Academy for Excellence in Team Science
Inductees
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, Department of Veterinary Clinical SciencesDavid Fulton, PhD , Professor and Assistant Unit Leader, Wildlife - Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDiana Karwan, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Water Resources ScienceAdam Landon, PhD , Adjunct Assistant Professor, Peter Larsen, PhD , Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical SciencesRoxanne Larsen, PhD , Associate Professor, Sang-Hyun Oh, PhD , Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Sanford P. Bordeau Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringJonathan Oliver, PhD , Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences Marc Schwabenlander, MPH , Associate Director, Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach Tiffany Wolf, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine Jason Bartz, PhD , Professor and Chair of Medical Microbiology and Immunology,
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, Department of PediatricsSrinath Chinnakotla, MD , Professor, Department of Surgery; Surgical Director, Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery ; Executive Medical Director, Pediatric Abdominal Transplantation, Department of SurgeryBernhard Hering MD , Executive Director, Schulze Diabetes Institute; Professor, Department of Surgery Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD , Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Division Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition; Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Pediatrics; 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, Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathologyDorothy Hatsukami, PhD , Professor, Department of PsychiatrySharon Murphy, PhD , Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and BiophysicsAnne Joseph, MD, MPH , Wexler Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD , Professor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismGülin Öz, PhD , Professor, Department of Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance ResearchAmir Moheet, MBBS , Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and MetabolismSilvia Mangia, PhD , Associate Professor, Department of RadiologyLynn Eberly, PhD , Professor, Division of BiostatisticsLisa Coles, MS, PhD , Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Center for Orphan Drug Research