Physician-scientists are the bridge between bench and bedside. What they observe in their patients becomes the subject of lab research, and what they learn from their lab research ideally translates into improved patient care. Stanford pain specialist Vivianne Tawfik, M.D., Ph.D., is a prime example of a physician-scientist whose robust…
2012 Rita Allen Scholar Sreekanth Chalasani first became interested in science as a child growing up in India. He was keenly aware of the world around him—when it would rain, he would wait for the earthworms and critters that come out after the storms to emerge,…
Xin Liu‘s science and math education began early. His parents would often quiz him with simple addition and subtraction questions, which Liu would happily work out by writing directly on the kitchen wall. Despite keeping an otherwise clean and tidy home, his parents were very tolerant…
Rita Allen Scholar Stephen L. Hauser (1988) publishes, The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries: The Education of a Doctor, a memoir on the mysteries of the brain and his research to find treatment for multiple sclerosis
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recognize Rita Allen Scholars Hao Wu (2002) and Bruce Stillman (1983) with Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science and Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award, respectively
Rita Allen Scholar Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy (2015) was selected for the FoundHer program from Northwestern’s Querrey InQbation Lab for innovative women interested in starting a company
Rita Allen Scholar Barbara Wold (1983) elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest honorary societies
Rita Allen Scholars Sreekanth Chalasani (2012) and Axel Nimmerjahn (2011) received Kavli Grants to buy or build small equipment designed to strengthen research capacity and capability
Rita Allen Scholar Monica Dus (2016) received the Guggenheim Fellowship for her distinguished achievements and exceptional promise for future accomplishments
Sohail Tavazoie grew up in Utah after his family immigrated to the United States from Iran, escaping the Iran-Iraq war. As his parents created a new life for their family, working at a computer disk manufacturing start-up, Tavazoie and his siblings attended the local school system and adjusted to their new home. However, there was something that remained as a constant for him amongst these changes. "I have been captivated by science and science fiction for as long as I remember. My father was an engineer and my mother a teacher. They always took extra time to teach us and to provide rationales for their answers,” he remembers.