The Whitfield/Randolph Scholarship is awarded annually to a UVa School of Medicine student in the joint M.D./Ph.D. Program who is doing research on the human nervous system. The award stipulates that first priority be given to students conducting research on Alzheimer’s Disease. The recipients shall be known as the Whitfield/Randolph Scholars and shall be selected at the discretion of the Dean of the University School of Medicine. The award may be given to the same student any number of years.
This award was created by Mr. Randolph Whitfield of Atlanta, Georgia in memory of his parents, James Bryan Whitfield and Margaret Hayward Randolph. Mr. Whitfield's son, Dr. Randolph Whitfield, Jr. received his medical and graduate degrees from UVA in 1965 under a similar dual program.
Past Whitfield/Randolph Scholars
| Year | Winner | Dept. | Mentor | Research Title | Current Status |
| 2008 | Kisha J. Young | Neuroscience | Dr. James P. Bennett | Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration | MSTP Graduate Student, Neuroscience, UVa |
| 2003- 2004 |
Louis B. Brill | Cell Biology | Dr. James P. Bennett | Gene Expression Responses in a Cellular Model of Parkinson's Disease | Resident Physician, Dept. Pathology, UVa |
| 2002 | Shaharyar(Shah) Khan | Neuroscience | Dr. James P. Bennett | Mitochondrial Gene Therapy for Neurologic Disease | Chief Scientific Officer, Gencia Corp. |
| 2001 | Carolyn A. Cronin | Neuroscience | Dr. Heidi Scrable | The Role of Tyrosinase in Retinogeniculate Development: Generation and Use of a LAC-Regulatable Mouse Model | Chief Resident, Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| 2000 | Warren Shawn Carbonell | Neuroscience | Dr. James Mandell | Microglial Migration Following Brain Injury | Senior Level Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford, Department of Radiation Oncology and Biology |
| 1999 | David S. Cassarino | Neuroscience | Dr. James P. Bennett | Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Nuclear Responses in Sporadic Neurodegenerative Diseases | Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA |
| 1998 | David S. Cassarino | Neuroscience | Dr. James P. Bennett | Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and Nuclear Responses in Sporadic Neurodegenerative Diseases | Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA |
| 1997 | Michelle Anne Freeman Burack | Neuroscience | Dr. Gary Banker | Biosynthetic Membrane Transport Pathways in Neurons | Resident, Neurology, Washington Univ. School of Medicine |
| 1996 | Claxton A. Baer | Neuroscience | Dr. Federico Gonzalez | Structure-Function Analysis of Interphotreceptor Retinoid-Binding Protein | Ophthalmologist, Concord, N.C. |
| 1995 | Morry DuVall Brown | Neuroscience | Dr. Scott VandenBerg | The Regulation of Expression and Function of the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein (LRP) in Diverse Neural Cell Subtypes | Faculty, Neuroradiology, UVA |
| 1994 | Michelle Anne Freeman Burack | Neuroscience | Dr. Gary Banker | Biosynthetic Membrane Transport Pathways in Neurons | Resident, Neurology, Washington Univ. School of Medicine |
| 1993 | Beni Brian Wolf | Biochemistry | Dr. Steven L. Gonias | Alpha 2-macroglobulin And The Alpha 2-macroglobulin Receptor/low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-related Protein: Multifunctional Regulators Of Nerve Growth Factors. | Scientist, Molecular Oncology, Genentech |
| 1992 | William Thang Katz | Biomedical Engineering | Dr. John Gable | Semiautomated Segmentation and Display of Three-Dimensional Images of the Head | Self-employed, Entrepeneur |
| 1991 | Costa Marc Colbert | Neuroscience | Dr. William Levy | Excitatory Actions And Associative Synaptic Modification Of Perforant Path Synapses In Hippocampal Ca1. | Associate Professor, Univ. Houston, Biology & Biochemistry |
| 1990 | Jonathan William Beckenstein | Neuroscience | Dr. Eric Lothman | The Ontogeny of Excitatory and and Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Rat Hippocampal Formation | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 1989 | Calvin Joseph Cruz II | Neuroscience | Dr. Robert M. Beckstead | Dopaminergic Control of Substance P Levels in Rat Striatonigral Neurons | Physician and Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Family Practice and Neurology |
| 1988 | Donald E. Born | Neuroscience | Dr. Edwin W. Rubel | The Role of Neural Activity in Regulating the Structure and Function of Auditory Neurons | Clinical Associate Professor, Univ. Washington, Pathology-Neuropathology |