2017-2018

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017-2018 Calderone Junior Faculty Awards, which support junior faculty development. The award honors Frank A. Calderone’s career and commitment to public health and is supported by an endowment from the Calderone family. Awardees are chosen based on the scientific merit of their research and its significance for public health, as well as the impact of this award on their future careers. 

Amelia K. Boehme, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
Research proposal: Primary Care Utilization, Influenza Vaccination, and Stroke Risk in the Young

Adam Ciarleglio, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics 
Research proposal: Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Integrating Clinical and Multimodal Imaging Data to Select Optimal Antidepressant Treatment

Heather Koball, PhD
Associate Research Scientist at the National Center for Children in Poverty and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management
Research proposal: Pilot Project to Evaluate the Reach and Effectiveness of an Online Educational Tool

Juliet Morrison, PhD
Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Infection and Immunity
Research proposal: The Role of Pleural Macrophages in Influenza Recovery

Yifei Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics
Research proposal: Tree-based Methods for Dynamic Risk Prediction

Brent L Williams, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Center for Infection and Immunity
Research proposal: Measuring tryptophan (TRP) metabolites and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in a Brazilian mother-infant cohort and assessing their relationship with the microbiome, maternal mental health and infant development: a pilot and feasibility study