Vemulakonda receives Rising Star Award
Vijaya Vemulakonda, associate professor of surgery, School of Medicine, has received the American Urological Association Rising Star Award, which is given to only two urologists each year.
The award provides up to five years of supplemental salary support to urologists who have successfully competed for career development awards from the National Institutes of Health or other major funding organization. The awards ensure that the salary compensation for those committed to careers in urologic research remains competitive with that of their clinical urology peers.
The program encourages recipients to contribute to urology as both surgical specialists and scientists investigating causes, prevention, treatment and cures that will improve patients’ lives.