Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award

The IARS Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award (FARA) fostered innovation, creativity and scientific excellence by exceptional mid-career physician scientists. The award supported many distinguished investigators during their progression to leadership roles in the anesthesiology specialty and scientific community. After nearly 30 years, 12 award cycles and $7,000,000 in funding the IARS concluded the Frontiers Award to refocus its awards program on other funding priorities.

Past Recipients

Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD
Structural Pharmacology of the Nociceptive Ion Channel TRPM3
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis MO

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Wei Chao, MD, PhD, FAHA
Extracellular RNA, inflammation, and sepsis
The Dean’s Endowed Professor in Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Shock Trauma Anesthesiology Research Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Judith Hellman, MD
Endothelial inflammatory pathways in septic vasculopathy and organ injury
Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD
Long-Term Outcome of Single vs. Triple Anesthesia Exposure of Infant Monkeys
Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

C. Michael Crowder, MD, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hypoxic and Anesthetic Preconditioning
During Award Period
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology
Washington University, St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
Current Position
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Alan J. Treuer Endowed Professorship, Anesthesiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Zhiyi Zuo, MD, PhD
Neuroprotection by RNA Interference-Produced Autoregulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression
Associate Professor of Anesthesia Department of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

Michael Zaugg, MD, DEAA
Functional Genomics of Anesthetic Protection in Human Myocardium
Head of the Anesthesia Research Laboratory Institute of Anesthesiology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Steven A. Deem, MD
Hemoglobin, Nitric Oxide, and the Pulmonary Circulation
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Mark A. Schumacher, PhD, MD
Stretch-Inactivated Channels in Pain Transduction
Assistant Professor School of Medicine Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Michael Schäfer, MD
Regulatory Mechanisms Of Peripheral Opioid Analgesia
Assistant Professor Freie Universität Berlin University Hospital Benjamin Franklin
Berlin, Germany

Rona G. Giffard, PhD, MD
Gene Therapy Of Ischemic Brain Injury: New Mechanisms Of Protection By BCL-2>
Assistant Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

Beverley A. Orser, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Anaesthetics, Second Messenger Systems And Ligand-gated Receptors
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2021

Wayland Cheng, MD, PhD Structural Pharmacology of the Nociceptive Ion Channel TRPM3 Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis MO

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2018

Wei Chao, MD, PhD, FAHA
Extracellular RNA, inflammation, and sepsis
The Dean’s Endowed Professor in Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair for Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Shock Trauma Anesthesiology Research Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

2015

Judith Hellman, MD
Endothelial inflammatory pathways in septic vasculopathy and organ injury
Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

2012

Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD
Long-Term Outcome of Single vs. Triple Anesthesia Exposure of Infant Monkeys
Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center

2009

C. Michael Crowder, MD, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hypoxic and Anesthetic Preconditioning
During Award Period
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology
Washington University, St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
Current Position
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Alan J. Treuer Endowed Professorship, Anesthesiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

2007

Zhiyi Zuo, MD, PhD
Neuroprotection by RNA Interference-Produced Autoregulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression
Associate Professor of Anesthesia Department of Anesthesiology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia

2005

Michael Zaugg, MD, DEAA
Functional Genomics of Anesthetic Protection in Human Myocardium
Head of the Anesthesia Research Laboratory Institute of Anesthesiology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

2003

Steven A. Deem, MD
Hemoglobin, Nitric Oxide, and the Pulmonary Circulation
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

2001

Mark A. Schumacher, PhD, MD
Stretch-Inactivated Channels in Pain Transduction
Assistant Professor School of Medicine Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

1999

Michael Schäfer, MD
Regulatory Mechanisms Of Peripheral Opioid Analgesia
Assistant Professor Freie Universität Berlin University Hospital Benjamin Franklin
Berlin, Germany

1997

Rona G. Giffard, PhD, MD
Gene Therapy Of Ischemic Brain Injury: New Mechanisms Of Protection By BCL-2>
Assistant Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California

1995

Beverley A. Orser, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Anaesthetics, Second Messenger Systems And Ligand-gated Receptors
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada