Congratulations to Maya Kotas, MD PhD and Carolyn Sangokoya, MD PhD - two WPSS members -- have both been selected for the prestigious 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists!! See the announcement here --> https://www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-announces-the-2022-career-awards-for-medical-scientists/
For BWF CAMS, Dr. Kotas has been awarded for her research area focusing on "Understanding the role of tuft cells in allergic airway disease". Dr. Kotas has also recently been named a 2022 Rising Star of Research by the American Thoracic Society.
For BWF CAMS, Dr. Sangokoya has been awarded for her research area focusing on "Illuminating post-transcriptional control of stem cell fate and function". Dr. Sangokoya has also recently received a 2022 Young Physician-Scientist Award from the American Society of Clinical Investigation.