Call for Nominations: 2024 WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship
Call for IBS/WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship was due November 1, 2023.
2023 Recipient of WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Horvath, Altos Labs and UCLA!
Dr. Steve Horvath is a Principal Investigator at the Altos Labs San Diego Institute of Science. Prior to joining Altos, he was a Professor of Human Genetics and Biostatistics at UCLA. Dr. Horvath’s nomination package clearly demonstrated his highly impactful research contributions to the fields of bioinformatics and aging biology, especially for his development of the widely used weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) method for studying biological networks and for his revolutionary development of the highly accurate and widely used epigenetic clocks, also known as Horvath’s clocks, for age estimation based on DNA methylation data. Dr. Horvath will gave a talk in the WNAR Outstanding Impact Award Lecture at the 2023 JSM on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 2pm entitled "Epigenetic Clocks and Weighted Correlation Network Analysis". Photo with President Elizabeth-Juarez Colunga at JSM below. More information about the award and past awardees can be found on the award's website.
Important Dates:
Nominations for IBS/WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship due November 1, 2023
Links to more information on WNAR Awards:
IBS/WNAR Outstanding Impact Award and Lectureship
WNAR Student Paper Competition
WNAR President Invited Presentation
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WNAR Awards Committee Membership
| YEARS | MEMBERS | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Rhonda Rosychuk (2023 Chair) | University of Alberta |
| 2021-2023 | Neby Bekele | Exelixis |
| 2022-2023 | Sonia Jain | University of California San Diego |
| 2021-2023 | Fei Gao |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center |
| 2022-2023 | Jingyi Li |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2023-2025 | Edward Bedrick | University of Arizona |
| 2023-2025 | Bin Yu (2022 Awardee) | University of California, Berkley |
Previous Awards Committee Chairs
| YEARS | MEMBERS | AFFILIATION |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-2022 | Ying Lu (Founding Chair) | Stanford University |
| 2022 | Katerina Kechris | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| 2023 (current) | Rhonda Rosychuk | University of Alberta |
WNAR Awards Committee Membership