Faculty › Honors and Awards

Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D.

• Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, Finalist (2009)
• John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology (2008)
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2007)

Steven M. Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D.

• Distinguished Leadership Award, Huntington's Disease Society of America (2008)
• UCSF Annual Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award from the Graduate Student Association (2008)
• Election to the American Neurological Association (2005)
• Lieberman Award for Outstanding Work on Huntington's disease (2005)
• Taube Prize for Outstanding Work on Huntington's Disease (2005)
• Therapeutics Initiative Award, Huntington's Disease Society for America (2005)
• Klingenstein Award in Neuroscience (2001)
• Charles E. Culpeper Medical Scholar Award (1999)

Fen-Biao Gao, Ph.D.

• Pfizer/AFAR Innovations in Aging Research Award (2005)
• Klingenstein Award in Neuroscience (2002)
• McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award (2002)
• Sloan Award in Neuroscience (2001)

Yadong Huang, M.D., Ph.D.

• Young Investigator Award (1st Prize), International Arteriosclerosis Society (2000)

Anatol Kreitzer, Ph.D.

• Pew Scholarship in the Biomedical Sciences (2008)

Robert W. Mahley, M.D., Ph.D.

• Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2006)
• Received Honorary Doctor of Medicine Degree from Maryville College (2006)
• Elected to the California Academy of Medicine (2005)
• Elected to the Institute of Medicine (2001)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Vanderbilt University (2000)
• Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2000)
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Vanderbilt University (2000)

Lennart Mucke, M.D.

• Award for Exellence in Direct Teaching and/or Excellence in Mentoring and Advising, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (2007)
• Cherkin Award, UCLA (2006)
• Elected to Association of American Physicians (2003)
• Award for Medical Research, Metropolitan Life Foundation (2002)
• MERIT Award, National Institute on Aging (2002)
• Peter W. Lampert Memorial Lectureship, UCSD (2001)
• Namsoo Lee Memorial Lectureship, Duke University (2001)
• Joseph B. Martin Distinguished Professorship in Neuroscience, UCSF (2000-present)
• Zenith Award, Alzheimer’s Association (1999)
• Elected to American Neurological Association (1998)

Karl H. Weisgraber, Ph.D.