2024 Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars Award
The Natalie V. Zucker Research Center for Women Scholars Award were established through the incredible generosity of Mrs. Natalie V. Zucker in order to further the research careers of junior women scientists conducting basic and clinical biomedical research at Tufts or the major Tufts-affiliated hospitals. Awards are made to support specific research projects and to fund travel and training opportunities.
The 2024 Awardees
Hayley Muendlein, Research Assistant Professor of Immunology, Tufts School of Medicine
ZBP1 as a regulator of homeostasis and aging
Regina Powers, Postdoctoral Scholar, IRACDA
Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to investigate the loss of neurodevelopmental-disease implicated molecules on glutamatergic synapses
Qiwen Dong, Research Associate, Microbiology, Tufts School of Medicine
Developing a bacterial therapeutic to treat and prevent Clostridioides difficile infection
Anna-Lisa Lawrence, Postdoctoral Scholar, Microbiology, Tufts School of Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth regulation at acidic pH by calcium and lipids
Carolyn Chlebek, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Maine Medical Center
Investigating the biological pathways altering bone quality during caloric restriction and social isolation
Rachel Ende, Postdoctoral Scholar, IRACDA
Investigating the Interplay Between Growth Environment and Efficacy of Antibiotic Interactions Against
Zhu (Jenny) Cui, Clinical Associate, Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Developing a prediction model for late disease relapse and long-term treatment toxicity using a multistate framework in a large-scale Hodgkin's lymphoma dataset