E. Josie Clowney named a 2021 Pew Biomedical Scholar
Rita Allen Scholar E. Josie Clowney (2019) receives Pew award to study fruitless gene and female and male brain development…
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Alejandro Sweet-Cordero: Precision Medicine in Pediatrics
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero’s journey into research and medicine began during his high school years in Mexico City, where he volunteered as a paramedic, providing medical aid to people injured in car crashes and other emergencies. Sweet-Cordero’s volunteer work, combined with a scholarly interest in biology (and science in general), led…
Emmanuelle Passegué: Seeking the Secrets of Blood Stem Cells
Emmanuelle Passegué had a rather unglamorous introduction to research as a young college student in France. Initially attracted to the field by fascinating papers filled with beautiful images of clean, unambiguous molecular mechanisms, the realities of working with fruit flies for biological research turned out to be quite different.
Announcing the 2020 Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain Scholars
Four pioneering early-career scientists will receive support to uncover the biology of pain.
Announcing the 2020 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars
Major grants will support five pioneering early-career biomedical scientists. The Rita Allen Foundation has named its 2020 class of Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, celebrating five early-career leaders in the biomedical sciences whose research holds exceptional promise for revealing new pathways to advance human health. The selected Scholars will receive…
Sanofi – Institut Pasteur Senior International Scientist Award for Biomedical Research in Microbiology and Infection presented to Carl Nathan
Rita Allen Scholar Carl Nathan (1984) receives Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award in recognition of his contributions to significant scientific progress in the life sciences…
Memorial Sloan Kettering recognizes Alex Kentsis’ research as an important clinical discovery of 2019
Rita Allen Scholar Alex Kentsis (2016) recognized for discovering a urinary biomarker for Wilms’ tumor—an important advancement—by Memorial Sloan Kettering…
Hao Wu is a recipient of the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award from The Protein Society for her contributions to protein biology.
Rita Allen Scholar Hao Wu (2002) winner of the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award…
The Mitchell Max Award was presented to Michael Burton at the NIH Pain Consortium Symposium for his presentation on delayed onset of neuropathic pain in older men.
Rita Allen Scholar Michael Burton (2019) presented Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence by NIH Pain Consortium…
Michael Boyce, Elena Gracheva, and Zachary Knight Receive 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Michael Boyce, Elena Gracheva, and Zachary Knight Three Rita Allen Scholars have been selected as recipients of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest recognition granted by the United States government for outstanding scientists and engineers at the beginning of independent…