ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2021
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
David A. Hill, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and an Attending Physician in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Hill received his undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon University, and his MD and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied with Dr. David Artis. He subsequently completed a pediatric residency and allergy and immunology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and performed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Mitchell Lazar. Dr. Hill runs a basic and translational research laboratory that studies the role of the immune system in pediatric allergy and obesity. He is the author of over 50 research articles and abstracts, is on the Editorial Board of BMC Pediatrics, and has been the recipient of several awards including the Young Faculty Award from the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders/American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Hope Research Grant Award.