Michael S. and Kathy J. Bronze Young Investigator Awards

The Michael S. and Kathy J. Bronze Young Investigator Awards are offered to recognize and encourage excellence in investigation by physicians and medical students during research training. Three awards are given ($1,000, $750, and $575).

Eligibility: combined MD/PhD students, interns, residents, and post-doctoral physicians who are in research training or were in research training as of June of the previous year are eligible. Postdoctoral research training may be considered to extend for a period of up to three years and time spent in strictly clinical fellowships need not count against this. The applicant must be the first author of the abstract submitted in competition for the award and plan to present the paper during the scientific sessions of the Southern Regional Meetings. Please note that it is not necessary for the senior author to be a member of SSCI. Applicants for this award are encouraged to apply for the appropriate SSCI Award as well.

For consideration of this award, the abstract has to suggest:

1. investigator-initiated;
2. hypothesis-driven basic, clinical or behavioral research;
3. conducted in a mode of discovery;
4. whose study design, findings and conclusions satisfied the proposed hypothesis; and
5. findings have or will have the potential to advance the practice of medicine.

Nomination letters from the senior investigator, mentor, the division director or department chairman are required and should include a statement of the candidate's role in the study. The letters should be uploaded via the ScholarOne website upon submission of your abstract. Abstract will not be considered for award without the letters of support.

For further information contact Joan Kemp, Executive Director, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, email: jkemp5@tulane.edu.

2026 Michael S. and Kathy J. Bronze Young Investigator Awards

First

Laibah Khan, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
"Chronic Kidney Disease with Inflammation and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Black Adults from the Jackson Heart Study"

Second

Syed Javaid, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
"Inflammatory Obesity and Heart Failure in Black Adults: Insights from the Jackson Heart Study"

Third

Flavia Queiroga, MD, Emory University School of Medicine
"Efficacy And Safety of Second-Generation Aldosterone Synthase Inhibitors for Hypertension: A Bayesian Metaanalysis of Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trials"

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SSCI Young Investigator Award in General Internal Medicine

Kathleen Len, Emory University School of Medicine
"Association of Fragmented Primary Care and Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults"