Recent Honors

• UW's Elizabeth Thompson, Statistics, and Michael Bevan, Immunology, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences
• Yoshi Kohno, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, wins Sloan Research Fellowship
• Michael Guralnick, CHDD director and UW Professor, selected to receive the Edgar A. Doll Award
• Pamela Mitchell, associate dean for research in the School of Nursing, receives the 2007 Pathfinder Distinguished Research Award
• The American College of Physicians (ACP)'s Washington Chapter honors UW Professor Douglas Paauw
• UW Professor Michelle Williams wins Lilienfeld Award, recognizing excellence in the teaching of epidemiology during the course of a career
• Five UW professors named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Four UW faculty members and two alumni elected to the Institute of Medicine
• Horwitz receives NIH Pioneer Award
• UW to lead local center in landmark national study of children's health
• Technology Review honors 3 UW engineers
• Basic Scientist Mark Roth Wins MacArthur Fellowship

Recent Major Grants

• $3 million from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to Genome Sciences for a comprehensive catalog of human DNaseI hypersensitive sites
• $3.5 million from the Department of Energy for the Nuclear Physics Lab for Experiemental Nuclear Physics Research
• $3.7 million from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) for the UW Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Training
• $8 million from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) for the Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS)
• $10.8 million from NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute awarded as part of a national effort to expand the ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project. The project is the next phase of the Human Genome Project in which researchers will attempt to read instructions hidden within the human genome sequence and determine how to switch genes on and off.
• $1.35 million in institutional startup funding to launch the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, which was established to help American Indians and other indigenous people achieve health and wellness. Director, Karina Walters, Social Work
• $2.2 million to develop detailed engineering specifications for a cabled underwater research facility to be built off the coast of Washington and Oregon on the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate. PI: John Delaney
• $29.7 million from the Health Resources and Service Administration for international AIDS education and training through the UW Dept. of Global Health. PI: King Holmes
• $105 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that will conduct independent, rigorous evaluations of health programs worldwide. Director: Christopher J.L. Murray
• $10.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop tissue engineering and stem cell therapies for repairing damaged heart
• $3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help build a river-to-ocean environmental observatory for the Pacific Coast and Columbia River.
• $20 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish an interdisciplinary Dept. of Global Health.