The LLHF would like to congratulate its 2015 Distinguished Research Scientists who received the following awards:
The Lawrence A. Smookler Award in Diabetes
Whitney Purtha, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, San Francisco
LLHF Fellowship Grant Project Title: “The Role of Aire in the Selection of Diabetogenic T Cells”
The John S. Spice Award in Aging
Jennifer Yokoyama, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
LLHF Fellowship Grant Project Title: “Novel Ways to Predict Successful and Abnormal Aging of the Brain: The Role of Compound Genetic Risk”
