PTN MD, Micky Cohen-Wolkowiez, receives Young Investigator Award

Headshot of Michael (Micky) Cohen-Wolkowiez, MD, PhDMichael (Micky) Cohen-Wolkowiez, MD, PhD, director of the Duke Clinical Research Unit, has received the 2016 Young Investigator Award from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS). The award recognizes a young physician whose research has generated outstanding contributions in the field of pediatric infectious diseases.Cohen-Wolkowiez is the author of more than 75 peer-reviewed publications and has led several multicenter pediatric studies, including trials for pediatric labeling. He also spent two years as a scientific advisor to the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and participated in a series of projects related to pediatric dosing and the ethical aspects of pediatric regulatory submissions.

“This prestigious award could have not gone to a more deserving physician-scientist,” says Coleen Cunningham, MD, professor of pediatrics and chair of the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Global Health in the Duke Department of Pediatrics.

Cohen-Wolkowiecz received his medical degree from the Central University of Venezuela in 2001. He trained in pediatrics at the Miami Children’s Hospital in Florida and completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in 2009.

PIDS is the world’s largest organization of professionals dedicated to the treatment, control and eradication of infectious diseases affecting children. Membership is composed of physicians, doctoral scientists, and others who have trained or are in training in infectious diseases or its related disciplines, and who are identified with the field of pediatric infectious diseases through clinical practice, research, teaching, and administrative activities.

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