Meaghan Creed and Jordan McCall receive major grant awards from NIH
Rita Allen Scholars Meaghan Creed (2019) and Jordan McCall (2019) receive their first R01 grants from NIH as junior faculty…
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The Fund for Shared Insight is accepting applications for the web-based feedback initiative, Listen4Good Online+
Listen4Good Online+, an initiative from Shared Insight, is accepting applications through August 12 from nonprofits interested in change through feedback…
A new article from the Columbia Journalism Review discusses the success of The Conversation in covering the coronavirus pandemic
Non-profit news source, The Conversation, has thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on academic, scientific journalism…
The Pershing Square Foundation awards grants for innovative SARS-Cov-2 research projects to scientists including David Tuveson and Sohail Tavazoie
Rita Allen Scholars David Tuveson (2004) and Sohail Tavazoie (2009) will study COVID19 treatments and immunogenetics with grants from Pershing Square…
Peter Kim and colleagues at Stanford University are developing an antibody test for COVID-19
A collaboration of researchers at Stanford, including Rita Allen Scholar Peter Kim (1990), will develop a serological assay for COVID-19 testing…
Researchers at First Draft identify the impact of misinformation and disinformation on social media platform, TikTok
A study completed by First Draft evaluates how misinformation on the coronavirus pandemic is shared on TikTok…
H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics awarded to Bruce Stillman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Rita Allen Scholar Bruce Stillman (1983) receives 2020 Heineken Prize for his research on proteins involved in DNA replication…
Christopher Lima and a colleague from Sloan Kettering Institute elected as new members of the National Academy of Sciences
Rita Allen Scholar Christopher Lima (2003) elected as a new member of NAS, joining over a dozen researchers from MSKCC…
New article from Inside Philanthropy recognizes funders of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, including the Rita Allen Foundation, and changing roles during the pandemic
The Rita Allen Foundation is recognized as a “powerhouse research funder” in a new article from IP on supporting science…
Scientists from across the globe, including Michael Lin, publish a public letter addressing the use of fabric masks to stop COVID-19 pandemic
Experts including Rita Allen Scholar Michael Lin (2011) sign a public letter with new research supporting the use of masks during pandemic…