Rita Allen Scholar Candice Paulsen (2018) receives award in recognition for excellence in innovative teaching
Candice Paulsen awarded the 2021 Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation award…
Archive: Rita Allen Scholars
Rita Allen Scholar Agata Smogorzewska (2010) and her team has been awarded $3.25 million to advance research for head and neck cancers
Agata Smogorzewska to lead Stand Up to Cancer research team…
Communicating Science in an Empathic and Inclusive Way: Why—and How—Should Pain Researchers Do It?
During a recent episode of “The Pain Beat”—a monthly podcast hosted by the Pain Research Forum that provides a space for pain investigators to discuss important ideas in their field—a group of pain researchers, science communicators, and civic science advocates, including Rita Allen Foundation’s President and…
Rita Allen Scholar Michael Rout (2000) will investigate nanobodies for potential use in Lyme disease diagnostics
Michael Rout has been named a 2021 Emerging Leader by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation…
Rita Allen Scholar Ben Black (2009) receives grant to construct the first synthetic mammalian artificial chromosomes
Ben Black has been named a 2021 Transformative Research Awardee by the NIH…
Rita Allen Scholar David Van Valen (2020) receives award for his work with deep learning-enabled optical barcodes
David Van Valen has been named a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation…
Diana Bautista to study cellular and molecular interactions that contribute to chronic inflammation
Rita Allen Scholar Diana Bautista (2010) has been named a 2021 HHMI Investigator.
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.
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.