2025 Young Investigator Award Recipients

SfRBM’s Junior Awards, Community, Belonging and Engagement Committee, Publications Outreach and Foundation Committees wish to congratulate the winners of the Society’s Annual Young Investigator Awards. These awards are made available to students and postdocs who submitted abstracts for SfRBM 2025 to present their research. Abstracts were judged using a double blind review process. Winners received special recognition at the SfRBM 2025 Closing Banquet in Washington DC on November 22 and free registration to the SfRBM 2027 conference.

Here are the recipients of the 2025 Young Investigator Awards:

Irwin Fridovich YIA Award (one of the top two scored abstracts/presentations at SfRBM 2025)
Nada Selim
University of Rochester

Larry Oberley YIA Award (one of the top two scored abstracts/presentations at SfRBM 2025)
William Knight
Barrow Neurological Institute

Larry Oberley YIA Award in Cancer (recognizing the highest-scored abstract/presentation in the area of Cancer)
Sara Palacio
University of Kentucky

FIU - Center for Translational Science Award (recognized for the highest-scored abstract/presentation in the area of Cardiovascular/Pulmonary)
Daniel de Jesus
Queen Mary University of London

Bailey Calder
Brigham Young University

Harit Panda
Washington University

Hend Abdelhamid
University of Vermont

Abhinav Krishnan
Virgina Tech University

Max Thorwald
University of Southern California

Kahleel Guerrier
University of Kentucky

Molly Myers
University of Nebraska

Debalina Mukhopadhyay
Wake Forest University

Edwin Miranda
University of Utah

Sarlia Ekin
Kansa City University

Elena Morin
University of Rochester

Namratha Javvaji (Undergraduate YIA)
Temple University