Eight Penn scientists receive NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program
A group of five scientists received the Transformative Research Award for a project focusing on cancer research, while three investigators received the New Innovator Award for independent projects developed by early-career investigators.
Eight Penn scientists have received NIH grants through High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. They are pictured left to right, top to bottom: Perelman School of Medicine’s Bushra Raj, Luca Busino, Donita Brady, Eric Witze, Terence Gade, Amelia Escolano, Chengcheng Jin, and George Burslem.
Eight researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine have received research grants designed to invest in high-risk, high-reward projects.
A group of five Penn scientists received the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award for a project focusing on cancer research, while three investigators received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for independent projects developed by early-career investigators.
Established in 2009, the Transformative Research Award promotes cross-cutting, interdisciplinary science and is open to individuals and teams of investigators who propose research that could potentially create or challenge existing paradigms.
Transformative Research Award recipients include:
Donita Brady, Ph.D., the Harrison McCrea Dickson, M.D. and Clifford C. Baker, M.D. Presidential Associate Professor in Cancer Biology
George Burslem, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Cancer Biology
Chengcheng Jin, PhD, an assistant professor of Cancer Biology: Bushra Raj, PhD, an assistant professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Amelia Escolano, PhD, Wistar Institute assistant professor of Microbiology
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