Making a Difference in the Careers of Fellowship Award Recipients
The PIDS Fellowship Awards and PIDS-St. Jude Fellowship Awards greatly impact the fellowship experience and early faculty careers of recipients. Previous awardees report high success rates in securing future funding, a critical part of career advancement. In a recent survey (PDF), past recipients described how the fellowship awards positively affected their careers, including their subsequent grant success, publications, and transition to faculty positions.
Previous Recipients of PIDS Fellowship Awards
2006 – 2008
- David K. Hong, MD – Stanford University Medical School
- Allison H. Bartlett, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
- John Misasi, MD – Boston Children’s Hospital
- Angela J. Peck, MD, MPH – University of Washington
- Roberto P. Santos, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2007 – 2009
- Niranjan Bhat, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Julie Gutman, MD – Emory University Medical School
- Audrey Odom, MD, PhD – University of Washington School of Medicine
2008 – 2010
- Jens C. Krause, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Kristen Leigh Moffit, MD – Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital Boston
- David K. Hong, MD – Stanford University
- Paul J. Planet, MD, PhD – Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
2009 – 2011
- Alejandro Jordan-Villegas, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Michelle Hsiang, MD – University of California, San Francisco
- Dawn Wetzel, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
- Anthony Flores, MD, PhD, MPH – Baylor College of Medicine
2010 – 2012
- Claire Bocchini, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
- Anita McElroy, MD, PhD – Emory University School of Medicine
2011– 2013
- Eileen Foy, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
- Akinobu Kamei, MD – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Michael Silverman, MD – Harvard Medical School
2012 – 2014
- Anna Huppler, MD – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh
- Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, MD, PhD – Children’s Hospital Boston
2013 – 2015
- David A. Rosen, MD, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine
- Alison C. Tribble, MD – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2014 – 2016
- Laura A. Vella, MD, PhD – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- James M. Davis, MD, PhD – University of Wisconsin
2015 – 2016
- Lauren M. Cohee, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine
2016 – 2018
- Amelia Keaton, MD, MS – The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Chikara Ogimi, MD – Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Trung Pham, MD, PhD – Stanford University
- Regina Rowe, MD, PhD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2017 – 2019
- Emma Mohr, MD, PhD – Wisconsin University
- Frances Saccoccio, MD, PhD – Duke University
2018 – 2020
- Karen E. Ocwieja, MD, PhD – Boston Children’s Hospital
Funded by PIDS Foundation and Quidel Corporation - Jennifer A. Rathe, MD, PhD – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Stanley & Susan Plotkin Fellowship Award
2019 – 2021
- Sean Fitzwater – University of California, Los Angeles
Funded by Stanley & Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur
2020 – 2022
- Joshua Doyle – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Funded by Stanley & Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur - Monika Dietrich – Tulane University
Funded by the National CMV Foundation
2021 – 2023
- Alexandra Medoro – Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Funded by Stanley & Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur
PIDS-St. Jude Fellowship Program in Basic and Translational Research
2006 – 2009
- Mark Hicar, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University
2007 – 2010
- Sallie R. Permar, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital Boston
2008 – 2011
- Paul J. Planet, MD, PhD, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
2009 – 2012
- Anthony Flores, MD, MPH, Baylor College of Medicine
2010 – 2013
- Anita McElroy, MD, PhD, Emory University
2011 – 2014
- Akinobou Kamei, MD, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
2012 – 2015
- Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, MD, PhD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
2013 – 2016
- Elisa Margolis, MD, PhD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
2014 – 2017
- Anthony Orvedahl, MD, PhD, Washington University
2015 – 2018
- Sheena Mukkada, MD – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
2016 – 2019
- Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD – Vanderbilt University
2017 – 2020
- Drew Schwartz, MD, PhD – Washington University
2018 – 2021
- Megan Culler Freeman, MD, PhD – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg of UPMC
2019 – 2022
- Amanda Green – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
2020 – 2023
- Sesh Sundararaman – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2021 – 2024
- Ashley Sobel Leonard – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Antimicrobial Stewardship Fellowship Award
2014
- Beatriz Larru, MD, PhD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2015
- Candace Johnson, MD – Columbia University
- Caroline Reuter, MD – Lurie Children’s Hospital
- Matthew Thomas, MD – University of Miami
2016
- Kathleen Chiotos, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Dustin D. Flannery, DO, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Anna Sick Samuels, MD, MPH, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
2017
- Michael E. Russo, MD – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Justin B. Searns, MD – Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Jacqueline Wong, MD – The Hospital for Sick Children
2018
- Lourdes Eguiguren, MD – Stanford University
- Sophie Katz, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Rebecca Same, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2019
- Leila Posch – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Rachel Ross – University of North Carolina
- Maria Rueda-Altez – Children’s National Medical Center
2020
- Peter Cooch – University of California, San Francisco
- Margaret Taylor – Baylor College of Medicine and Torsten Joerger – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Hanna Wardell – Boston Children’s Hospital
2021
- Sanchi Malhotra – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
- Andrea Prinzi – University of Colorado
- Simon Parzen-Johnson – Lurie Children’s Hospital
2022
- Joseph Landines-Lim – University of Michigan
- Christina Manice – Children’s Hospital Boston
- Alex Plattner – Washington University
