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91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Selects Honorees for 2023 Awards & Prize Program

Sept. 6, 2022

Washington, D.C. – The American Society for Microbiology (91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ) announced the recipients of its 2023 Awards and Prize for outstanding contributions to the microbial sciences. The awards recognize leading scientists and researchers in the field for their professional accomplishments and contributions to research, education, clinical laboratories, service and scientific diversity.

The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group within 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ, manages a slate of awards and prizes that recognize outstanding science at every career level and in every sub-discipline of the microbial sciences. Recipients are chosen by a selection committee from among a competitive list of candidates nominated by their peers. 

"The 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Awards and Prize Program recognizes exceptional microbiologists who have made significant contributions to advance the field and the microbial sciences community,” said 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ CEO Stefano Bertuzzi. "There is no better way to show gratitude to a mentor, respect to a colleague or support for an early career scientist than by nominating them and acknowledging their outstanding contributions.”

The 2023 recipients are:

• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Lifetime Achievement Award:  James M. Tiedje, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Applied and Biotechnological Research: Kim Lewis, Ph.D., Northeastern University. 
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Basic Research: Eugene V. Koonin, Ph.D., National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. 
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Early Career Applied and Biotechnological Research: James T. Morton, Ph.D., Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Early Career Basic Research: Jeremy Michael Rock, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Early Career Environmental Research: Maria Eugenia Inda, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Environmental Research: John D. Coates, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Research or Leadership in Clinical Microbiology: Charles Y. Chiu, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Scherago-Rubin Award for Clinical Microbiology: James Pusavat, BSMT, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), SM(ASCP), Adventist Health Bakersfield.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ D.C. White Award for Interdisciplinary Research: James J. Collins, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Carski Award for Undergraduate Education: Amy M. Siegesmund, Ph.D., Pacific Lutheran University.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Graduate Education: Ronald W. Griffith, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., DACVM, Iowa State University.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Microbiome Data Prize: Benjamin Callahan, Ph.D., North Carolina State University.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Moselio Schaechter Award in Recognition of a Developing-Country Microbiologist: Shahida Hasnain, Ph.D., University of the Punjab.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ William A. Hinton Award for Advancement of a Diverse Community of Microbiologists: Kishana Y. Taylor, Ph.D., Rutgers University-Newark and Ariangela J. Kozik, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School (These co-recipients are co-Founders of the Black Microbiologists Association and will share this award).
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women: Lorraine A. Findlay, Ph.D., Nassau Community College/University Medical Center, S.U.N.Y. 
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Award for Service: Robert C. Jerris, Ph.D. D(ABMM), Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Honorary Diversity Lecturer Award: Irene Newton, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington.
• 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Elizabeth O. King Lecturer Award: Martin Wiedmann, Dr. Med. Vet., Ph.D., Cornell University.

To learn more about 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ awards and view past recipients, visit the Awards and Prize Program page.  The 2023 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Awards & Prize Program is sponsored by the 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ Corporate Council. The 2023 Microbiome Data Prize is supported by the . The Elizabeth O. King Lecturer Award is supported by the New York Community Trust-Audrey Rheinstrom and Anne Blevins Fund. 

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The American Society for Microbiology is one of the largest professional societies dedicated to the life sciences and is composed of 30,000 scientists and health practitioners. 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ's mission is to promote and advance the microbial sciences.

91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ advances the microbial sciences through conferences, publications, certifications, educational opportunities and advocacy efforts. It enhances laboratory capacity around the globe through training and resources. It provides a network for scientists in academia, industry and clinical settings. Additionally, 91Â鶹ÌìÃÀ promotes a deeper understanding of the microbial sciences to diverse audiences.