News and information regarding the School of Medicine Columbia for internal use can be found below. From news about ceremonies and on-campus happenings, all newsworthy items for SOMC faculty and staff will be located here.
School of Medicine Columbia second-year medical students Emma Grice and Cecily Kaufmann won outstanding medical student poster at the Prisma Research Showcase in Greenville, S.C., for their project titled New Diagnosis HIV linkage to care evaluation in Southeastern United States: A retrospective cohort study.
Camilla Ferreira Wenceslau, PhD, associate professor in the School of Medicine Columbia Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, was the recipient of the 2024 Pete Cala Physiology Award for Research Excellence. This award honors the remarkable legacy of Pete Cala, PhD, the former chair of the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology at the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Sara Lindsey, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, has been awarded USC's 2024 Clinical Practice Teaching Award.
Fierce Life Sciences and Fierce Healthcare named Kevin Bennett, Ph.D., as one of 2024’s Fierce 50 honorees. The Fierce 50 showcases 50 individuals and companies driving advancements in medicine, fostering innovation, and shaping the future of biopharma and healthcare. Bennett has received a nomination in the “Health Equity” category.
Second-year PMI PhD student Isaiah Davis, who received a $1,000 student travel award from SC INBRE to assist in expenses as he presents a poster at the National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Science Research (NISBRE).
Brooke Bullard, a third-year Ph.D. student in Angela Murphy's lab at the School of Medicine Columbia, received a prestigious three-year F31 award from the National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).
School of Medicine Columbia faculty member Dr. Patricia Witherspoon has been awarded Constellation Quality Health’s Timothy Llewelyn, MD, Memorial Award, and also the South Carolina Medical Association Physician of the Year Award.
Congratulations to SOMC alum Dr. Isabelle Lewis, and current students, Sreeja Varanasi, Sreya Varanasi and Joel Haley on their community project “Food is Fun: Developing Leaders through Food Insecurity Service Learning and Leadership” has been awarded an AΩA 2024 Medical Student Service Leadership Project Grant.
Dr. Sharon Weissman, Chair of the Department of Medicine, and a clinical professor of medicine, has been awarded a 2024 James E. Clyburn Health Equity Leadership Award.
Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program candidate Thomas Cardaci won both the RUSKA Award and the Robert Simmons Micrograph Award at the 2024 Southeast Microscopy Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee this past week (May 8-10).
Congratulations to several PPN undergraduate students who were honored recently with a Magellan or Honors College research award.
Congratulations to Courtney Wright, PPN Ph.D. student in the Pocivavsek Lab, who received a merit-based MCH Doctoral Scholar Award from the USC Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Catalyst Program for the 2024-25 academic year. Applications went through a rigorous selection process – congratulations to Courtney and her mentor, Ana Pocivavsek.
Bryan Winters is set to join the SOMC family in mid-April as the new lead senior director of development.
Congratulations to David Horovitz (Joe McQuail mentor), who received a SPARC award entitled The Role of GluN2D in Learning, Cognitive Decline, and Cell Specific Activity, and to Courtney Wright (Ana Pocivavsek mentor)
Congratulations to Angela Murphy, PhD, who received a 2024 Distinguished Research Service Award, and to Claudia Grillo, PhD, who received a Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, from the Office of the Vice President for Research.
Congratulations to SOMC assistant clinical professor, Sara Lindsey, M.D., who received a Clinical Practice Teaching Award from the Office of the Provost.