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Come to the AWIS-PHL Annual Awards Dinner, May 23, 2012, at Arcadia University.

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See this year's award recipients below.

Congratulations to Donna Murasko, Ph.D, recipient of the 2012 Bingham Award!

Dr. Murasko will be honored at our Annual Awards Dinner, May 23, 2012, at Arcadia University. More information available soon.

Congratulations to the Recipient of the 2012 AWIS-PHL Delaware Valley Science Council Award!

This year, the award goes to Laura Jarin-Lipschitz from the Baldwin School.

Congratulations to our 2012 Travel Award Winners!

We had our best-ever response to our "Call for Applications" this year, and we applaud all the applicants for their excellent work. Here are this year's winners:

 

Robert E. Davies Student Travel Award: Subhasree Basu
 PhD Program in Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University

"Inactivation of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) is necessary for the elimination of cytoplasmic organelles and nuclei by autophagy during terminal differentiation of lens fiber cells"

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2012, May 6-10, 2012, Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

Adelaide M. Delluva Student Travel Award: Elizabeth Crowe
MD/PhD student in the Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine

"Astrocyte Senescence as a Component of Age‐Related Neuropathology"

Eleventh International Symposium on Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology of Aging, July 29–August 3, 2012, Kloster Mehrerau, Bregenz, Austria

 

U of P Women's Club Student Travel Grant: Alison Pouch
PhD program in Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

"Automated quantification of mitral valve dynamics using real-time 3D ultrasound"

SPIE Medical Imaging 2012, February 4-9, 2012, San Diego, California

AWIS is National Ally of Vision 2020

Vision 2020 is a national initiative developed by the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine to make equality a national priority through shared leadership among women and men.

When visiting the Vision 2020 page, consider becoming a member of Vision 2020 to help support this wonderful initiative.

The slides and report from the Vision 2020 presentation at our September 27, 2011, meeting are available on our Newsletters and Meeting Reports page.

Click here to read Ellie Cantor's report of the March 27, 2012 White House Briefing for Vision 2020.

Interested in sharing your love of science?

Visit our Outreach page to learn about AWIS-PHL's participation in programs throughout the region.

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