The LLHF would like to congratulate its 2024 Distinguished Research Scientists who received the following awards:
The Terry C. Hillblom Research Scholar Award
Isha Jain, PhD
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
LLHF Startup Grant Project Title: “High Altitude-Inspired Therapies for Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes”
The Lawrence A. Smookler Award in Diabetes
Karina Cunha e Rocha, PhD
University of California, San Diego
LLHF Fellowship Grant Project Title: “The role of adipose tissue macrophages-derived miR-690 on adipocyte precursor cell”
The John S. Spice Award in Aging
Yi Zeng, PhD
Stanford University
LLHF Startup Grant Project Title: “Elucidating the role of alternative polyadenylation in ALS and FTD“
“It is our pleasure and honor to be able to support young research scientists of extraordinary capability.”
– Dave Pier, Executive Director
