Young Investigator Award

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, I am pleased to announce the recipient of the Viruses 2021 Young Investigator Award, Dr. Nicholas S. Heaton, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.

Dr. Heaton’s current work broadly focuses on understanding how respiratory RNA viruses induce inflammation and lung disease, as well as how virally induced damage is eventually repaired. His most recent study has revealed a new mechanism that prevents influenza-virus-induced lung inflammation from being transferred to a developing fetus during maternal infection.

We would like to thank the Selection Committee members, Drs. Luis Martinez- Sobrido, Dann Turner, K. Andrew White, Craig McCormick and Elizabeth White, for their evaluation of the candidates.

Congratulations to Dr. Heaton for winning this very competitive Young Investigator Award.

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Eric O. Freed, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Viruses
Director, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute Frederick, MD, USA

 
Viruses 2021 Young Investigator Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Nicholas Wu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carolien van de Sandt
Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Award Committee

Prof. Shan-Lu Liu Chairman
The Ohio State University
Dr. Luis Martinez-Sobrido
Prof. K. Andrew White
York University
Dr. Lorena A. Passarelli
Kansas State University
Dr. Ekaterina Heldwein
Tufts University School of Medicine
Prof. Wendy Maury
University of Iowa

Winner

Nick Heaton
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Duke University Medical Center

Winner

Dr. Jason McLellan
Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

Winner

Andrew B. Ward
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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