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
Angela Gomez-Simmonds, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center whose research focuses on using bacterial genomics to investigate the population structure, resistance mechanisms, and transmission of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. She completed her clinical training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Columbia, where she joined the laboratory of Dr. Anne-Catrin Uhlemann in order to develop a research track dedicated to studying the clinical and molecular epidemiology of these challenging pathogens. Her current K23-funded research takes advantage of long-range whole genome sequencing technology to characterize plasmid-mediated transmission of antibiotic resistance genes in the hospital and its contribution to the diversification and spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales. She is also a dedicated teacher to medical students, residents, and fellows.