Kevin Volpp, a professor of medicine and health care management in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, received the 2015 Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Distinguished Investigator Award for Career Achievement and Contribution to Clinical and Translational Science in May.

In June, he received the 2015 Matilda White Riley Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.

Dr. Volpp, whose research focuses on the impact of financial and organizational incentives on health outcomes, is the founding director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) and vice chair of health policy in the department of medical ethics and health policy at Penn. He holds a medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine and a doctorate in applied economics and managerial science from the Wharton School.