Past Awardees

Previous Gill Center awardees

Francisco Gruimaraes, M.D, Ph.D.

2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Matthew Hill, Ph.D.

2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

University of Calgary, Canada

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Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.

2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Miriam Melis, Ph.D.

2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

University of Cagliari, Italy

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Elizabeth Thiele, M.D., Ph.D.

2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Harvard Medical School

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Catherine Dulac, Ph.D. of Harvard University

Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.

2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Harvard University

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Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine

Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D.

2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Dr. Barry Dickson, Ph.D., of Janelia Research Campus

Barry Dickson, Ph.D.

2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

HHMI—Janelia Research Campus

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Catherine S. Wooley, William Deering Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Neurobiology

Catherine Woolley, Ph.D.

2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Northwestern University

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Deborah Clegg, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientist-in-Residence, Department of Health Studies College of Arts and Sciences, American University Washington, DC; Visiting Professor, Biomedical Sciences Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Professor-in-Residence, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Deborah Clegg, Ph.D.

2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Drexel University Medical Center

2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Viviana Gradinaru, Ph.D.

Vivianna Gradinaru, Ph.D.

2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

California Institute of Technology, CALTECH

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2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Loren Looger, Ph.D.

Loren Looger, Ph.D.

2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

HHMI—Janelia Research Campus

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2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.

Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.

2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience

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2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Anthony M. Zador, M.D., Ph.D.

Anthony M. Zador, M.D., Ph.D.

2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D.

Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D.

2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Allen Institute for Brain Science

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2017 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Clifford Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.

Clifford J. Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.

2017 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee

Harvard Medical School

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2017 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee, Diana Bautista, Ph.D.

Diana Bautista, Ph.D.

2017 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

University of California, Berkeley

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2016 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee, Ben A. Barres, M.D.

Ben A. Barres, M.D.

2016 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee

Stanford University School of Medicine

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2016 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Beth Stevens, Ph.D.

Beth Stevens, Ph.D.

2016 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Harvard Medical School

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2015 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, George F. Koob, Ph.D.

George F. Koob, Ph.D.

2015 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee

Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health

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2015 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Garett D. Stuber, Ph.D.

Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D.

2015 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Mattias H. Tschop, Ph.D.

Matthias H. Tschop, M.D.

2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee

Technische Universität München

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2014 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Scott Sternson, Ph.D.

Scott Sternson, Ph.D.

2014 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus

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2013 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Bruce McNaughton, Ph.D.

Bruce L. McNaughton, Ph.D.

2013 Gill Awardee

University of California, Irvine

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2013 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Loren Frank, Ph.D.

Loren M. Frank, Ph.D.

2013 Young Investigator Awardee

University of California, San Francisco

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2012 Gill Award Recipient, Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Hugo Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.

2012 Gill Awardee

Baylor College of Medicine

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2012 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Guoping Feng, Ph.D.

Guoping Feng, Ph.D.

2012 Young Investigator Awardee

MIT

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2011 Gill Awardee Recipient, Marc G. Caron, Ph.D.

Marc G. Caron, Ph.D.

2011 Gill Awardee

Duke University Medical Center

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2011 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.

Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.

2011 Young Investigator Awardee, 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium

The Rockefeller University

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2010 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D.

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D.

2010 Gill Awardee

Stanford University

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2010 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.

Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.

2010 Young Investigator Awardee

Stanford University

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2009 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Daniel Johnston, Ph.D.

Daniel Johnston, Ph.D.

2009 Gill Awardee

University of Texas at Austin

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2009 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.

Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.

2009 Young Investigator Awardee

California Institute of Technology

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2008 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Robert M. Sapolsky, Ph.D.

Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D.

2008 Gill Awardee

Stanford University

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2008 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.

Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.

2008 Young Investigator Awardee

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus

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2007 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Richard W. Tsien, Ph.D.

Richard W. Tsien, Ph.D.

2007 Gill Awardee

NYU

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2007 Gill Young Investigator Awardee, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.

Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.

2007 Young Investigator Awardee; 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium

Scripps Research Institute

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2006 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.

Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.

2006 Gill Awardee

Stanford University

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2004 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Eric J. Nestler, Ph.D.

Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.

2004 Gill Awardee

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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2000 Gill Award Recipient, Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D.

Jonathan V. Sweedler, Ph.D.

2000 Gill Awardee

University of Illinois

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2024 Gill Symposium & Awards

The 2024 Gill Symposium and Awards' date, location, and theme will be announced later.