The Seattle-area chapter of the Association for Women in Science, or AWIS, has selected two women from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to receive 2019 Seattle AWIS awards.
Dr. Jeanne Ting Chowning, senior director of Science Education Training, has been selected to receive the Excellence in STEM Education/Outreach Award. Dr. Denise Galloway, an expert in the role of infectious diseases in cancer whose research was fundamental to the development of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, will receive the Science Advancement and Leadership Award.
Chowning and Galloway will be among four women honored June 6 at the 2019 Seattle AWIS Banquet. The event will take place at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture.
