Two members of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases faculty received awards at IDWeek, which was held in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 19-23.
Sara Bares, MD, received the HIV Medicine Association Research Award at the event. The award recognizes investigators for their independent research, innovation and originality in research and impact on the field of HIV research.
Dr. Bares said she was “incredibly humbled and honored” to receive the award. She thanked her research team at the UNMC Specialty Care Center as well as her collaborators, mentors, mentees, and patients at UNMC and in the AIDS Clinical Trial Group. She also gave special thanks to her mentor, Susan Swindells, MBBS, who has inspired and supported her throughout her tenure at UNMC, and to her nominator, UNMC colleague Jasmine Marcelin, MD, who she called “an incredible colleague who is constantly supporting and lifting others up.”
Nada Fadul MD, was honored with a 2022 Clinical Practice Innovation Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America during the event. The award is given to ISDA members who devote the majority of their time to patient care and who have significantly advanced the clinical practice of infectious diseases within the past five years.
Dr. Fadul thanked her colleagues at the Specialty Care Center and throughout the UNMC College of Medicine for supporting her efforts.
“I could not have received this without the inclusive environment that we have and without my amazing sponsors and nominators, Dr. Marcelin and Dr. Susan Swindells,” she said.
“The UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases was very well-represented at the recent IDWeek meeting in Washington, D.C., with numerous ID faculty and trainees being involved in dozens of abstracts, posters, meet-the-expert sessions, symposia, and moderator duties,” said Mark Rupp, MD, chief of the division. “The division is incredibly proud of Drs. Bares and Fadul receiving recognition from IDSA and HIVMA. These well-deserved singular honors recognized the impact of Dr. Bares in HIV research and Dr. Fadul in ID clinical practice, but also, Dr. Bares and Dr. Fadul have helped to put UNMC in the national spotlight.”
Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, said he was thrilled to be in the audience to see Drs. Bares and Fadul honored.
“Their exceptional contributions to clinical care, education and research in their focused areas of infectious diseases are certainly well recognized at UNMC and in Omaha,” Dr. Britigan said. “These awards confirm the national impact and quality of their work. The UNMC College of Medicine is fortunate to have them as members of our faculty, and I congratulate them on these well-deserved awards.”
Congratulations Drs. Bares and Fadul!