{"id":9580,"date":"2025-10-02T08:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/?p=9580"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:02:56","slug":"announcing-the-2025-26-jefferson-pilot-and-james-woods-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2025\/10\/announcing-the-2025-26-jefferson-pilot-and-james-woods-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2025-26 Jefferson-Pilot and James Woods Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and James W. Woods Junior Faculty Awards are amongst the most prestigious awards given to School of Medicine junior faculty members. Both awards recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the recipients and bestow a monetary award that the awardees can use at their discretion to further their research programs.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-26 recipients of the Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine are <strong>Bianca Allison, MD, MSHP, <\/strong>Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and <strong>J. Justin Milner, PhD, <\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology &amp; Immunology.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award are <strong>Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, <\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology &amp; Immunology, and <strong>Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, <\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology. This year\u2019s winners are highly deserving of these awards.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss a seminar honoring Drs. Allison, Milner, Vogt, and Coleman held <strong>on Tuesday, October 21 at 10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM in MBRB G-202 <\/strong>during UNC Research Week! If you have any questions, please email Dr. Janelle Cross (Janelle_Cross@med.unc.edu).<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations again to this year\u2019s recipients!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and James W. Woods Junior Faculty Awards are amongst the most prestigious awards given to School of Medicine junior faculty members. Both awards recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the recipients and bestow a monetary award that the awardees can use at their discretion to further their research programs. 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