(From top left to bottom right: Ahmed Al Saedi, Ph.D., Flavia Amadeu de Oliviera, Ph.D., Carolyn Chlebek, Ph.D., Kun Chen, Ph.D., Mohamed Hassan, Ph.D., Jakob Hoeppner, M.D., Kunjan Khanna, Ph.D., Joe Kodama, Ph.D., Assil- Ramin Alimy, M.D., Ganesh Raut, Ph.D., Charles Schurman, Ph.D.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2026
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 ASBMR John Haddad Young Investigator Awards! Dr. Haddad was a regular and active participant in the Advances in Mineral Metabolism (AIMM) and a Past-President of ASBMR. The leadership of AIMM and the ASBMR agreed to collaborate in honoring John Haddad, Jr., and in supporting the development of young investigators by establishing the ASBMR John Haddad Young Investigator Awards. These awards allow early career ASBMR investigators to participate in the 2026 AIMM-ASBMR Young Investigators' Meeting on April 7 - 10, 2026 held in Snowmass, CO, USA. Thank you to the 30 applicants who applied for the awards and congratulations again to the following ten recipients:
- Ahmed Al Saedi, Ph.D., The University of Melbourne & Western Health and AIMSS, Australia
- Flavia Amadeu de Oliviera, Ph.D., Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Kun Chen, Ph.D., University of California, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Davis, CA, USA
- Carolyn Chlebek, Ph.D., Maine Health Institute for Research, ME, USA
- Mohamed Hassan, Ph.D., Washington University, Regenerative Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Jakob Hoeppner, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School Endocrine Unite, MA, USA
- Kunjan Khanna, Ph.D., Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Joe Kodama, Ph. D, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, MD, USA
- Assil- Ramin Alimy, M.D., University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Ganesh Raut, Ph.D., Washington University, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Charles Schurman, Ph.D., Birgit Schilling Laboratory, The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, CA, USA
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About the ASBMR
The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) is the leading professional, scientific and medical society established to bring together clinical and experimental scientists involved in the study of bone, mineral and musculoskeletal research. ASBMR encourages and promotes the study of this expanding field through annual scientific meetings, two official journals (Journal of Bone and Mineral Research® and JBMR® Plus), the Primer on Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, advocacy and interaction with government agencies and related societies. To learn more about upcoming meetings and publications, please visit www.asbmr.org.