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
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Matthew Hill, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Calgary, Canada
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Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Miriam Melis, Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Cagliari, Italy
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Elizabeth Thiele, M.D., Ph.D.
2022 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard Medical School
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Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard University
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Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Barry Dickson, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
HHMI—Janelia Research Campus
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Catherine Woolley, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Northwestern University
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Deborah Clegg, Ph.D.
2019 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Drexel University Medical Center
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Vivianna Gradinaru, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
California Institute of Technology, CALTECH
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Loren Looger, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
HHMI—Janelia Research Campus
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Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
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Anthony M. Zador, M.D., Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D.
2018 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Allen Institute for Brain Science
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Clifford J. Woolf, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D.
2017 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Harvard Medical School
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Diana Bautista, Ph.D.
2017 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of California, Berkeley
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Ben A. Barres, M.D.
2016 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Stanford University School of Medicine
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Beth Stevens, Ph.D.
2016 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Harvard Medical School
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George F. Koob, Ph.D.
2015 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
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Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D.
2015 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Matthias H. Tschop, M.D.
2014 Gill Distinguished Scientist Awardee
Technische Universität München
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Scott Sternson, Ph.D.
2014 Gill Transformative Investigator Awardee
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus

Bruce L. McNaughton, Ph.D.
2013 Gill Awardee
University of California, Irvine
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Loren M. Frank, Ph.D.
2013 Young Investigator Awardee
University of California, San Francisco
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Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
2011 Young Investigator Awardee, 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium
The Rockefeller University
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Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
2010 Young Investigator Awardee
Stanford University
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Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.
2009 Young Investigator Awardee
California Institute of Technology
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Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.
2008 Young Investigator Awardee
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
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Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ph.D.
2007 Young Investigator Awardee; 2020 Invited Guest Speaker for Virtual Symposium
Scripps Research Institute
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Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D.
2004 Gill Awardee
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Learn about Dr. Nestler