J. Christopher States, PhD, professor of pharmacology & toxicology, distinguished university scholar, vice chair for research in the department of pharmacology and toxicology and associate dean for research in the School of Medicine, has been awarded the UofL 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award in the category of Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity. Professor States’ research is funded by two research project grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). He also leads the team that recently received an NIEHS Core Center grant that funds the Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences. Read more about professor States’ outstanding scholarship, research and creative activity.

Scott Whittemore, PhD, professor, distinguished university scholar and vice chairman for research in the School of Medicine has been awarded the UofL 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award in the category of Outstanding Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity (Career Achievement). Professor Whittemore joined the faculty in Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami in 1986 as one of the founding scientists of the newly formed Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. In 1998, he was recruited to the University of Louisville Department of Neurological Surgery as the Henry D. and Marianna Garretson Endowed Professor of Spinal Cord Injury Research. Dr. Whittemore holds a secondary faculty appointment in pharmacology & toxicology. Read more about professor Whittemore’s distinguished research career.