in Chief

Dr. Tomaselli

The ASCI is pleased to announce the election of Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, as Editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation (ASCI profile). Dr. Tomaselli’s tenure as Editor begins July 1 and extends to June 30, 2022. Dr. Tomaselli is Michel Mirowski, MD, Professor of Cardiology; Professor of Medicine; Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; and Chief, Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University. He is an expert in the fields of sudden cardiac death and arrhythmias, with research focused on ion channel structure, function, and remodeling.

Dr. Tomaselli is the 24th editor of the JCI, and his election represents the first time Johns Hopkins will host the journal’s Editorial Board, which since its founding in 1924 has had 5-year tenures at academic medical centers. Serving alongside Dr. Tomaselli as Deputy Editors will be Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Diabetes, whose research focuses on central and peripheral regulation of energy homeostasis, and glucose and lipid metabolism; and Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Infectious Diseases, who studies fungal and bacterial pathogenesis and basic immunology of antibody structure-function.

The distinguished Editorial Board of Johns Hopkins faculty members serving as JCI Associate Editors will include Richard F. Ambinder, MD, PhD (oncology), Mark E. Anderson, MD, PhD (cardiology), Mary Y. Armanios, MD (oncology, aging), William R. Bishai, MD, PhD (infectious disease), Robert A. Brodsky, MD (hematology), Peter A. Calabresi, MD (neuroinflammation), Thomas L. Clemens, PhD (bone biology), Franco R. D’Alessio, MD (pulmonology), Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD (neuroscience), Angelo M. DeMarzo, MD, PhD (oncology), Stephen Desiderio, MD, PhD (immunology, cell biology), Harry C. Dietz III, MD (genetics), Mark Donowitz, MD (gastroenterology), Andrew P. Feinberg, MD, MPH (genetics), Sharon Gerecht, PhD (vascular biology, tissue engineering), Paul M. Hassoun, MD (pulmonology), Elizabeth M. Jaffe, MD (oncology, immunology), David A. Kass, MD (cardiology), Kieren A. Marr, MD (infectious disease, transplantation), Timothy H. Moran, PhD (metabolism and psychiatric disorders), William Nelson, MD, PhD (oncology), Brian O’Rourke, PhD (cardiology), Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD (oncology), Jonathan D. Powell, MD, PhD (immunology), Thomas C. Quinn, MD (infectious disease), Hamid Rabb, MD (nephrology), Stuart C. Ray, MD (infectious disease), Antony Rosen, MD (rheumatology), Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD, PhD (neuroscience), Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri, PhD (immunology), Jonathan Schneck, MD, PhD (immunology), Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhD (cell biology, signaling), Robert F. Siliciano, MD, PhD (infectious disease, HIV), Charlotte Sumner, MD (muscle biology), David L. Thomas, MD, MPH (infectious disease), and Robert G. Weiss, MD (cardiology, energetics).

Applications for JCI Editor were evaluated by the JCI Editor Selection Committee: Vivian G. Cheung (Chair), Benjamin L. Ebert, Jonathan A. Epstein, Helen H. Hobbs, Brendan Lee, Andrew R. Marks, Charles L. Sawyers, Arthur Weiss, Stephen J. Weiss, and Leonard I. Zon. The ASCI Council approved the recommended candidate, whose selection was submitted for a vote by the Active members of the Society. The vote approving the selection of Dr. Tomaselli was confirmed May 17, 2017.