2021 WORLDSymposium Young Investigator Awards Announced

Congratulations to the ten individuals selected who received the WORLDSymposium Young Investigator Award for 2021. The award was a partial scholarship towards attendance at WORLDSymposium 2021. 45 investigators-in-training submitted an application for the award, and the review process was difficult due to the excellent caliber of all the applicants.

WORLDSymposium would like to congratulate all of the applicants for their hard work. The following individuals received the WORLDSymposium Young Investigator Award at the 2021 Scientific Meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST):

  • Su Jin Choi, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
  • Jason Glanzman, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Tyler Harm, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
  • Jane Kinsella, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Stephanie Newman, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Allegra Quadri, Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Allen Seylani, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA
  • Miles Smith, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • Brianna Yund, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • Wei Zhu, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA