Press Releases
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has selected three finalists of the inaugural Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists (Trailblazer Prize): Daniel Bauer, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Michael Fox, M.D., Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) announced today that FNIH has selected CRI to be its source of landscape intelligence in immuno-oncology, also called cancer immunotherapy.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has elected world-renowned scientific leader Marijn Dekkers, Ph.D., Chairman of Unilever, as its newest member. Dr. Dekkers’ appointment took effect on May 17, 2018.
Prize bestowed to Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen for discovery of the cGAS enzyme and its DNA-sensing pathway and their impact on immune defense and autoimmune disease.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is pleased to open nominations for the inaugural Trailblazer Prize for Clinician-Scientists (Trailblazer Prize). This annual prize and $10,000 honorarium presented by the FNIH recognizes the outstanding contributions of early career clinician-scientists in the United States whose work has the potential to or has led to innovations in patient care. To nominate a colleague for this prize and learn about eligibility criteria, visit fnih.org/TrailblazerPrize. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is proud to announce that it received the Gold Stevie Award for Organization of the Year in the government/nonprofit category of the Women in Business Awards. The FNIH’s President and Executive Director, Maria C. Freire, Ph.D., also received a Gold Stevie Award for Woman of the Year in the government/non-profit category.
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is proud to announce that President and Executive Director Maria C. Freire, Ph.D. has won a Washington Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Award. Now in its 14th year, this prestigious award honors the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area’s most influential business women across every industry and profession.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has unanimously elected Fred Seigel as a new member. Mr. Seigel is President and Chief Operating Officer of Beacon Capital Partners, a private real estate investment company based in Boston.