Junior Chamber International 2020 Ten Young Outstanding People of Turkey in Academic Leadership and Accomplishment Award. Junior Chamber International Dec 2020 Ceren Yarar-Fisher, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, received the Junior Chamber International 2020 Ten Young Outstanding People of Turkey in Academic Leadership and Accomplishment Award.The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World program, sponsored by the Junior Chamber International, recognizes people who excel in their respective fields and are under 40. The JCI is… Show more Ceren Yarar-Fisher, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, received the Junior Chamber International 2020 Ten Young Outstanding People of Turkey in Academic Leadership and Accomplishment Award.The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World program, sponsored by the Junior Chamber International, recognizes people who excel in their respective fields and are under 40. The JCI is a nonprofit international, nongovernmental organization of young people between 18 and 40. Show less

K01 Mentored Career Development Award NIH/NICHD Dec 2016 Targeting Skeletal Muscle to Improve Metabolic Health in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

KL2 Scholar in Translational Research Career Award UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science Nov 2015 The mission of the KL2-Scholars program is to prepare independent investigators to pursue careers focused on translational research.

Postdoctoral Scholars Grant Incentive Award The Office of Postdoctoral Education Sep 2013

2014 Mary Switzer Merit Research Fellowship National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Jul 2013 Novel Exercise and Diet Prescription to Improve Body Composition and Metabolic Health in Individuals with Long-Standing Spinal Cord Injury

1st place post-doctoral research day competition Office of Postdoctoral Education and UAB Postdoctoral Association Feb 2013 Research project: Effects of Contractile Activity on Skeletal Muscle Glucose Uptake Signaling in Spinal Cord-Injured vs. Able-Bodied Individuals

Career Enhancement Award Office of Postdoctoral Education Oct 2012 Received training in protein-DNA Interactions: Gene Specific and Epigenetic Regulation of Expression of the Mammalian Genome by completing 35 lecture and laboratory hours at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD

NIH Funded Nutrition and Obesity Training Grant (T32) NIH Nov 2011

Graduate Research Award Graduate School, Auburn University Jun 2010

G. Dennis Wilson Graduate Award Department of Kinesiology, Auburn University Apr 2010

Outstanding Graduate Student Department of Kinesiology, Auburn University Jan 2010

2009 Society for Neuroscience abstract chosen as part of the press package to promote the 2009 International Conference Society for Neuroscience Oct 2009

Outstanding International Student Department of Kinesiology, Auburn University Apr 2009

%50 Academic Scholarship (2001-2005) Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Baskent University Sep 2001