The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2018 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, recognizing seven young leaders in biomedical science whose research has the potential to lead to groundbreaking new discoveries and advance human health. The selected Scholars will each receive grants of up to $110,000 annually for a…
A conversation with Fast Forward’s Shannon Farley about the promise of nonprofits in a changing tech sector…
On October 4, 2018, with major support from the Rita Allen Foundation, a Misinformation Solutions Forum at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., will bring together academic researchers, technology professionals, data scientists, journalists, educators, community leaders and funders to explore promising ideas for curbing the spread of misinformation. Organizers…
From his earliest experiments, Ron Vale has investigated the movements that make life possible: the productive growth of plants, the division of cells, and the transit of signals through the long axons of neurons. His work, both within the laboratory and beyond, is marked by a persistent…
A salute to the leadership, passion and discoveries of pioneering Rita Allen Foundation Scholars…
Lloyd Trotman found his calling as an experimental scientist during a “very intense” organic chemistry course as an undergraduate at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Lloyd Trotman (Photo: Constance Brukin/CSHL) “You had to do this combination of good hands-on execution of techniques and…
Solutions Forum and $75,000 in Prizes Will Catalyze Ideas Focusing on Sharing Behavior March 26, 2018 – What makes misinformation such an urgent problem today is its ability to spread rapidly and pervasively, via social media, online publishing and the 24-hour news cycle. Misinformation goes viral fast—false stories spread…
Tenth class of early-career pain researchers to investigate key regulators of pain signaling, inform new therapeutic strategies The Rita Allen Foundation has named Helen Lai of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders in…
Several Rita Allen Foundation Scholars have explored the genetic and cellular mechanisms that enable living things to adapt and survive in the face of an ever-changing environment. With support from the Foundation, these pioneering researchers have developed new ways to study the complex dynamics of DNA, track the activity of…
Susan Dymecki, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, has been named to the Rita Allen Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee. The Committee consists of leading scientists and clinicians from outstanding research institutions. Drawing on their collective experiences in medical discovery and development, members of the Committee…