The McCabe awards were established in 1969 by a generous gift from Thomas B. and Jeannette E. Laws McCabe to the Perelman School of Medicine to support junior faculty who initiate fresh and innovative biomedical, clinical and surgical research projects. 

For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, there were seven winners of Fellow awards of $50,000 each: 

• Elise A. Chong, medicine, PSOM
• Crystal S. Conn, radiation oncology, PSOM
• Stephanie Y. Jo, radiology, PSOM
• Kyu Sang Joeng, orthopedic surgery, PSOM
• Mehran Makvandi, radiology, PSOM
• John T. Miura, surgery, PSOM
• Austin R. Pantel, radiology, PSOM

There were nine Pilot Award winners who received $30,233 each: 

• Stephen Cole, pathobiology, Penn Vet
• Danielle Fortuna, pathology & laboratory medicine, PSOM
• Michael George, medicine, PSOM
• Cerrene N. Giordano, dermatology, PSOM
• Elinore J. Kaufman, surgery, PSOM 
• Rachel Kohn, medicine, PSOM
• Yehoda M. Martei, medicine, PSOM
• Cristobal Navas de Solis, clinical studies, Penn Vet
• Shariq S. Raza, surgery, PSOM