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Courtney Griffin, a postdoctoral fellow in Terry Magnuson’s lab, is among the first recipients of the new NIH Pathway to Independence Award. The program, which was announced earlier this year, is a new opportunity for postdoctoral scientists to receive both mentored and independent research support from the same award. The program supports awardees through two phases. The initial 1-2 year mentored phase will allow investigators to complete their supervised research work, publish results, and search for an independent research position. The second independent phase, years 3-5, will allow awardees who secure an assistant professorship, or equivalent position, to establish their own research programs and successfully apply for an NIH investigator-initiated (R01) grant. Dr. Griffin’s research is focused on the role of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes in embryonic vascular development. As an independent investigator, her long-term goal is to understand the influence of epigenetics on vascular morphogenesis that will lead to the discovery of new genes and signaling pathways involved in vascular development. |
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