Awards

The newly-elected members are Gerd A. Blobel, co-director of Penn's Epigenetics Institute; Enrique Schisterman, chair and Perelman Professor of biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics; and Katalin Susztak, professor of nephrology and genetics and director of the Kidney Innovation Center at Penn and CHOP.

Fourth-year wide receiver Jared Richardson was tabbed Ivy Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row, in Penn’s 35-21 victory at Columbia on Oct. 18.

Robert H. Vonderheide, director of Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, has been honored with the 2025 Jill Rose Award for Scientific Excellence from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the foundation’s highest scientific honor.

The postdoctoral research fellow in Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research has been selected as one of this year’s STAT Wunderkinds, a national recognition that highlights standout early-career researchers who are not yet independent scientists but are already making extraordinary contributions to biomedical science.

Marcy Norton, professor of history in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, has received three awards for her new book, “The Tame and the Wild”: the Friedrich Katz Prize from the American Historical Association, the Elinor Melville Prize (biennial) from the Conference on Latin American History, and the María Elena Martínez Prize from the Conference on Latin American History.

The assistant professor in chemical and biomolecular engineering has been named a 2025 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Kim leads the Kim Laboratory of Electrochemistry and Interfaces at the Nanoscale, which investigates how chemical reactions occur on the surfaces of solid catalysts—materials that drive processes central to energy production, fuel generation, and chemical manufacturing.

Ritesh Agarwal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Douglas Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Engineering have been elected by their peers in recognition of their contributions to the field.

Six researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine have been recognized for their creative research through the National Institutes of Health Director’s awards from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program for their unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

Brady, the 2026 recipient of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ruth Kirschstein Award for Maximizing Access in Science, shares her approach to creating opportunities for all.

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor Kate Shaw is one of this year’s recipients of the Arabella Babb Mansfield Award, given by the National Association of Women Lawyers. The award recognizes lifetime professional achievement, positive influence, and valuable contributions to women in law and in society.