Pravesh Sharma, M.D. (P ’17), receives an award, Mayo Clinic Eau Claire

Pravesh Sharma, M.D. (P ’17), Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, received a Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award. The two-year program aims to train, develop and mentor diverse and community-oriented researchers and physicians to help increase the diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trials, and ultimately to enhance the development of therapeutics for all populations. The Robert A. Winn Career Development Award Program was created in 2020 with a pledge by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation as part of its commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. Dr. Sharma’s area of research is substance use disorder and co-occurring medical and psychiatric disorders. Dr. Sharma is an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.