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

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

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

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