Tag: Baylor College of Medicine

A longtime professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Zoghbi has made extensive contributions to the understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of neurological disease, including autism spectrum disorder. Her outstanding research has earned her the inaugural Nancy Lurie Marks Prize for Autism Research from the Lurie Autism Institute.

The new deans are Carolyn Smith at Baylor College of Medicine, Erika Randall at the University of Colorado Boulder, Renée Cheng at Arizona State University, and Sally Mudiamu at Montana State University.

The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and conducted by researchers at the Yale University School of Public Health, will involve 250 new low-income mothers in Connecticut.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.