ASBMB Leadership Award
The ASBMB Leadership Award recognizes individuals with a strong commitment to advancing the careers of women in biochemistry and molecular biology along with demonstrated excellence in research and/or service. The ASBMB Emerging Leadership Award and the ASBMB Sustained Leadership Award are given in alternate years.
The ASBMB Emerging Leadership Award honors an individual who is an associate professor, assistant professor or equivalent and with no more than 15 years of experience since receiving a Ph.D. and/or M.D.
The ASBMB Sustained Leadership Award recognizes an individual at the full professor or senior scientist level and with more than 15 years of experience since receiving a Ph.D. and/or M.D. Only degrees received before March 1, 2008, are eligible for this award.
The award was instituted in 2020 and is given annually by the ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Committee.
The award consists of a plaque, $3,000 and travel expenses to deliver a short presentation at the ASBMB annual meeting.
Emerging Leadership Award recipients
2025
- Nicole C. Woitowich
2023
- Gira Bhabha
2022
- Lea Vacca Michel
Sustained Leadership Award recipients
2023
- Kerry-Anne Rye
2022
- Marlene Belfort
