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Johns Hopkins Catalyst Awards: 2018 Awardees

In June 2018, thirty-two 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. Among the wide range of research and creative endeavors that the awards will support are improving pain management for people with sickle-cell disease; decreasing the opioid overdose mortality rate through novel tools for public health practitioners and policymakers; and writing the authorized biography of the late Anthony Hecht, a U.S. poet laureate, WWII veteran, Holocaust witness, and Pulitzer Prize recipient. Another awardee is developing an economic framework to assess the social value of pharmaceutical innovation.

These experts represent two dozen distinct fields, including otolaryngology, economics, civil engineering, mathematics, the writing seminars, and musicology. We are proud to announce the 2018-2019 Catalyst Cohort.

Akosa Antwi
Yaa Akosa Antwi

Economics and Management
Carey Business School

Kamila AlexanderKamila Alexander
Department of Community-Public Health
School of Nursing

Keri Althoff
Keri Althoff

Department of Epidemiology
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Timothy Amukele
Timothy Amukele
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine

James ArthurJames Arthur
Department of Writing Seminars
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Ishan Barman
Ishan Barman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Whiting School of Engineering

Emily Boss
Emily Boss

Department of Otolaryngology
School of Medicine

Jennifer Coughlin
Jennifer Coughlin
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine


Yong Du
Department of Radiology
School of Medicine

Michelle Eakin
Michelle Eakin
Department of Medicine Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
School of Medicine

Richard Edden
Richard Edden

Department of Radiology
School of Medicine

Jaafar El-AwadyJaafar El-Awady
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Whiting School of Engineering

Li Gao
Li Gao
Department of Medicine – Allergy and Clinical Immunology
School of Medicine


Daria Gaykalova
Department of Otolaryngology
School of Medicine

Danielle German
Danielle German

Department of Health, Behavior Society
Bloomberg School of Public Heath

Daniele Gilkes
Daniele Gilkes
Department of Oncology
School of Medicine

Loyal Goff
Loyal Goff
Department of Neuroscience
School of Medicine

Lydia Gregg
Lydia Gregg
Departments of Radiology and Art as Applied to Medicine
School of Medicine

Daniel Honig

Daniel Honig
International Development
School of Advanced International Studies

Robert Ivkov

 Robert Ivkov
Department of Radiology Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
School of Medicine

Philip Jordan

Philip Jordan
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Bloomberg School of Public Health

Nicholas Papageorge

Nicholas Papageorge
Department of Economics

Krieger School of Arts & Sciences

Christopher Potter

Christopher Potter
Department of Neuroscience
School of Medicine

Laura Protano-Briggs

Laura Protano-Biggs
Department of Musicology
Peabody Institute

Alessandro Rebucci
Alessandro Rebucci

Finance and Real Estate
Carey Business School

Sergi Regot
Sergi Regot
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
School of Medicine

Emily Riehl
Emily Riehl
Department of Mathematics
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Eileen Scully
Eileen Scully
Department of Medicine – Infectious Diseases
School of Medicine

Karen Sfanos
Karen Sfanos
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine

Sauleh Siddiqui
Sauleh Siddiqui
Department of Civil Engineering
Whiting School of Engineering

David Yezzi
David Yezzi
Department of Writing Seminars
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Meng Zhu
Meng Zhu
Marketing

Carey Business School

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