The 2020 Nancy Caroline Fellow Award as the top trainee working at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research was received by Jessica Jarvis, PhD. Dr. Jarvis is studying the use of music therapy and its potential utility in the pediatric ICU. She is being mentored by a multi departmental and multi-institutional team, led by Drs. Ericka Fink and Amy Houtrow. This year, we had 3 additional outstanding nominees, Andrew Lamade, Dr. Neil Munjal, and Dr. Onome Oghifobibi, from the Pitt Medical School, the Department of CCM, and the Department of Pediatrics, respectively. The recipient is chosen by a vote of the Associate Directors of the Safar Center. Congratulations to Dr. Jarvis and to all the nominees.
The Nancy Caroline Fellow Award was established in 2002 as a tribute to Dr. Nancy Caroline, who was one of Dr. Peter Safar’s early fellows and was the lead author of the first manual for paramedics. She ultimately became known as the “Mother of Paramedics” and contributed enormously to the development of that field.
Previous recipients of the Nancy Caroline Award
2002 Ala Nozari, MD
2003 Xianren Wu, MD
2005 Ericka Fink, MD
2006 Yi-Chen Li, MD
2007 Mioara Manole, MD
2008 Tomas Drabek, MD
2009 David Shellington, MD
2010 James Bales, BS
2011 Alicia K. Au, MD
2012 Samuel Shin, PhD
2013 Steven L. Shein, MD
2014 Corina Bondi, PhD
2015 Dennis W. Simon, MD
2016 Shaun W. Carlson, PhD
2017 Christopher M. Horvat, MD
2018 Raj Kumar, MPH
2019 Alicia M. Alcamo, MD, MPH