DeBakey Research Awards 2022
The Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award recognizes scientists whose recent research demonstrates the breadth and depth of basic science at Baylor College of Medicine. The awards are given on an annual basis in recognition of Baylor faculty who have made the most significant published scientific contribution to clinical or basic biomedical research during the past three years. Awardees receive a commemorative medallion and fund to support their research. The awards are funded by the DeBakey Medical Foundation.


Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi
Associate Dean of the National School for Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
Co-Director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development
Dr. Peter Hotez
Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development

Dr. Joseph Hyser
Assistant Professor of the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Member of the Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research

Dr. Katherine King
Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics – Division of Infectious Diseases
Member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Center for Cell and Gene Therapy

Dr. Irina Larina
Associate Professor of the Department of Integrative Physiology

Dr. Scott A. LeMaire
Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Vice Chair for Research in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Director of Research in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Dr. Ying Shen
Professor of the Department of Surgery
Director of the Aortic Disease Research Laboratory
