Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards: 2017 Awardees

In July 2017, thirty-four early career faculty members were selected to receive Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards, an honor that is accompanied by a $75,000 grant, mentoring opportunities, and institutional recognition. Recipients include faculty composing new musical work inspired by undiscovered islands, studying blindness to better understand human brain plasticity, and simulating the atmospheres of exoplanets to predict their habitability. Others are investigating treatments and interventions for depression, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, and Alzheimer’s disease.

These experts represent dozens of fields—including ophthalmology, mental health, chemistry, computer science, management, and composition—and are some of the most creative thinkers from across the University. We are proud to announce the 2017-2018 Catalyst Cohort.

Steven An Department of Environmental Health and Engineering Bloomberg School of Public Health	Alexis Battle Department of Computer Science Whiting School of Engineering	Marina Bedny Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Wendy Bennett Department of Medicine School of Medicine	Oscar Bettison Department of Composition Peabody	Frank Bosmans Department of Physiology School of Medicine
Megan Collins Wilmer Eye Institute School of Medicine	Erika Darrah Department of Rheumatology School of Medicine	Mounya Elhilali Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Whiting School of Engineering
Elana Fertig Department of Oncology School of Medicine	D. Brian Foster Division of Cardiology School of Medicine	Jemima Frimpong Management and Organization Carey Business School
Christine George Department of International Health Bloomberg School of Public Health	Fernando Goes Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine	Erin Goley Department of Biological Chemistry School of Medicine
Michael Harrower Department of Near Eastern Studies Krieger School of Arts and Sciences	Sarah Horst Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Krieger School of Arts and Sciences	Christian Kaiser Department of Biology Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Rebekka Klausen Department of Chemistry Krieger School of Arts and Sciences	Benjamin Langmead Department of Computer Science Whiting School of Engineering	Jeffrey Leek Department of Biostatistics Bloomberg School of Public Health
Xin Li Department of Computer Science Whiting School of Engineering	Meredith McCormack Department of Medicine School of Medicine	Kelly Pate Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology School of Medicine
Jennifer Pluznick Department of Physiology School of Medicine	Jennifer Schrack Department of Epidemiology Bloomberg School of Public Health	Rebecca Schulman Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Whiting School of Engineering
Adam Spira Department of Mental Health Bloomberg School of Public Health	J. Webster Stayman Department of Biomedical Engineering School of Medicine	Jennifer Stewart Department of Community and Public Health School of Nursing
Susanna Thon Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Whiting School of Engineering	Fengyi Wan Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bloomberg School of Public Health	Kenneth Witwer Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology School of Medicine
Vadim Zipunnikov Department of Biostatistics Bloomberg School of Public Health