Congratulations to Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, winner of a 2025-26 James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award, which recognizes Dr. Coleman’s outstanding accomplishments!
The James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award recognizes and supports outstanding young members of the medical school clinical faculty. It provides a $3000 monetary award for one year that can be used at awardees’ discretion to further their research.
Dr. Coleman is an Assistant Professor in the Pharmacology Department whose research focuses on immune mechanisms in drug addiction and critical illness, neurodegeneration, and extracellular vesicle signaling.
You can read more about the James W. Woods awards for 2025-26 here.
There will be a seminar honoring awardees on Tuesday, October 21 at 10:30 – 11:30 AM in MBRB G-202 during Research Week.