Academy for Excellence in Team Science
Inductees
2023
Facilitating research to discover new treatments that improve the physical and emotional health of children who are affected by obesity and obesity-related conditions.
Eric Bomberg, MD, MAS , Assistant Professor, Medical School Carolyn Bramante, MD, MPH , Assistant Professor, Medical School Don Dengel, PhD, MA , Professor, College of Education and Human Development Claudia Fox, MD, MPH , Associate Professor, Co-Director and Fellowship Program Director, Medical School Amy Gross, PhD, LP, BCBA , Associate Professor and Division Director, Medical School Aaron Kelly, PhD , Professor and Co-Director, Medical School Alicia Kunin-Batson, PhD, LP , Associate Professor, Medical School Megan Oberle Bensignor, MD, MSHP , Assistant Professor, Medical School Sarah Raatz, MD, MS , Assistant Professor, Medical School Kyle Rudser, PhD , Professor, School of Public Health
2022
This multidisciplinary team of researchers, health professionals, and educators effectively developed and led technological and societal breakthroughs in our fight against chronic wasting disease and other neurodegenerative diseases at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health.
Lauren Bernstein, MVB, MPH , Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine David Fulton, PhD , Professor and Assistant Unit Leader, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences Diana Karwan, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences Adam Landon, PhD , Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences Peter Larsen, PhD , Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine Roxanne Larsen, PhD , Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine Sang-Hyun Oh, PhD , Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Sanford P. Bordeau Chair, College of Science and Engineering Jonathan Oliver, PhD , Assistant Professor, School of Public Health Marc Schwabenlander, MPH , Associate Director, Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach Tiffany Wolf, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine Jason Bartz, PhD, Professor and Chair of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University
2020
Integrating research with clinical practice, this team of three physician-scientists pioneered the use of total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation as a treatment for severe chronic pancreatitis in children.
Melena Bellin, MD , Associate Professor, Medical School Srinath Chinnakotla, MD , Professor, Medical School; Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation, Medical School; Executive Medical Director, Pediatric Abdominal Transplantation, Medical School Bernhard Hering MD , Executive Director, Schulze Diabetes Institute; Professor, Medical School Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD , Professor, Medical School; Division Director, Medical School; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Medical School; Co-Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center
2019
This team used its interdisciplinary expertise to greatly influence tobacco science and policy in the US and worldwide.
Stephen Hecht, PhD , Wallin Land Grant Professor of Cancer Prevention, Medical SchoolDorothy Hatsukami, PhD , Professor, Medical SchoolSharon Murphy, PhD , Professor, College of Biological SciencesAnne Joseph, MD, MPH, Wexler Professor of Medicine, Medical School This team used its interdisciplinary expertise to make substantive contributions on the impact of diabetes and obesity on the brain.
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD , Professor of Medicine, Medical SchoolGülin Öz, PhD , Professor, Medical SchoolAmir Moheet, MBBS , Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical SchoolSilvia Mangia, PhD , Associate Professor, Medical SchoolLynn Eberly, PhD , Professor, School of Public HealthLisa Coles, MS, PhD , Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, College of Pharmacy