Peter Sheehan Young Innovator Award 2025

Celebrating Innovation
in Tissue Regeneration
& Limb Preservation

Advancing early-career scientific excellence in regenerative medicine.

Meet the 2025 Winner & Awardees

The Peter Sheehan Young Innovator Award honors exceptional early-career researchers advancing breakthroughs in tissue regeneration and limb preservation.

This year, we proudly recognize scientists whose work demonstrates innovation, rigor, and the potential to transform patient care.

WINNER

Veronica Uribe-Echevarria, PhD
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
NYU Langone Health

Research — Novel Therapy with Wnt9a Intramuscular Injection Rescue Diabetic Muscle Regeneration, Preventing Fat and fibrotic infiltration and Improving Angiogenesis in Ischemia through reprogramming of Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells Population

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1st Runner-Up Awardees

Our 1st Runner-Up Awardees demonstrated exceptional innovation and scientific rigor, standing out among a highly competitive field.

Dominika Pullmann-Carpio, MDPostdoctoral Research FellowNYU Grossman School of Medicine

Research — Addressing re-perfusion of diabetic ischemic skin flaps with angiogenic ADSC-CM

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Mohammad Dehghan Rouzi
AI Scientist
UCLA Health

Research — AI-Guided Digital Coaching to Improve Offloading Adherence in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Management: A Secondary Analysis from a Randomized Control Trial

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2nd Runner-Up Awardees

Our 2nd Runner-Up Awardees demonstrated strong scientific excellence and innovation in this year’s competition.

Vikas Kumar, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
NYU Langone Health

Research — Ligands of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (RAGE) Induce Trained Immunity in Mouse Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages (BMDMs) and Human THP-1 cells

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Bowen Luo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stevens Institute of Technology

Research — Biomimetic nanofibers electrospun with a potent wound healing protein, calreticulin, rescues non-healing diabetic foot fibroblasts to phenotypic healers

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Ramesh Nimma, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
NYU Langone Health

Research — Novel miR-7217-5p in Diabetic Macrophage-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles as a Therapeutic Target for Diabetes-Induced Vascular Complications

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Hear From the 2025 Awardees — Coming Soon

Our 2025 Spotlight Series will feature:

Optional short videos from the awardees
High-level scientific overviews that protect unpublished data
Career journey highlights and motivations

Spotlights will be published beginning January 12, 2025.

Previous Honorees

The Peter Sheehan Young Innovator Award has recognized outstanding scientists since 2018.
Explore the Hall of Excellence to learn more about past winners and their contributions to regenerative medicine and diabetes-related limb preservation.

Explore Past Cohorts

Looking Ahead: Fostering Innovation

At OneGuild, our mission extends beyond recognizing excellence. We aim to build a future where pioneering research in regenerative medicine and limb preservation can thrive.
We look forward to supporting our awardees as their work advances toward clinical impact.

Supported by the Integra Foundation

This award is made possible by generous support from the Integra Foundation, whose commitment to scientific advancement aligns with our mission to foster innovation in tissue regeneration and limb preservation.

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