The Tulane University Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement Awards are given annually to honor outstanding scholars and to recognize exceptional research achievement and impact on advancing knowledge, innovation, or creativity in science, engineering, health, arts, education, humanities and other academic fields of study.
2023 Awards Nominations will be opened early 2023
2022 Tulane University Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement Awards
Annual Awards Event - 2022
The Office of Research held the second Tulane University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards on Friday, November 4, 2022, to honor outstanding Tulane scholars and recognize their exceptional accomplishments. The awards ceremony was held at the Higgins Hotel in downtown New Orleans with Meg Farris, WWL-TV medical and general assignment reporter, as the emcee.
A full list of the award recipients is below:
2022 Research Hall of Fame Award
This prestigious lifetime achievement award recognizes a nationally and internationally renowned scholar/investigator who has made substantial contributions to advancing knowledge over his/her/their academic career. The awards were presented by Mike Fitts, President.
- JAMES ROBINSON, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Director, Tulane University Physician Scientist Program
- PAUL K. WHELTON, MD, Professor, Show Chwan Health System Endowed Chair in Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- DENNIS P. KEHOE, PhD, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Department of Classical Studies, School of Liberal Arts
Click on the photograph for the video of each Hall of Fame award recipient
James Robinson
Paul K. Whelton
Dennis P. Kehoe
2022 Spirit of Tulane Award
This award recognizes outstanding achievement during the prior calendar year of a scholar/investigator whose work embodies Tulane’s motto: Non sibi, sed suis (Not for oneself, but for one’s own) while enhancing the research mission through education, creative expression, mentorship, and collaborative effort to advance knowledge. The awards were presented by Mike Fitts, President.
- MEAD ALLISON PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering, School of Science and Engineering
- JESSE KEENAN, PhD, JD, LLM, Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate, School of Architecture
- HUA LU, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Reynolds and Ryan Families Chair in Translational Cancer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine
- TRACY FISCHER, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, and Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Mead Allison
Jesse Keenan
Hua Lu
Tracy Fischer
2022 Innovation Award
This award recognizes a scholar/investigator who develops and explores novel ideas, approaches and insights through his/her/their interdisciplinary scholarship to address clinical, public health, or societal challenges. The awards were presented by Robin Forman, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
- LU QI, MD, PhD, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and Professor, Director, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University Obesity Research Center
- MICHAEL MOORE, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering
- MAYBELL ROMERO, JD, Felder-Fayard Associate Professor, and Gordon Gamm Faculty Scholar, School of Law
- MAYAN EXCAVATION TEAM
- MARCELLO CANUTO, PhD, Professor, Department of Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts, and Director, Middle American Research Institute
- FRANCISCO ESTRADA-BELLI, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts, and G.I.S. Lab Manager, Middle American Research Institute
- LUKE AULD-THOMAS, Doctoral Student, Department of Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts
Lu Qi
Michael Moore
Maybell Romero
Mayan Excavation Team
2022 Galaxy Award
This award recognizes substantial achievement of a scholar/investigator who has a strong five-year history of funding and of enhancing Tulane’s research mission through scholarship, education, mentorship, and collaborative efforts. The awards were presented by Robin Forman, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
- KATHERINE MILLS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- LISA FAUCI, PhD, Pendergraft Nola Lee Haynes Professor, Department of Mathematics, School of Science and Engineering
- CHAD ROY, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine and Director, Infectious Disease Aerobiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
- JESMYN WARD, MFA, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Department of English, School of Liberal Arts
Katherine Mills
Tai Huy Ha for Lisa Fauci
Chad Roy
Thomas Albrecht for Jesmyn Ward
2022 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
This award recognizes a scholar for excellence in research that addresses societal inequalities and promotes social change. Some indicators of excellence include extramural support of related research and dissemination of findings through high-quality peer-reviewed publications and national or international presentations that address societal inequities and promote social change. Broader impacts of EDI refers to the extent to which research advances participation of historically marginalized groups, promotes understanding of EDI, addresses societal inequities, develops community engagement and partnerships, distributes findings widely to support broad research understanding, and/or innovates social change. The awards were presented by Robin Forman, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
- HENRY L. BART, JR., PhD, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Science and Engineering
- MARIE A. "TONETTE" KROUSEL-WOOD, MD, MSPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, and Associate Dean for Public Health and Medical Education, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Professor, Department of Medicine, and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, School of Medicine, and Associate Provost for the Health Sciences
- ADRIENNE COLELLA, PhD, Professor and James W. McFarland Distinguished Chair of Business, and Area Coordinator-Management, A.B. Freeman School of Business
- STACY SEICSHNAYDRE, JD, William K. Christovich Professor of Law, and Robert A. Ainsworth Professor in the Courts and the Federal System, School of Law
- Z'ETOILE IMMA, PhD, Michael S. Field Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies, Department of English, School of Liberal Arts
Henry Bart, Jr
Marie A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood
Adrienne Colella
Stacy Seicshnaydre
Z'etoile Imma
2022 Special Presidential Award for Academic Leadership
These awards are for individuals who have exercised extraordinary institutional leadership in supporting and promoting excellent research at Tulane University. The awards were presented by Mike Fitts, President.
- LAURA S. LEVY, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
- DONALD GAVER, PhD, Alden J. 'Doc' Laborde Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering
Laura Levy
Donald Gaver
2022 Funding Awards
These awards recognize a) the scholar/investigator in the STEM fields who has been awarded the largest combined dollar amount of funding for direct costs during the prior calendar year; and b) an artist/scholar/ investigator in the non-STEM fields who has been awarded the largest combined dollar amount of funding for direct costs during the prior calendar year. The awards were presented by Giovanni Piedimonte, Vice President for Research.
STEM
- JAY RAPPAPORT, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, and Director, and Chief Academic Officer, Tulane National Primate Research Center
- JANE BERTRAND, PhD, Professor and Neal A. and Mary Vanselow Endowed Chair, Departments of Health Policy & Management and International Health & Sustainable Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- ROBERT GARRY, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, School of Medicine
Jay Rappaport
Jane Bertrand
Robert Garry
NON-STEM
- MAURITA POOLE, PhD, Director, Newcomb Art Museum
- AMANDA HILL, EdD, Executive Director, Cowen Institute
Maurita Poole
Amanda Hill
2022 Convergence Award
This award recognizes a Tulane scholar or team of scholars who successfully collaborate across schools, units, and departments to surpass traditional academic disciplines and further the research mission. The awards were presented by Giovanni Piedimonte, Vice President for Research.
- DANIEL BURNSTON, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, School of Liberal Arts
- XUEBIN QIN, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, and Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
- YU-PING WANG, PhD, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering
- TIFFANY LIN, MArch, Favrot V Associate Professor of Architecture and Design and Design Program Director, School of Architecture
- EMILIE TAYLOR WELTY, MArch, Favrot III Professor of Practice, School of Architecture, and Director of Architecture, Design-Build Manager, Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design
- LISA MOLIX, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Science and Engineering
Brian Edwards for Daniel Burnston
Tiffany Lin, Emilie Taylor Welty, Lisa Molix
Xuebin Qin
Yu-Ping Wang
2022 Student/Trainee Research Mentoring Award
This award recognizes an exceptional research mentor. The awards were presented by Marie A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, Associate Provost for Health Sciences.
- CARIAPPA ANNAIAH, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, and Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
- RYAN GLASSER, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, School of Science and Engineering
Cariappa Annaiah
Ryan Glasser
2022 Rising Star Award
This award recognizes the work of an assistant professor, within five years of appointment to Tulane, who demonstrates exceptional growth and impact in one or more research areas. The awards were presented by Marie A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, Associate Provost for Health Sciences.
- JULIA FLECKMAN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Science, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- NICHOLAS SANDOVAL, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering
Julia Fleckman
Nicholas Sandoval
2022 Citation Award
This award recognizes the Tulane author of the peer-reviewed article with the highest number of citations during the prior calendar year. The recipient must be the corresponding author and Tulane must be the corresponding institution. The awards were presented by Jessica Shedd, Assistant Provost for Assessment and Institutional Research.
- A. OLIVER SARTOR, MD, C. E. and Bernadine Laborde Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and Medical Director, Tulane Cancer Center, for "Lutetium-117-PSMA-617 for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer," New England Journal of Medicine, September 2021
Patrice Delafontaine for A. Oliver Sartor
2022 Publication Awards
This award recognizes Tulane scholars/investigators with the best journal article and the best book published in the prior calendar year. The awards were presented by Jessica Shedd, Assistant Provost for Assessment and Institutional Research.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
- CHAD ROY, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine, and Director, Infectious Disease Aerobiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center for "Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, February 2021
Chad Roy
BOOK
- GOLAN MOSKOWITZ, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Catherine and Henry J. Gaisman Faculty Fellow, Department of Jewish Studies, School of Liberal Arts for Wild Visionary: Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context, Stanford University Press, 2021
- WALTER ISAACSON, University Professor and Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values, Department of History, School of Liberal Arts for The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, Simon & Schuster, 2021
Golan Moskowitz
Walter Isaacson
