Raise the Line Faculty Award
Elsevier is excited to launch the 2026 Raise the Line Faculty Awards! These awards recognize the inspirational educators who are responsible for training the next generation of healthcare professionals and are constantly helping to “Raise the Line” by increasing the capacity of healthcare systems worldwide.
Congratulations to the 2026 Winners!
Medical Doctor & Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (MD/DO)
Grand Prize Winner:
Maria Lima – City University of New York (CUNY)
Category Winners:
- Adrienne Bratcher – Morehouse School of Medicine
- Carl Nutsugah – University of Ghana Medical School
- Marcos Molina – San Marcos Medical Center
- Mark Alexander Grumet – Rosalind Franklin University
Registered Nurse & Nurse Practitioner (RN/NP)
Grand Prize Winner:
David Tanner – Guilford Technical Community College
Category Winners:
- Amee Jones – Jacksonville University
- Christopher Weidlich – University of Miami
- Hua-Shan Wu – Asia University, Taiwan
- Marcia Callarman – Lonestar Community College – Kingwood
Anatomy & Physiology
Grand Prize Winner:
Kamla Ahluwalia – Samuel Merritt University
Category Winners:
- Alexander Bijnsdorp – Amsterdam University Medical Center
- Joy Reidenberg – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Karl-Heinz Herzig – University of Oulu
- Sreenivasulu Reddy Mogali – Nanyang Technological University
Physician Assistant (PA)
Grand Prize Winner:
Elías Villarreal, Jr. – University of California San Diego
Category Winners:
- Danielle Kruger – St. John’s University
- Jenna Rolfs – Arkansas Colleges of Health Education
- Kate Bascombe – University of Sussex
- Phil Begg – Aston University
Other Healthcare Professionals
Grand Prize Winner:
Kristin Cleverley – University of Toronto
Category Winners:
- Andres Riveros – Universidad San Sebastian
- Courtney Routh – UTHealth Houston
- Ian Allen – Bowling Green State University
- Michael Jorge Peralta – University of Santo Tomas
Student Advisor & Learning & Design Specialist
Grand Prize Winner:
Max Anderson – University of Miami
Category Winners:
- Debbie Sharp – University of Bristol
- Jennie Holland – Augustana University
- Kathrin Dethleffsen – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Sylvia Heeneman – Maastricht University
Health Equity
Grand Prize Winner:
Andrés Barría – University of Washington
Category Winners:
- B.R. Shamanna – University of Hyderabad
- Eraka Bath – University of California, Los Angeles
- Carl Streed – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Nancy Sohler – City University of New York (CUNY)
Librarian
Grand Prize Winner:
Montserrat Royo Taberner – Universidad de Navarra
Category Winners:
- Fred LaPolla – NYU Langone
- Laura Tei – Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
- Mary Shultz – University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
- Vanessa Smith – Meharry Medical College