The Priddy Award starts with a family’s support for medical progress that has spanned generations. The late Kathryn Amsler Priddy and her husband, Ashley Horne Priddy, made recent gifts through the estate of Mrs. Priddy, which included support for Southwestern Medical Foundation through the Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Fund for medical student scholarships and support for UT Southwestern Medical Center through the Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel Cancer Research Fund.

The Priddy family, who established the priddy award, posing together in front of trees.
Kathryn Amsler Priddy (second from right) with children (from left) Ann Priddy Bentley, the late Betty Priddy Walker, and Hervey Priddy.

Origin of The Priddy Award

In 1992, a gift from Amanda Amsler, Mrs. Priddy’s mother, and an endowment fund that honored Mr. Priddy were combined to establish the Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Fund at Southwestern Medical Foundation.

The Fund benefits medical education scholarships at UT Southwestern and also inspires the next generation of physicians through the Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award, which funds a summer research fellowship for outstanding high school students who participate in the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair. This fellowship is part of STARS (Science Teacher Access to Resources at Southwestern), which serves more than 20,000 teachers and 50,000 students in North Texas and beyond.

The 2024 Recipients

Priddy award recipients holding up their research posters.
From left: Evelyn Ding, Sanjay Sundaram, Shasra Thridandapani, Ryana Velani, Dhakshata Sathyamurthy, Jacqueline Nunez Martinez. Not pictured: Manshi Swain.
YearAwardsRecipients
2024Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardEvelyn Ding
Jacqueline Nunez Martinez
Dhakshata Sathyamurthy
Sanjay Sundaram
Manshi Swain
Sahasra Thridandapani
Ryana Velani
2023Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardAlanna Polyak
Arwa Ahmed
Imad Ahmed
Jayanth Mokkapat
Nishi Soni
Shashank Gangaram
2022Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardAkshara Sankar
Anjali Lyer
Giann Ruiz
Raghav Ramki
Veda Kutagula
2021Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardRithvik Ganesh
Noah Mathai
Tom Punnen
2019Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award Risha Dianne Valera
2018Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award Amanda Moon
2016Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award Shreeya Chodovadia
2015Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award Sanjana Ravi
2013Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist Award Samya Isa
2012Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardRachel Hodge
Lisa Michaels
2011Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardIndu Bedi
2010Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardGina Whitson
2008Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardErin Rogers
2007Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardAlicia McClung
2006Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardJupin Malhi
2005Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Young Scientist AwardLauren Lakvold