Category: Members

Melanoma study selected for NIH R37 MERIT funding award

Posted on July 7, 2026

Congratulations to Center for Precision Medicine Member Faculty and UW Carbone researcher Dr. Alexander Birbrair, who recently received a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) R37 award based on the strength of his research proposal to study how the nervous system influences melanoma progression. A MERIT award is not one researchers can directly apply for: NIH …

Congratulations to Murtaza and Michelle Stephens of the Center for Precision Medicine Awarded the first 2024 WARF Innovation Award for their work, Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening of Cancer

Posted on February 5, 2025

By Jen Ahlstrom The first 2024 WARF Innovation Award has been awarded to Muhammed Murtaza, Director of the Center for Precision Medicine and associate professor of surgery, and Michelle Stephens, surgery researcher in the Murtaza lab within the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, for their work, Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening …