Congratulations to the four Department of Medicine faculty who received 2024 UMMC Excellence in Research Awards! The Excellence in Research Awards Program recognizes investigators who have attracted significant extramural funding and who have advanced science through their distinctive research programs. Medallion Awards are based on the total amount of qualifying extramural funding received by the investigator. Recipients received formal awards at the ceremony last month. Here is the full UMMC news story.
Platinum Medallion – $5 million

Professor and Director of the Jackson Heart Study

Chief Telehealth Officer
Gold Medallion – $1 million

Jackson Heart Study
Silver Medallion – $500,000

Dean, School of Population Health
Division of Infectious Diseases