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Awards & Career Milestones

Two VA senior researchers receive 2023 Middleton Award

Two VA senior researchers receive 2023 Middleton Award Two VA senior researchers receive 2023 Middleton Award
Dr. Paula Bickford of the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, Florida, and Dr. Alvin Powers of the VA Tennessee Valley Health Care System in Nashville, Tennessee, have jointly been named the 2023 Middleton Award recipients in recognition of their groundbreaking contributions in biomedical research. 11-22-2023



Dr. Bhavika Kaul Recognized for Diagnostic Excellence by National Academy of Medicine

Dr. Bhavika Kaul Recognized for Diagnostic Excellence by National Academy of Medicine Dr. Bhavika Kaul, a researcher at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, was named a National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence. 06-13-2023



Bailey, Rawlins, and VA Immersive team honored for public service

Bailey, Rawlins, and VA Immersive team honored for public service
Dr. Anne Lord Bailey, Caitlin Rawlins, RN, and the VA Immersive Team have been recognized as finalists for the 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, also known as the “Sammies.” 05-19-2023



VA NAII Director Wins 2023 Disruptive Tech Change Agent Award

VA NAII Director Wins 2023 Disruptive Tech Change Agent Award Dr. Gil Alterovitz, director of the VA National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII), was awarded the 2023 Disruptive Tech Change Agent Award. Alterovitz is recognized among an outstanding group of individuals who push the envelope and use technologies in new and disruptive ways. 03-29-2023



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"Any positive intervention that can place them [Veterans] back on their feet and improve their daily lives, whether at work or in their homes, should be the ultimate goal of every basic scientist and biomedical researcher."

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Note: Each of the four services of VA Research may note awards and milestones for its investigators on its respective awards page, as per the links immediately below:

Past Major Awards

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1998 - Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. - nitric oxide

1977 - Andrew W. Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c. (Multi), D.Sc.,h.c. - peptide hormone

1977 - Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - radioimmunoassay

Lasker-DeBakey Award

2012 - Thomas Starzl, M.D. - liver transplantation

1996 - Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. - nitric oxide

1976 - Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - radioimmunoassay

1975 - William Oldendorf, M.D. - computerized tomography

1975 - Andrew Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c. (Multi), D.Sc.,h.c. - peptide hormone

1974 - Ludwig Gross, M.D. - leukemia; cancer-causing viruses

1971 - Edward D. Freis, M.D. - drug therapy for hypertension

1963 - Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. - cardiovascular surgery



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