Previous Gill Awardees
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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
Learn about Dr. Thiele![Catherine Dulac, Ph.D. of Harvard University](../images/awardees/dulac768x768.jpg)
Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard University
Learn about Dr. Dulac![Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine](../images/awardees/mccarthy768x768.jpg)
Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Learn more about Dr. McCarthy![Dr. Barry Dickson, Ph.D., of Janelia Research Campus](../images/awardees/dickson768x768.jpg)
Barry Dickson, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
HHMI—Janelia Research Campus
Learn more about Dr. Dickson![Catherine S. Wooley, William Deering Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Neurobiology](../images/awardees/woolley768x768.jpg)
Catherine Woolley, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Northwestern University
Learn more about Dr. Woolley![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)](../images/awardees/clegg768x768.jpg)
Deborah Clegg, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Drexel University Medical Center
![2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Viviana Gradinaru, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/gradinaru768x768.jpg)
Vivianna Gradinaru, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
California Institute of Technology, CALTECH
Learn about Dr. Gradinaru![2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Loren Looger, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/looger768x768.jpg)
Loren Looger, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
HHMI—Janelia Research Campus
Learn about Dr. Looger![2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/yasuda768x768.jpg)
Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Learn about Dr. Yasuda![2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Anthony M. Zador, M.D., Ph.D.](../images/awardees/zador768x768.jpg)
Anthony M. Zador, M.D., Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Learn about Dr. Zador![2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/zeng768x768.jpg)
Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Learn about Dr. Zeng![2017 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Clifford Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.](../images/awardees/woolf768x768.jpg)
Clifford J. Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.
2017 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Harvard Medical School
Learn about Dr. Woolf![2017 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee, Diana Bautista, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/bautista768x768.jpg)
Diana Bautista, Ph.D.
2017 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of California, Berkeley
Learn about Dr. Bautista![2016 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee, Ben A. Barres, M.D.](../images/awardees/barres768X768.jpg)
Ben A. Barres, M.D.
2016 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Stanford University School of Medicine
Learn about Dr. Barres![2016 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Beth Stevens, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/stevens768x768.jpg)
Beth Stevens, Ph.D.
2016 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard Medical School
Learn about Dr. Stevens![2015 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, George F. Koob, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/koob768x768.jpg)
George F. Koob, Ph.D.
2015 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
Learn about Dr. Koob![2015 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Garett D. Stuber, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/stuber768x768.jpg)
Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D.
2015 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Learn about Dr. Stuber![2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Mattias H. Tschop, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/tschop768x768.jpg)
Matthias H. Tschop, M.D.
2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Technische Universität München
Learn about Dr. Tschop![2014 Gill Transformative Investigator Award Recipient, Scott Sternson, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/sternson768x768.jpg)
Scott Sternson, Ph.D.
2014 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Learn about Dr. Sternson![2013 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Bruce McNaughton, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/mcnaughton768x768.jpg)
Bruce L. McNaughton, Ph.D.
2013 Gill Awardee
University of California, Irvine
Learn about Dr. McNaughton![2013 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Loren Frank, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/frank768x768.jpg)
Loren M. Frank, Ph.D.
2013 Young Investigator Awardee
University of California, San Francisco
Learn about Dr. Frank![2012 Gill Award Recipient, Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.](../images/awardees/bellen768x768.jpg)
![2012 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Guoping Feng, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/feng768x768.jpg)
![2011 Gill Awardee Recipient, Marc G. Caron, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/caron768x768.jpg)
![2011 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/vosshall768x768.jpg)
Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
2011 Young Investigator Awardee, 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium
The Rockefeller University
Learn about Dr. Vosshall![2010 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/tessier-lavigne768x768.jpg)
![2010 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.](../images/awardees/deisseroth768x768.jpg)
Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
2010 Young Investigator Awardee
Stanford University
Learn about Dr. Deisseroth![2009 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Daniel Johnston, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/johnston768x768.jpg)
![2009 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/hsieh-wilson768x768.jpg)
Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.
2009 Young Investigator Awardee
California Institute of Technology
Learn about Dr. Hsieh-Wilson![2008 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Robert M. Sapolsky, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/sapolsky768x768.jpg)
![2008 Gill Young Investigator Award Recipient, Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/svoboda768x768.jpg)
Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.
2008 Young Investigator Awardee
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Learn about Dr. Svoboda![2007 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Richard W. Tsien, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/tsien768x768.jpg)
![2007 Gill Young Investigator Awardee, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/cravatt768x768.jpg)
Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
2007 Young Investigator Awardee; 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium
Scripps Research Institute
Learn about Dr. Cravatt![2006 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/shatz768x768.jpg)
![2004 Gill Distinguished Scientist Award Recipient, Eric J. Nestler, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/nestler768x768.jpg)
Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
2004 Gill Awardee
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Learn about Dr. Nestler![2000 Gill Award Recipient, Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D.](../images/awardees/sweedler768x768.jpg)
2024 Gill Symposium & Awards
Save the date for the 2024 Gill Symposium and Awards at the Indiana Memorial Union: September 18, 2024!