AJMS Tinsley Harrison Award

Each year, the AJMS Tinsley Harrison Award is presented to the author of the best article published in The Amercian Journal of the Medical Sciences in the preceding year. We thank our publisher, Elsevier, for their generous sponsorship of this annual award.

Current AJMS Tinsley Harrison Award

The 2026 AJMS Tinsley Harrison Award was presented to Ahmed Daoud, Medical University of South Carolina for his paper entitled "ACEI/ARB use Within One Year of Kidney Transplant is Associated with Less AKI and Graft Loss in Elderly".

Past AJMS Tinsley Harrison Award Recipients

• 2025 - Moustafa Younis, University of Florida College of Medicine
  "Echocardiography and Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Undergoing Lung Transplantation Evaluation"
• 2024 - Timothy Wilson, MD, Thomas Jefferson University
  "Serum Antibodies to Peptidylarginine Deiminase-4 In Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated-Interstitial Lung Disease Are Associated With Decreased Lung Fibrosis And Improved Survival"
• 2023 - Sixto G. Giusti-Torres, MD, Tulane University
  "The Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitor Use on the Course of Kidney Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stages G3A TO G4"
• 2022 - Nickolas Dreher, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  "Policy Interventions, Social Distancing, and SARS-COV-2 Transmission in the United States, a Retrospective State-Level Analysis"
• 2021 - Kinfe Bishu, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
  "Estimating the Economic Burden of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the US: 12 Year National Data"
• 2020 - Liangliang Zhang, PhD - Brigham and Women's Hospital
  "In Vivo and In Vitro Effects of Vasopressin V2 Receptor Antagonism on Myocardial Fibrosis in Rats"
• 2019 - Bashar S. Staitieh, MD - Emory University
  "Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Impairs Rat Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis via Disruption of Rage Signaling"
• 2018 - Irene Sarosiek, MD - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
  "Gastric PH and Therapeutic Reponses to Exsomeprazole in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: Potential Clinical Implications"
• 2017 - Ihab Hajjar, MD - Emory University
  "Circulating Progenitor Cells Linked to Lower Cognitive Decline in Healthy Individuals"
• 2016 - Kayoko Miyata, PhD - Tulane University Health Sciences Center
  "Renoprotective Effects of Direct Renin Inhibition in Glomerulonephritis"
• 2015 - Stephanie DeLoach, MD - Thomas Jefferson University
  "Obesity Associated Inflammation in African American Adolescents and Adults"
• 2014 - Ravindra Bhardwaj, MD - West Virginia University School of Medicine
  "Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pericarditis from Normal Variant Early Repolarization and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy With Early Repolarization: An Electrocardiograph Study"
• 2013 - Viranuj Sueblinvong, MD - Emory University School of Medicine
  "Predisposition For Disrepair In The Aged Lung"
• 2012 - Paul Muntner, PhD - University of Alabama at Birmingham
  "Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol with Coronary Heart Disease Risk Across Categories of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study"
• 2011 - Ephrain Reisin, MD - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  Effect of the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Rosuvastatin on Early Chronic Kidney Injury in Obese Zucker Rats Fed With An Atherogenic Diet"
• 2010 - Ryan Webb, MPH - Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
  "Uric Acid Directly Promotes Human T-Cell Activation"
• 2009 - Kantima Phisitkul, MD - Texas Tech University Health Science Center
  "Continued Smoking Exacerbates but Cessation Ameliorates Progression Of Early Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy"
• 2008 - Vijaya Juturu, PhD - Nutrition 21, Inc.
  "Chromium Picolinate and Biotin Combination Reduces Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Binded Randomized Clinical Trial"
• 2007 - Rami N. Khousam, MD - University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  "Effect of Timed Semi-Recumbency and Furosemide Dosing of Urinary Sodium Excretion in Patients with Compensated Hearth Failure"
• 2006 - Paulo Cesar Campos, MD - University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  "Functional Valvular Incompetence in Decompensated Heart Failure: Non-Invasive Monitoring and Response to Medical Management"
• 2005 - Temduang Chuahirun, MD - Texas Tech University Health Science Center
  "Cigarette Smoking Exacerbates and Its cessation Ameliorates Renal Injury in Type 2 Diabetes"
• 2004 - Sharon R. Inman, PhD - Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  "Simvastatin Attenuates Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats Administered Cyclosporine A"
• 2003 - Siddhartha S. Gohsh, PhD - Virginia Commonwealth University
  "The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Cholesterol and Puromycin Mediated Renal Injury"
• 2002 - Gregory Engel, MD - Stanford University School of Medicine
  "Feasibility and Reliability of Rapid Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction"
• 2001 - Marc C. Daniels, PhD - GV (Sonny) Montgomery VA Hospital, Jackson MS
  "Transcriptional Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 by Glucose: Investigation into the role of Hexosamine Biosynthesis"