Johann Gudjonsson elected to AAP
Taubman Institute Scholar Johann Gudjonsson, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Association of Physicians. Dr. Gudjonsson is a dermatologist and leading researcher with a focus on autoimmune and inflammatory disorders affecting the skin. He was appointed as a Taubman Emerging Scholar in 2011, and as a Taubman Scholar in 2023. Founded in 1885,…
Taubman grantee receives “mini-Nobel” award
Congratulations go to U-M researcher Jun Hee Lee for receiving the 2024 Hanseong Science Award in Life Sciences from the Hanseong Son Jae-Han Scholarship Foundation. Dr. Lee received the award for his development of SeqScope, a revolutionary technology that allows comprehensive gene expression analysis within biological tissues using a single experiment. The Taubman Institute has…
New Taubman Emerging Scholar targets solutions to vision loss
The Taubman Institute has appointed a physician-researcher studying macular degeneration as the latest member of its Emerging Scholars Program. Thomas J. Wubben, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor at Michigan Medicine’s Kellogg Eye Center, where he cares for patients with diseases of the retina. Dr. Wubben is a translational-research ophthalmologist whose clinical specialization is in…
Symposium honors Taubman project leader
Michigan Medicine’s October 3 cardiovascular symposium will include two Taubman Scholars among other featured speakers. The symposium, which focuses on the biology of cardiovascular aging and is dubbed M-BOCA, is named for Daniel R. Goldstein, MD, co-leader of one of the first Taubman Institute Innovation Projects. Dr. Goldstein, who joined U-M in 2016 as as…
Dr. Simpa Salami named latest Emerging Scholar
A Michigan Medicine urologist seeking to improve early detection of prostate and kidney cancer is the newest Taubman Emerging Scholar. Simpa Salami, MD, MPH, has been named the Brian and Rosaline Chamberlain Emerging Scholar, and will receive a five-year financial grant as well as mentorship and other support from the Taubman Institute community. Dr. Salami’s…
Founding Scholar Honored with Professorship
The founding director of the Taubman Institute, Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, has been honored with a professorship in her name, established by longtime institute benefactor Edith Briskin. Dr. Feldman, the James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor and Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology, is known internationally for her groundbreaking research and leadership across neurological…
Emerging Scholar Receives Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award
Emerging Scholar, Sami Barmada, MD, PhD, is one of six U-M scientists and engineers receiving the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, which recognizes exceptional mid-career faculty in the biosciences. Dr. Barmada is the Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor and associate professor of neurology, and the institute’s Danto Family Foundation Emerging Scholar.…
Emerging Scholar Katherine Gallagher elected to National Academy of Medicine
Taubman Emerging Scholar Katherine A. Gallagher, MD, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the highest honorary society in the country for researchers in the fields of health and medicine. Dr. Gallagher, who received Taubman Institute funding for her early research into the mechanisms of impaired wound healing in patients with…
Taubman Emerging Scholar Appointed Assistant Dean for Tenure Track Faculty
Taubman Scholar Kanakadurga Singer, M.A., M.D. has been appointed assistant dean for tenure track faculty in the University of Michigan Medical School, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Singer will provide oversight of tenure track faculty appointments and promotions and advancement, and serve as an advocate for tenure track faculty in the medical school and university. As…
Taubman Scholar receives top faculty award
Taubman Scholar Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD, has been awarded a 2022 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award by U-M’s Rackham Graduate School. Each year, five faculty members from throughout the university are selected for the award, which honors senior faculty who have consistently demonstrated outstanding achievements in scholarly research and/or creative endeavors, have a record of sustained…