Dr. Lucy Kornblith Wins Clowes Award

Lucy Z. Kornblith, MD, FACS, has been selected to receive the 2023 ACS George H. A. Clowes, MD, FACS, Memorial Career Development Award for her project, “Post-Injury Platelet Biology: Mechanisms and Outcomes.” Dr. Kornblith is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of California San Francisco.

According to Dr. Kornblith, the primary objectives of her study are improving the outcomes for patients with postinjury hemorrhage by conducting innovative translational studies of trauma-induced coagulopathy that are informed by her clinical perspectives and training in high-throughput RNA sequencing in injured populations.

The Clowes Award is offered through the generosity of The Clowes Fund, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana. Its purpose is to provide support for the research of a promising young surgical investigator. The award consists of a stipend of $45,000 for each of 5 years and is not renewable thereafter.

More information is available at facs.org/clowes. Applications for the 2024 Clowes Research Career Development Award are due by Friday, August 4, 2023.