Category Archives: awards and honors

Seventy-eight grants have been awarded to scientists proposing highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research, under the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program supported by the NIH Common Fund. Awards support exceptional investigators pursuing bold research projects that span the broad mission of the NIH, including developing methods for cells to synthesize their own […]

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently announced the first recipients of its two newly developed Avenir Award programs for HIV/AIDS and genetics research. The Avenir (meaning “future” in French) Awards support early stage investigators who propose highly innovative studies. The six scientists will each receive up to $300,000 per year for five years […]

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials Science, Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Irvine was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows For outstanding […]

Dr. Björn Corleis, postdoctoral fellow at Ragon, has been selected as this year’s winner of the Postdoc Recognition Award by the Mass General Postdoc Association (MGPA).   The MGPA serves the MGH postdoctoral community, providing support for research and career related matters across the hospital. The Postdoc Recognition Award is designed to recognize outstanding postdoctoral […]

Ragon faculty members Drs. Alejandro Balaz and Daniel Lingwood have been awarded this year’s prestigious Milton Fund award.   The Harvard University William F. Milton Fund grants often fill gaps in funding. The fund, which is open to Harvard faculty members, funds new and original projects in the fields of medicine, geography, history, and science. […]

Ragon Institute Director, Dr. Bruce Walker was honored at the 5th Annual Gala Sida Barcelona (AIDS Gala) held on November 12 in Barcelona, Spain.   The AIDS Gala is an annual event held by the Fight AIDS Foundation. Established in 1992 by Dr. Bonaventura Clotet, the Fight AIDS Foundation is a non-profit organization whose main […]

Who are some of the best and brightest scientific minds of our time?   Multinational mass media and information firm, Thomson/Reuters answered this question by analyzing citation data over the last 11 years to identify those who published the highest-impact work.  Of the 32,000 individuals selected, 30 investigators are based at or closely affiliated with […]

Katja Kleinsteuber, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow with in the Walker Lab has been awarded the Marie Curie International outgoing fellowship awarded by the European Commission.   The European Commission plays a key role in providing support for the next generation of science, technology, researchers and innovations through the whole of the European Union and associated […]

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has received a four-year, $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate and test broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of HIV. “We have recently demonstrated the profound therapeutic efficacy of the potent broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibody PGT121 in rhesus monkeys chronically infected with […]

Ragon Institute Investigator Filippos Porichis, PhD has been recognized by the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD) for significant contributions to research conducted within the CAVD.  Dr. Porichis was nominated for the Early Career Investigator Award by Dr. Bruce Walker,  CAVD Principal Investigator and Director of the Ragon Institute.   The Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine […]