Save the date for the 2026 Gill Symposium and Awards at the Indiana Memorial Union: September 16, 2026!
2026 Gill Symposium & Awards
Previous Gill Awardees
Francisco Guimaraes, M.D, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Learn more about Dr. GuimaraesMatthew Hill, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Calgary, Canada
Learn more about Dr. HillYasmin Hurd, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Learn more about Dr. HurdMiriam Melis, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Cagliari, Italy
Learn about Dr. MelisElizabeth Thiele, M.D., Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard Medical School
Learn about Dr. ThieleCatherine Dulac, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard University
Learn about Dr. DulacMargaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Learn more about Dr. McCarthyBarry Dickson, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
HHMI—Janelia Research Campus
Learn more about Dr. DicksonCatherine Woolley, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Northwestern University
Learn more about Dr. WoolleyDeborah Clegg, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Drexel University Medical Center
Learn about Dr. CleggVivianna Gradinaru, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
California Institute of Technology, CALTECH
Learn about Dr. GradinaruLoren Looger, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
HHMI—Janelia Research Campus
Learn about Dr. LoogerRyohei Yasuda, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Learn about Dr. YasudaAnthony M. Zador, M.D., Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Learn about Dr. ZadorHongkui Zeng, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Learn about Dr. ZengClifford J. Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.
2017 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Harvard Medical School
Learn about Dr. WoolfDiana Bautista, Ph.D.
2017 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of California, Berkeley
Learn about Dr. BautistaBen A. Barres, M.D.
2016 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Stanford University School of Medicine
Learn about Dr. BarresBeth Stevens, Ph.D.
2016 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard Medical School
Learn about Dr. StevensGeorge F. Koob, Ph.D.
2015 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
Learn about Dr. KoobGarret D. Stuber, Ph.D.
2015 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Learn about Dr. StuberMatthias H. Tschop, M.D.
2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Technische Universität München
Learn about Dr. TschopScott Sternson, Ph.D.
2014 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Learn about Dr. SternsonBruce L. McNaughton, Ph.D.
2013 Gill Awardee
University of California, Irvine
Learn about Dr. McNaughtonLoren M. Frank, Ph.D.
2013 Young Investigator Awardee
University of California, San Francisco
Learn about Dr. FrankLeslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
2011 Young Investigator Awardee, 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium
The Rockefeller University
Learn about Dr. VosshallKarl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
2010 Young Investigator Awardee
Stanford University
Learn about Dr. DeisserothLinda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.
2009 Young Investigator Awardee
California Institute of Technology
Learn about Dr. Hsieh-WilsonKarel Svoboda, Ph.D.
2008 Young Investigator Awardee
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Learn about Dr. SvobodaBenjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
2007 Young Investigator Awardee; 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium
Scripps Research Institute
Learn about Dr. CravattEric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
2004 Gill Awardee
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Learn about Dr. Nestler