2025 Core Director Awards

Awarded annually, the Core Director Award serves to honor the exemplary leadership and dedication of our core directors, whose facilities serve as an integral catalyst for PSOM’s groundbreaking research.

2025 Awardees

We are delighted to announce that, following a review by a sub-group of our Cores Committee, Kate Bennett, Dr. Corey Holman, Michael Kallan, and Scott Appel have been selected as the winners of our 2025 Core Director Awards.

Kate Bennett serves as Technical Director of the Molecular Pathology and Imaging Core (MPIC) with exceptional initiative, innovation, and leadership. She has implemented cutting-edge technologies, strengthened operations, and guided her team through major challenges with professionalism and vision. Her innovation and dedication have been pivotal to MPIC’s success.

Dr. Corey Holman is Technical Director of the Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core (RMPC), and has worked to restore key services, expand capabilities, and strengthen operations. Her leadership, innovation, and dedication have transformed the RMPC into a highly efficient and dynamic resource supporting metabolic research across Penn.

Michael Kallan, MS, and Scott Appel, MS, have provided outstanding leadership as co-directors of the Biostatistics Analysis Center (BAC). They successfully guided the BAC through major operational transitions, improved financial management, and fostered a motivated, efficient team. Their efforts have strengthened the BAC’s support of large-scale research programs and sustained its growth and excellence within the Perelman School of Medicine.

We are honored to recognize their tremendous accomplishments, and are grateful for their continued efforts to achieve excellence as part of our PSOM Biomedical Research Core Facility Community.

Please click below to learn more about previous award recipients: 

2024 - Dr. Chris Petucci, Penn Metabolomics Core Facility / Dr. Peter Cronholm, Mixed Methods Research Lab
2023 - Dr. Derek Jones, Penn Cytomics & Cell Sorting Facility / Tony Secreto, Stem Cell Xenograft Core Facility
2022 - Dr. David Schultz, High Throughput Screening Core Facility / Dr. Andrea Stout, CDB Microscopy Core Facility
2021 - Dr. Tapan Ganguly, Penn Genomic Analysis Core / Cell Center Services Facility & Dr. Julie Johnston, Penn Vector Core Facility