2025 Career Recognition Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 SHEA Career Recognition Awards!

SHEA awards recognize the contributions and accomplishments of our members that have had a meaningful impact. Join us in celebrating our colleagues who have given so much to SHEA and the fields of healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antibiotic stewardship. Select the name of the award below to view and learn more about the winners.

Advanced Practice Infection Preventionist Award

Russel Olmsted
Trinity Health

Antimicrobial Stewardship Award

Dr. Emily Spivak
University of Utah

ASHE Editorial Award

The clinical usefulness of guideline-based strategies with and without the role of nonspecific symptoms to predict urinary tract infections in nursing homes: a decision curve analysis
Authors: Sacha Kuil, Menno de Jong, Caroline Schneeberger, Frank van Leth

ASHE Reviewer Award

Dr. Takaaki Kobayashi
University of Kentucky Medicine

Barry Farr Award

Alcohol-based decontamination of gloved hands: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Kerri A. Thom, Clare Rock, Gwen L. Robinson, Heather R.S. Reisinger, Jure Baloh, Emily Chasco, Yuanyuan Liang, Shanshan Li, Daniel J. Diekema, Loreen A. Herwaldt, J. Kristie Johnson, Anthony D. Harris, Eli N. Perencevich

International Scholarship Award

Dr. Rajalakshmi Ananthanarayanan
KIMSHEALTH

Mentor Scholar Award

Dr. Lisa Saiman
New York-Prebyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Mid-Career Scholarship Award

Dr. Erica Shenoy
Massachusetts General Hospital

Pediatric Scholarship Award

Dr. Charles Huskins
Mayo Clinic

Senior Scholarship Award

Dr. John Boyce

Suzanne Bradley Reviewer Award

Dr. Mohamad Fakih
Ascension

William Jarvis Award

Active Surveillance of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales Using Genomic Sequencing for Hospital-Based Infection Control Interventions
Authors: Andie S. Lee, Leanne Dolan, Frances Jenkins, Bernadette Crawford, Sebastiaan J. van Hal

Yoshikawa and High Long-Term-Care Abstract Award

Dr. Seongeum Kim
University of California, Irvine
Chonnam National University Medical School