Jean Bennett, the F.M. Kirby Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology; Albert Maguire, the F.M. Kirby Professor of Molecular Ophthalmology, and the late Samuel Jacobson, the William C. Frayer Professor Emeritus of ophthalmology, have been honored by the Helen Keller Foundation and BrightFocus Foundation with the Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. The award recognizes research excellence and career-long contributions to vision science.

Rebecca A. Hubbard, a professor of biostatistics, has been honored with the Gertrude M. Cox Award by the Washington Statistical Society and RTI International. Established in 2003, the award recognizes early- to mid-career statisticians who have made notable contributions to the fields studied by Gertrude M. Cox, who is considered to be one of the founders of modern statistics.  

Casey Jo Humbyrd, chief of foot and ankle surgery and an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and medical ethics & health policy, has been recognized with the Career Development Award of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) for her leadership in the field of foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeons. Dr. Humbyrd is lauded for her work within the field of bioethics. She founded the program in surgical ethics and health policy at Penn not long after arriving in 2021.

Lorraine Boakye, an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of clinical research in foot and ankle, has been selected to represent the AOFAS at the Orthopaedic Research Society’s annual Clinician Scholar Career Development Program for 2023. The program is for young orthopaedic surgeons who strive to become leading clinician-scientists.

Bruce Levine, the Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy, has received the Jerry Mendell Award for Translational Science from the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy, in recognition of his work on the first FDA-approved gene therapy, and multiple first-in-human adoptive immunotherapy trials. The award honors the extensive work required to bring gene and cell therapies to clinical trial.

David Mankoff, vice chair for research in radiology, has received the 2023 Edward H. Ahrens Jr. Distinguished Investigator Award from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science, honored for his outstanding contributions to the clinical research and translational science field. Dr. Mankoff has also received the Research Innovation and Leadership Award from the Association of University Radiologists Radiology Research Alliance. He is recognized for not only his contributions to the field of radiology, but also for his generous mentorship of colleagues and trainees, which will shape the future of molecular imaging.