The NIH announced the 2016 recipients of awards within its High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. These awards are designed to support scientists proposing highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research. Of 88 total awards this year, six were granted to Damon Runyon Scientists.
2016 Pioneer Award
Christine Mayr, MD, PhD (Damon Runyon Innovator '13-'15), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
2016 NIH New Innovator Award
Sean C. Bendall, PhD (Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist ’14-’16, Fellow ’09-’12), Stanford University, Stanford
Melanie A. Samuel, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow ’08-’11), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Elçin Ünal, PhD (Damon Runyon Rachleff Innovator ’15-’16), University of California, Berkeley
Arun P. Wiita, PhD (Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Breakthrough Scientist ’15-’16, Fellow ’12-’14), University of California, San Francisco
2016 NIH Transformative Research Award
Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '06-'09), Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
