Faraz Ahmad, MD, senior fellow in cardiovascular disease, was awarded the Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Award for New Investigators by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention at the AHA EPI|LIFESTYLE 2017 Scientific Sessions in March. Dr. Ahmad and his team won for their work, “Validity of Cardiovascular Data from Electronic Data Research Networks: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and HealthLNK." His team of investigators included senior mentor, Dr. Norrina Allen, Cheeling Chan, and Drs. Marc Rosenman, Wendy Post (Johns Hopkins), Kiang Liu and Abel Kho.  

Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine, was the recipient of the Scott Grundy Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research, also presented at the AHA EPI|LIFESTYLE 2017 Scientific Sessions.