Announcements

4.1.2011 -- UCSD's faculty are awarded three 2010 Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Awards. This is a terrific accomplishment and results in nearly 1 million dollars in funding over the next three years. UCSD Health Sciences congratulates the following recipients:

8.24.2011 -- Dr. George Sen is named the Ray Thomas Edwards Foundation recipient for 2011. The award amount is $150,000 over 3 years. Dr. Sen was selected by the LSLSC to move forward and competed against colleagues from the Salk Institute as well as The Scripps Research Institute. The Limited Submission Committee and UCSD Health Sciences congratulate Dr. Sen on this accomplishment!

9.20.2011 -- The internal review process is complete for several awards. Nominees will move forward to the application phase with the sponsor institution. The Limited Submissions Committee and UC San Diego Health Sciences congratulate the following individuals on their accomplishment, and wish them the best as they move forward with the process:

UCSD nominates Dr. Steve Dowdy for the Keck Foundation: Medical Research Program

UCSD nominates Drs. Eric Bennett and Kevin Corbett for the Kinship Foundation: Searle Scholars Program

UCSD nominates Drs. Rosa Andrade, Prabhleen Singh and Michael Wilson for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS)

UCSD nominates DVM Christina Sigurdson and Drs. Kumud Singh and Elina Zuniga for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases

9.29.2011 -- Initial review for the UCSD Health Sciences and Roche Extending Innovation Network program is complete. This is the pioneer venture for this program, which holds great potential for partnering between UCSD faculty and Roche. The Roche Steering Committee, consisting of Drs. Joan Heller Brown and Michael Gilson, as well the review committee and UCSD Health Sciences congratulate these 3 scientists on the accomplishment of moving to phase 2 review with Roche:

Roche Fall 2011 EIN Program: Dr. Paul Insel,  Dr. Michael Rosenfeld  and  Dr. Gene Yeo

10.3.2011 -- Challenging prevailing theories…Dr. Kumar Sharma, professor of medicine at UC San Diego’s School of Medicine and director of the Center for Renal Translational Medicine, has received a $5.9 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study kidney complications related to type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The grant encourages “groundbreaking original research addressing fundamental questions or major obstacles in type 1 diabetes research, including studies that challenge current dogma.” Read more about the significant grant.

UC San Diego Health Sciences congratulates Dr. Sharma on this outstanding accomplishment.

10.7.2011 -- Internal review has concluded for this year's Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research awards and the Pew Charitable Trusts Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences award. We congratulate the following applicants on being selected by the internal review committee:

Individual Biomedical Research: Drs. John Chang, William Joiner, Takaki Komiyama, Jing Yang

Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences: Dr. George Sen

12.15.2011 -- The UCSD Health Sciences and Roche Extending Innovation Network program is complete and all three investigators were chosen to receive funding. Please help us congratulate the following investigators for their accomplishment:  Dr. Paul Insel, Dr. Xiang-Dong Fu  joint wtih Dr. Michael Rosenfeld and Dr. Gene Yeo