2024 Recipient
Linyu Ni, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Supporting ASLMS Member: Jeffrey S. Orringer, MD
"Interstitial Assessment of Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Using an Imaging Needle"
2024 Student Grant Recipients
Soha Ghanian, MD (with Gerald N. Goldberg, MD)
University of Arizona
Supporting ASLMS Member: Gerald N. Goldberg, MD
"Split-Lesion Open-Label Pilot Study Analysis of Topical Imatinib in Combination with Pulsed Dye Laser for the Management of Hypertrophic Port Wine Stain Birthmarks in Adults"
Triniti Vanoven, BS, PhD Student
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Supporting ASLMS Member: Isaac J. Pence, PhD
"In vivo Raman Spectroscopy to Quantify Vaginal Extracellular Matrix Composition in Patients with Pelvic Organ Prolapse"
2023 Recipients
Laisa Negri, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Strategies to Bring Antimicrobial Blue Light to the Bed Side"
Payal Patel, MD
Cutaneous Biology Research Center
"Non-Invasive, Laser-Assisted Measurement Of Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density"
Jasmine Wong
MedStar Health Research Institute
"Assessment of the Effectiveness of Early vs. Late Intervention with Fractional Ablative CO2 Laser in the Treatment of Burn Hypertrophic Scars”
Sara Yumeen, MD
Rhode Island Hospital
"Platelet Rich Plasma in Combination with Carbon Dioxide Laser for Infraorbital Rejuvenation: A Split Face Study"
2022 Recipient
Peijun Guo, PhD
Yale University, New Haven, CT
“Visible-to-Ultraviolet Up-Conversion Films for Antimicrobial and Sterilization Applications”
2020 Recipient
Hui Wang, PhD
Miami University, Oxford, OH
“Development of Ultrasensitive Fiber-optic Radiometric Thermometry for Guiding Interstitial Laser Thermal Therapy”
2019 Recipient
Manu Sharma, PhD
University of Texas at Austin
“A Bio-compatible Nano-particle Platform for Treatment of Melanoma by Photo Thermal Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Therapy”
2018 Recipient
Istvan Stadler, PhD
Rochester General Hospital
“In Vivo Experimental Application of Riboflavin Nanoparticles as a Photodynamic Therapy Compound and its Relevancy for Cancer Treatment”
2017 Recipient
Yajie Dong, PhD
University of Central Florida
“Flexible Quantum Dot Light Emitting Devices for Photodynamic Therapy and Photobiomodulation”
2016 Recipient
Heather K. Hunt, MD
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
“Burn Depth Imaging Analysis via Waveguide-Mediated, Backward-Mode Photoacoustics”
2014 Recipient
Jeremy Goverman, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
“Gene Expression Analysis of Burn Scar Treated with Fractional CO2 Laser”
2013 Recipient
Anthony Rossi, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Juva Skin and Laser Center, New York, New York
“Laser Ablation of Basal Cell Carcinoma”
2012 Recipient
Manu Sharma, PhD, MS, BE
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
"Development of a Multi-Modal Spectroscopic System for Early Skin Cancer Detection"
2011 Recipient
Xinyuan Chen, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital / Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Boston, MA
“Improve Flu Vaccine Immunogenicity in the Elderly by Cutaneous Laser Illumination”
2010 Recipient
Yu Chen, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park
"In Vivo Optical Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Colorectal Cancer Using Molecular Targeting Nanoparticles"
2009 Recipient
Bongsu Jung, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate
University of California, Riverside
"ICG Containing Nancapsules for Optical Imaging and Laser Irradiation of Cancerous Cells"
2007 Recipient
Juanita Anders, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
"A Laser Based Repair Strategy for Severely Injured Peripheral Nerves"