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Jaye Antoinette Wilson is a winner of the fourth annual Rising Black Scientists Award for a scholar in the physical, data, earth, and environmental sciences. We asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is her story.
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Awards and Prizes , Environmental Science , Animals , Research Personnel , ButterfliesABSTRACT
Kevin Christopher Brown Jr. is a winner of the fourth annual Rising Black Scientists Awards for a scholar in the life and health sciences. We asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is his story.
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Awards and Prizes , Regenerative Medicine , Humans , Black People , Research PersonnelABSTRACT
Akorfa Dagadu is a winner of the fourth annual Rising Black Scientists Awards for a scholar in the physical, data, earth, and environmental sciences. We asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is her story.
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Awards and Prizes , Polymers , Humans , Female , Black PeopleABSTRACT
Senegal Alfred Mabry is a winner of the fourth annual Rising Black Scientists Awards for a scholar in the life and health sciences. We asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is his story.
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Awards and Prizes , Parkinson Disease , Humans , Black People , Research PersonnelABSTRACT
Camryn Carter is the winner of the third annual Rising Black Scientists Award for an undergraduate scholar in the physical, data, earth, and environmental sciences. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is her story.
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Awards and Prizes , Students , ScienceABSTRACT
Admirabilis Kalolella Jr. is the winner of the third annual Rising Black Scientists Award for an undergraduate scholar in the life and health sciences. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is his story.
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Awards and Prizes , Black People , Students , ScienceABSTRACT
Elijah Malik Persad-Paisley is the winner of the third annual Rising Black Scientists Award for a graduate/postdoctoral scholar in the life and health sciences. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about their scientific vision and goals, experiences that sparked their interest in science, how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community, and how these all fit together on their journey. This is his story.
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Awards and Prizes , Biological Science Disciplines , Humans , Research Personnel , Diversity, Equity, InclusionABSTRACT
The creative process in art and science involves two phases-generating and exploring new and wild ideas (building castles in the sky) and then narrowing down and focusing on the most tractable and useful ones (building houses of cards that don't topple over).
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Awards and Prizes , Creativity , Science , Art , HumansABSTRACT
From mRNA vaccines to community interventions in global child health, the 2022 Canada Gairdner awards demonstrate the importance of fundamental science and its translation into improved human health and well-being.
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Awards and Prizes , Biomedical Research , Canada , Child , Family , Global Health , HumansABSTRACT
Maternal and childhood mortality are health indicators that show very wide gaps between rich and poor, and between countries. The 2022 John Dirks Global Health Award recognizes Zulfiqar Bhutta "for the development and evaluation of evidenced-based interventions in child and maternal health for marginalized populations, focusing on outcomes for the 'first thousand days' of life." Cell editor Nicole Neuman caught up with Zulfiqar to discuss how he became passionate about maternal and child health, how mentors have shaped his career, and the lessons of his work for high-income countries. Excerpts of the conversation are presented below and have been edited for clarity and conciseness.
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Awards and Prizes , Child , Communication , Global Health , Humans , Male , MentorsABSTRACT
The 2022 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award is presented to Yuk Ming Dennis Lo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood, leading to development of noninvasive prenatal testing for Down syndrome.
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Awards and Prizes , Biomedical Research , Midwifery , DNA , Female , Fetus , Humans , PregnancyABSTRACT
The lack of racial diversity among the winners of United States biomedical research prizes reflects a chronic problem of the underappreciation of certain groups of biomedical scientists. Asians continue to be severely underrepresented as awardees of United States biomedical research prizes, a trend that shows no obvious recent improvement.
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Asian People , Awards and Prizes , Biomedical Research , Minority Groups , Cultural Diversity , Humans , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , Research Personnel , United States , WomenABSTRACT
Charleese Williams is the winner of the 2021 Rising Black Scientists Award for an undergraduate scholar. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about the experiences that sparked their interest in the life sciences, their vision and goals, and how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community. This is her story.
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Black People/psychology , Medical Laboratory Personnel/psychology , Neurons , Neurosciences , Students/psychology , Awards and Prizes , Female , Goals , HumansABSTRACT
This year's Gairdner Foundation Award for Biomedical Research is awarded to John Dick for the discovery of leukemic stem cells and the hierarchical organization of acute myeloid leukemias. His work laid the foundation for the cancer stem cell model with numerous clinical implications for hematopoietic malignancies and solid tumors.
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Awards and Prizes , Biomedical Research , Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute , Neoplastic Stem Cells , Humans , Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology , Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathologyABSTRACT
Dr. Deborah J. Cook's contributions in the field of critical care have not only impacted the intensive care unit (ICU) patients she treats and countless others worldwide but have also helped establish research programs and clinical trials as integral components of improving care and outcomes for the most seriously ill. Lara Szewczak spoke with Dr. Cook, recipient of the 2022 Canada Gairdner Wightman award, about critical care research, her reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic, and her views on mentorship. An edited version of this conversation is presented below.
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Awards and Prizes , COVID-19 , Critical Care , Humans , Mentors , PandemicsABSTRACT
Through studies in mice and in humans, Stuart Orkin showed that GATA-1 is a master transcriptional regulator of hematopoiesis. He has highlighted the role of BCL11A in the fetal-adult hemoglobin switch. The Gairdner Foundation Award recognizes Orkin's contribution to the development of gene therapy of sickle cell disease.
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Anemia, Sickle Cell , Awards and Prizes , Genetic Therapy , Anemia, Sickle Cell/genetics , Anemia, Sickle Cell/therapy , Animals , Disease Models, Animal , Fetal Hemoglobin/genetics , Hematopoiesis/genetics , Humans , Mice , Repressor Proteins/geneticsABSTRACT
Elle Lett is the winner of the 2021 Rising Black Scientists Award for a post-graduate scholar. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about the experiences that sparked their interest in the life sciences, their vision and goals, and how they want to contribute to a more inclusive scientific community. This is her story.
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Biological Science Disciplines , Biostatistics , Black People/psychology , Medical Laboratory Personnel/psychology , Social Justice , Transgender Persons/psychology , Awards and Prizes , Education, Graduate , Female , Goals , Humans , Racism/psychologyABSTRACT
The foundational research recognized by this year's Lasker Basic Science Research Award "for discoveries concerning the integrins-key mediators of cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion in physiology and disease" reaches back to the 1970s.
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Awards and Prizes , IntegrinsABSTRACT
Truly creative works of science and art produce unexpected and surprising results-just like the punch line of a good joke that generates an unfamiliar twist on a familiar idea. Surprise stimulates curiosity, which triggers a search to reveal the mystery of things unknown.
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Art , Creativity , Science , Wit and Humor as Topic , Awards and Prizes , Humans , Paintings , SculptureABSTRACT
Olufolakemi "Fola" Olusanya is the winner of the first Rising Black Scientist Award for an undergraduate scholar. For this award, we asked emerging Black scientists to tell us about the experiences that sparked their journey in the life sciences. This is her story.