2016 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Announced

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The Beeson program had its impetus in a series of Institute of Medicine reports that, beginning in 1978, highlighted a growing need for physicians trained in aging-related issues. In 1994, a group of foundations and nonprofit organizations launched the Paul B. Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Program, now known as the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program.

Every year, seven to ten awards are granted, providing recipients up to 5 years of funding limited to $225,000 in direct costs per year. The intent of the award is to provide talented new investigators who have already begun to establish reserach programs with support that will aid them in becoming a leader in their field of expertise and well poised to change theory, practice, and health outcomes related to the health of older individuals.

The 2016 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award Recipients are:

  1. Nathan Brummel MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
  2. Zara Cooper MD, MSc., FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  3. Eleni Linos MD, DrPH, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
  4. Brendan Lucey, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine
  5. Hillary Lum, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver and VA Eastern Colorado GRECC
  6. Ana Pereira, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Investigation, Rockefeller University
  7. Anthony Rosen MD, MPH, Instructor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
  8. Phillip Smith, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
  9. Andrew Teich, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Columbia University

Head over to Afar to learn more about the 2016 recipients. Currently, applications for the 2017 Paul B. Beeson awards are still available, to learn more click here.