Pictured: Jason Lee, graduate student, UCI School of Medicine
Jason Lee, a graduate student in the Igarashi Lab, and Rachael Hokenson, a graduate student in the Baram Lab, are recipients of the 2022 Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award ($10k).
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Rachael Hokenson |
Dr. Gazzaniga and his wife, Shae, established the Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award to support biomedical research conducted by graduate students. Each year, the merit-based award is given to a student with outstanding academic credentials and a promising biomedical study underway. With this endowment, the Gazzaniga family can further a long and illustrious family legacy in medicine.
“We are so pleased that the Gazzaniga family understands the importance of supporting graduate students who are pursuing careers in biomedical research,” said Klemens Hertel, PhD, former associate dean for graduate studies and professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. “These students are the researchers of the next generation, supporting them means supporting medicine of the future.”
More about the remarkable life and achievements of Dr. Gazzaniga may be found in his obituary.