Andrew Benesh, PhD, of the Department of Developmental Biology; Matt Conover, PhD, of the Department of Molecular Microbiology; Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD, of the Department of Internal Medicine; Whitney Purtha, PhD, of the Department of Pathology and Immunology; and Jessica Williams, PhD, of the Department of Internal Medicine, have been named 2012-13 W.M. Keck Postdoctoral Fellows in Molecular Medicine by the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. Each year, the division selects four or five outstanding scientists in biomedical research with fewer than two years of postdoctoral research experience and awards each a fellowship of $25,000 for partial stipend support. … John A. Cooper, MD, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, has received a four-year, $1,155,200 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for research titled “Regulation of Actin Capping Protein.” … Peter Humphrey, MD, PhD, the Ladenson Professor of Pathology and Immunology, professor of urologic surgery and head of the Division of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, was selected president of the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. … Larry Lewis, MD, professor of emergency medicine, received the American College of Emergency Physicians 2012 John Rupke Legacy Award for outstanding lifetime contributions to the college. … John C. Morris, MD, the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Professor of Neurology, was appointed to the Alliance for Aging Research Science Advisory Board. … Catherine Roe, PhD, research assistant professor of neurology, and Nigel Cairns, PhD, research associate professor of pathology and immunology and of neurology, were selected to serve on the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center Steering Committee’s Scientific Review Committee. |
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