Young Investigator Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the TropicalMed 2022 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Haley Adcox.

Dr. Haley Adcox is a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Jason Carlyon’s lab within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. Dr. Haley Adcox’s research interest is in host pathogen interactions. Dr. Haley Adcox completed her PhD on Microbiology and Immunology and has an outstanding publication record, currently comprising 14 publications in peer-reviewed international journals with several more in progress. Her Scopus scientific citations number is 172, and her Hirsch index is 7. She is clearly a rising star in the field of obligate intracellular pathogens. As a single applicant, Dr. Haley Adcox secured a two-year predoctoral grant from the American Heart Association. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Haley Adcox for her outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Haley Adcox will receive an honorarium of CHF 1000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2023 in TropicalMed after peer review, and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. John Frean
Editor-in-Chief, TropicalMed

 
TropicalMed 2022 Young Investigator Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Exequiel O. J. Porta
University College London, UK

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. John Frean Chairman
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service
Dr. Charles E. Rupprecht
Prof. Dr. Nirbhay Kumar
George Washington University
Dr. De-Hua Lai
Sun Yat-sen University
Prof. Kun-Hsien Tsai
National Taiwan University

Winner

Lise Jamieson
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. John Frean Chairman
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service
Dr. Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Prof. Dr. Xuejun Ma
National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Prof. Dr. Bianca Silvana Zingales
University of São Paulo

Winner

Haley Adcox
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. John Frean Chairman
National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service
Prof. Bruno Arcà
Sapienza University of Rome - Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Paul Brindley
George Washington University
Dr. Vyacheslav Yurchenko
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