Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI) in Seattle have been awarded a $12.5 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study variations in the genomes of normal cells that accumulate as we grow, develop and age. The UW effort will be led by Dr. Andrew B. Stergachis,…
The Washington Research Foundation has announced a $500,000 grant to the Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Washington, which will continue its support of the program for the next five years. WRF has awarded $1.9 million to the URP since 2004, directly supporting 199 fellows. “We are delighted to continue our partnership with the University of Washington in this important…
Two ISCRM faculty members, Julie Mathieu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Comparative Medicine and Niclas Bengtsson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurology, have received prestigious awards from the John H. Tietze Foundation Trust that will help fuel promising research underway in their labs. Neural tube defects (NTDs) are life-threatening conditions that occur in about 1 in 1000 births when the neural tube fails to close during…
BBI’s Husky Coronavirus Testing (HCT) Team has been selected for the UW’s 2023 Distinguished Staff Award for Innovation. The honor recognizes outstanding employees “who contribute to the richness and diversity of our University community.” The 20 individuals, representatives of a larger 200-plus member team, will be recognized at a ceremony on June 8 hosted by University President Dr. Ana Mari…
Each year, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and achievements in clinical care, education, and research through their lifetime achievement and midcareer awards. Congratulations to the following from the Department of Medicine who have received 2023 ASN awards:
First awarded in 1984, the Young Investigator Award provides research funding to promising young physicians during the final years of training to support the transition to a faculty appointment and to encourage quality research in clinical oncology. Congratulations to the following who received 2023 Young Investigator awards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO):
Valerie Daggett, University of Washington professor of bioengineering, received the 2023 University Faculty Lecture Award. The distinction honors current or emeriti faculty whose research, scholarship or art has been widely recognized by their peers and had a substantial impact on their profession, on the research or performance of others and perhaps on society as a whole. Daggett will deliver a campus-wide…
UW Bioengineering Ph.D. students Ryan Ressmeyer, Murial Ross, and Iona Veras-Tobos are recipients of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in National Science Foundation-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. The students will receive a three-year annual stipend of…
The Chair of Medicine Scholars Awards, initiated in 2013, are awarded annually to meritorious University of Washington Department of Medicine trainees to foster their transition to the roles of physician-scientist and principal investigator. Congratulations to the 2023 recipients:
The Diversity Academic Development Scholar Award assists highly qualified and meritorious trainees in their transition to the roles of clinician-scholar, physician-scientist, research-scientist, and principal investigator as newly appointed assistant professors. Congratulations to the 2023 recipients: