RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – Supporting the research careers of medical doctors conducting biomedical investigation has long been a priority of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The Fund is pleased to announce the latest cohort of the Career Award for Medical Scientists recipients.
The Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) focuses on the transition of physician-scientists from postdocs/fellows into an independent research position. This program hopes to address the shortage of physicians entering the research workforce. To date, the program has funded 169 physician-scientists for an investment of more than $110 million.
“Because of their training, physicians are well suited to not only provide patient care but with additional training also conduct discovery research,” said Senior Program Officer Rolly Simpson. “By supporting this group of talented physicians conducting research, we hope to help address the declining numbers of this population.”
The 2020/2021 award cycle for Career Awards for Medical Scientists generated 118 proposals from early-career physician-scientists from 31 institutions.
The recipients of the 2021 Career Award for Medical Scientists are:
Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber | Boston Children’s Hospital Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Hematopoietic stem cell clonal diversity in GATA2 deficiency associated blood disorders
David Benjamin Beck, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)*
Understanding the Role of Somatic Mutations in Severe Adult-Onset Inflammatory Diseases
*Funding will be received by faculty institute TBD
Silvia Bernardi, MD
Columbia University
Neural bases of conceptual generalization and transfer learning: mechanisms that go awry in psychiatric illness
Jeeyeon Monica Cha, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Understanding sexually dimorphic responses of the pancreatic beta cell in diabetes
Raghu Ram Chivukula, MD, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elucidating the Role of Lysosome Dysfunction in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Carlos Antonio Diaz-Balzac, MD, PhD
University of Rochester
Transcriptional regulation of neural circuit formation in intellectual disabilities
Neir Eshel, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Dopamine and serotonin at the intersection of reward and aggression
Russell Paul Goodman, MD, DPhil
Massachusetts General Hospital
Targeting Hepatic Reductive Stress to Treat Fatty Liver Disease
Brian Christopher Miller, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Targeting Myeloid Cells as a Personalized Immunotherapy Approach to Cancer
Rachel Niec, MD, PhD
Rockefeller University
Lymphatic regulation of the intestinal stem cell niche
Celestine N. Wanjalla, MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Understanding the role of CD4+ T helper cells in cardiovascular disease progression in persons with HIV
Kevin Wei, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Notch3 as a therapeutic target in rheumatoid arthritis
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Contact: Russ Campbell at news@bwfund.org
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