The LLHF would like to congratulate its 2011 Distinguished Research Scientists who received the following awards:
The Lawrence A. Smookler Award in Diabetes
Safia Costes, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles
LLHF Fellowship Grant Project Title: “Role of Proteosomal Ubiquitin Pathway in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Beta Cells”
The John S. Spice Award in Aging
Subhojit Roy,MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
LLHF Start-Up Grant Project Title: “Axonal Transport Deficits and Therapeutic Avenues in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Katherine Possin, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
LLHF Fellowship Grant Project Title: “Early Markers and Brain Bases of Spatial Impairment in Alpha-Synuclein Disorders”