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2007 Class of Hartwell Fellows

Memphis, TN, December 28 - The Hartwell Foundation announced its 2007 class of Hartwell Fellows, which provide funding to US citizens for postdoctoral training in biomedical science at select research institutions in the United States. The Fellowships offer support for two years at $50,000 direct cost per year to support scientists in the early stages of biomedical research careers by enabling them to pursue further specialized training as part of their career development.

Institutions that fully participated in the 2007 process for Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards received the right to designate a Hartwell Fellowship award, effective January 2008.  In 2007, qualifying institutions designated the following individuals to receive Fellowship support from The Hartwell Foundation:

  • Cornell University

Gretchen J. McAuliffe, Ph.D. (Feb 2008), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Duke University

Terri Ellis, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry

  • The Johns Hopkins University

William Adam Gower, MD, Department of Pediatrics

  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Allison Williams, Ph.D., Department of Structural Biology

  • University of California San Diego

Douglas A. Mitchell, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

  • The University of Michigan

Megan N. Ballinger, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine

  • University of Pittsburgh

Drew D. Dudgeon, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Alfred J. Robison, Jr. Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience

  • University of Virginia

Cynthia M. Grimsley-Myers, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology

  • The University of Wisconsin Madison

Lisa Y. Lenertz, Ph.D., Department of Biomolecular Chemistry

The Hartwell Foundation is honored to provide financial support to these outstanding young scientists. Each qualifying institution chose an exceptional individual of high promise in the field of biomedical research, enabling the recipient to achieve professional training in an area of science that they passionately wish to pursue.

 

2006 Hartwell Fellow James A. Cooper, Jr., Ph.D. (seated), and mentor Christopher S. Chen, MD, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

2006 Hartwell Fellow Walter Lam, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
 

 

 

 

 



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