Axel Nimmerjahn will investigate astrocytes to better understand overall brain function
Rita Allen Scholar Axel Nimmerjahn’s (2011) research team awarded $11.2 million by NIH’s BRAIN Initiative.
Archive: Rita Allen Scholars
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy named a 2021 One Mind Rising Star
Rita Allen Scholar Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy (2015) receives award to study dopamine after trauma and how antidepressants may help…
Meaghan Creed receives award for her work in developing novel neuromodulation therapies
Rita Allen Scholar Meaghan Creed (2019) named the 2021 Freedman Prizewinner for Exceptional Basic Research.
Michael Rout named a 2021 Emerging Leader by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Rita Allen Scholar Michael Rout (2000) receives award to advance his work with nanobodies…
Announcing the 2021 Rita Allen Foundation Scholars
Major grants will support five pioneering early-career biomedical scientists.
David Van Valen named a 2021 Pew-Stewart Scholar for Cancer Research
Rita Allen Scholar David Van Valen (2020) receives Pew-Stewart award to develop methods to predict patient responses to cancer immunotherapy…
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…
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.