Congratulations to Pelin Cengiz, MD, whose abstract has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2018 Star Research Achievement Award by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The Star Research Achievement Award is intended to recognize excellence in critical care research. The abstract, “Vulnerability of Male Brains to Global Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury and Estrogen Receptor Alpha”, was formally presented during the SCCM Abstract-Based Awards Ceremony on February 27th, 2018.