Dean Jakub Tolar Celebrates Researchers' First R01s
Last week we celebrated the day 130 years ago when the University Board of Regents signed what would become our Medical School. Smart people! As we stood in the tunnel next to the Wall of Scholarship (confusing the Freshii customers), we reflected back on what students in 1888 would have used and owned—books, medical tools, even admittance tickets to classes. We took a moment to enjoy the fact that Governor Dayton declared it “University of Minnesota Medical School” day. If anyone is still wondering, our mystery man was Perry Millard, the first dean of the school. And then to honor the past, we turned our focus to the future, and recognized thirteen researchers who received their first R01s in the past year. Each received a certificate and a $10,000 bonus.
Caitlin Caspi, ScD | Family Medicine and Community Health | (2 R01s) Improving nutrition |
Frank Cichocki, PhD | Medicine | Molecular programming of immunological memory |
Paul Drawz, MD | Medicine | Blood pressure and kidney function |
Karen Echeverri, PhD | Genetics, Cell Biology and Development | Scar free wound healing |
Jutta M Ellermann, MD | Radiology | Novel MRI methods |
Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, PhD, LP | Psychiatry | Adolescent depression |
Ryan C Hunter, PhD | Microbiology & Immunology | Adolescent depression |
Samir S Khariwala, MD | Otolaryngology | Tobacco carcinogen exposures |
Esther Krook-Magnuson, PhD | Neuroscience | Temporal lobe epilepsy |
Ryan A Langlois, PhD | Microbiology and Immunology | Influenza |
Nicholas Levinson, PhD | Pharmacology | Allosteric activation in CDK2 |
Raghavendra Rao, MD | Pediatrics | Iron deficiency induced abnormal brain metabolism |
Phu V Tran, PhD | Pediatrics | Iron deficiency-induced neural gene dysregulation |
This is an incredible moment in an investigator’s career and important for our institution. We need scientists, physicians and entrepreneurs to ensure that we as a Medical School are continuing to fulfill our missions to advance the standard of care and improve health and wellness through innovation, training and care delivery. Throughout the year, we will be recognizing other notable achievements in research, education and patient care, in honor of our 130th Anniversary and in anticipation of our future success.
Congratulations!