She received a $420,000 Carol and Gene Ludwig Award for Neurodegeneration Research and $500,000 from the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation Awards Program in Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Research.
The Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging supports talented new investigators who have begun to establish research programs with interest in the health of older individuals.
As part of this honor, he received a five-year, $640,508 NIAID grant for his project and will also be supported by a career investment award from the school’s department of medicine.