June 24, 2004
Young UW researchers win two of 16 Burroughs Wellcome Awards worth $500,000
Two researchers in the School of Medicine have won 2004 Career Awards in Biomedical Sciences from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Dr. Chyi-Song Hsieh, acting instructor of medicine and senior fellow in the Department of Immunology, and Dr. Michele Solis, research associate in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, were among 16 scientists around the country to receive the awards.
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is a private foundation aimed at advancing medical science through supporting research and education. The Career Awards in Biomedical Sciences foster the development and productivity of promising postdoctoral researchers early in their careers, and help them toward becoming independent investigators. The awards include five-year, $500,000 grants to assist the research of each winner.
Hsieh, who is completing a fellowship in rheumatology, is examining the role of regulatory T-cells in autoimmunity.
Solis is researching a telencephalic pattern generator for song in the lab of Dr. David Perkel, associate professor of biology and otolaryngology. Perkel’s lab is studying the neural mechanisms of learning in songbirds.
