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Hirschi Lab Members Receive AHA Career Development Awards

8/21/2023

Congratulations to Nick Chavkin, Gael Genet, and Nafiisha Genet, who have all received Career Development Awards from the American Heart association!       Nick Chavkin is a Research Assistant…

Magdalena Magaj Awarded Wagner Fellowship

8/21/2023

                Congratulations to Magdalena Magaj, who was been awarded a Wagner Fellowship! Magdalena is a graduate student in Dr. Stefanie Redemann's lab, and…

Gustavo Pacheco Awarded NIH Fellowship

8/21/2023

                Gustavo Pacheco, a MSTP student in the DeSimone lab, has been awarded an NIH-NICHD F30 predoctoral fellowship to study integrin adhesion and…

Gael Genet Receives AHA Career Development Award

6/15/2023

            We are excited to share that Gael Genet, a Research Assistant Professor in the Hirschi Lab, has been awarded the 2022 American Heart Association…

Nafiisha Genet Receives AHA Career Development Award

6/15/2023

            Nafiisha Genet, newly appointed Research Assistant Professor in the Hirschi Lab, has been awarded a prestigious Career Development Award from the American Heart Association…

Nick Chavkin Receives AHA Career Development Award

6/15/2023

                        Nick Chavkin, a postdoctoral researcher in the CVRC working in the Hirschi and Walsh Labs, has been awarded…

Dr. Xiaowei Lu Named 2023 Pinn Scholar

6/8/2023

Dr. Xiaowei Lu has been named one of three Pinn Scholars for 2023. This prestigious award, named in honor of Dr. Vivian Pinn, provides $120,000 to fund a research project…

Jonathon Sewell Awarded Presidential Fellowship in Collaborative Neuroscience

5/2/2023

                Jonathon Sewell, a graduate student in the Winckler lab, has been awarded a Presidential Fellowship in Collaborative Neuroscience to study a potentially…

Shaylyn Clancy Awarded NIDCD Fellowship

5/20/2022

  Our sense of hearing is critically dependent on the spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs), which connect the sound receptors in the organ of Corti (OC) to the cochlear nuclei of…