The awards are open to applicants of all genders and are designed to provide financial assistance to researchers who are also serving as family caretakers. The one-year, $50,000 grants were designed by Carol Horowitz, MD, the nation’s first medical school dean for gender equity, and Sandra Masur, PhD, director of Mount Sinai’s Office for Women’s Careers.
“Far too often, promising researchers and scientists miss professional opportunities due to caregiving responsibilities. This new series of grants, selected through an NIH-style review, will empower recipients to continue their groundbreaking work while they integrate caregiving into their lives,” Dr. Horowitz said in the announcement. “We look forward to the exciting work our recipients will be able to undertake with this support in the new year.”
Here are the four recipients, each of them assistant professors, and their areas of study:
- Denise Cai, PhD: neuroscience
- Zhongwei Cao, PhD: pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine
- Sarah Stanley, MD, PhD: endocrinology, diabetes and bone disease
- Talia Swartz, MD, PhD: infectious diseases
In addition to the financial award, each recipient will also receive access to career development resources through Mount Sinai’s women’s careers and gender equity departments.
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