@BWFUND

Information and news account for BWF, a private #foundation that supports #biomedical research, career development for scientists, and #stem education in N.C.

 Research Triangle Park, NC
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BWF Climate Health Center of Excellence Grant to Advance Climate and Health Research awarded to Rice, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas School of Public Health news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice… #bwfchex

Rice and TMC partners secure climate health consortium grant to face climate change and human health

A team of climate and environmental scientists, educators, epidemiologists and infectious disease researchers from Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas School of...

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Two early-career researchers win Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career awards princeton.edu/news/2026/09/2… #bwfcasi

Two early-career researchers win Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career awards

Juncal Arbelaiz of the PNI and Sarah Cherkaoui of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics have been honored as two of this year's 12 CASI recipients who “bring extraordinary quantitative...

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Breaking and entering: how parasites prepare host cells for invasion wi.mit.edu/news/breaking-and… #bwfpath

Breaking and entering: how parasites prepare host cells for invasion

Whitehead Institute researchers reveal how the Toxoplasma parasite reorganizes sugars on the surface of host cells to trigger a critical step in infection.

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Ten simple rules for elevating Indigenous partnerships in research buff.ly/Wgeu9Mv #bwfclimate
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From Nature Genetics - Type 1 interferon perturbates clonal competition by reshaping human blood development buff.ly/GFkXQ5m #bwfcams
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BWF Expands Investment in Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative buff.ly/1hfGmXL #bwfrepro #bwfngp
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How interferon changes cancerous blood stem cells buff.ly/JvgTefW #bwfcams
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Hosted the @BWFUND 2026 #bwfnctoy #bwfnckenan #bwfncctetoy #bwfncbtoy for orientation and an introduction to the grantee network! #bwfed #bwfenrichment
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The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease | Researchers explore how a key factor can mitigate or promote tuberculosis transmission. news.mit.edu/2026/indoor-air… #bwfpath

The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease

Scientists explored how some lab-based environments can promote or mitigate the spread of respiratory infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.

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Congratulations to Sharon Patray (@BB_UPenn/ @yiweichang Lab) & Nicolas Shealy (@CHOP_Research/ @joeyzacks Lab) on being named 2026 @BWFUND Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Awardees! @PennBPP tinyurl.com/c5escauc
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Honored to receive the CAMS Award from @BWFUND. I’m incredibly grateful for the support of @bcmhouston. Excited to launch my lab, advance research on inborn errors of immunity, and help the next generation of scientists and physician-scientists succeed at @TexasChildrens and BCM
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Congratulations @AminNassarMD, announced as a recipient of a 2026 Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) by @BWFUND! bwfund.org/news/bwf-announce… @SmilowCancer @YaleHemOnc
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UIC's Lauren Palmer received the @BWFUND Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease award. 🏆 She studies antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, specifically A. baumannii, a leading cause of antimicrobial-resistant infections in hospitals. ▶️bwfund.org/grants/infectious…
Lauren Palmer.

ALT Lauren Palmer.

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Congratulations to Dr. Amy Vandiver on receiving the @BWFUND Career Award for Medical Scientists! The award supports outstanding early-career physician-scientists as they establish independent academic research careers. bit.ly/3Taz8Bz

Dr. Amy Vandiver receives career development award to study biological drivers of human aging

The funding will support Vandiver’s research to identify new strategies to target the biological drivers of aging before they cause disease.

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BWF CAMS applications open! US & Canada physician-scientists: $700K/5 yrs Apply by 9/30/26 🔗 buff.ly/rX4rd0E #bwfcams #PhysicianScientist
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Congratulations @tigerstatdoc & team! #bwfcams
Sarah Urbut
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One of my first consults as a cardiology fellow: a 34-year-old, textbook MI. A day earlier, no risk model would have flagged him for prevention. That paradox has driven my work ever since — our models miss how disease actually evolves, dynamically, on top of a genetic background. @Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Report calls for focused support to stem the loss of physician-scientists via @VUMChealth news.vumc.org/2026/07/02/rep…

Report calls for focused support to stem the loss of physician-scientists

Due to a variety of academic, financial and organizational barriers, the number of physician-scientists in the United States has declined by nearly 70% during the past 40 years.

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Congratulations to the 2026 CAMS award recipients! These exceptional physician-scientists are advancing groundbreaking research & shaping the future of medicine. Learn more about this year’s awardees and their work: buff.ly/8PGyqJh #bwfcams #BiomedicalResearch
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We are pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Next Gen Pregnancy Initiative. Learn more: buff.ly/mn5aMLh #bwfngp #MaternalHealth #ReproductiveScience #Research #ScienceFunding
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New research in Nature Communications reveals distinct immune signatures in adult-onset dermatomyositis (DM), offering new clues for more precise diagnosis and treatment. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… #Dermatomyositis #BWFCAMS

Spatial transcriptomics identifies immune-stromal niches associated with cancer in adult dermatom...

Nature Communications - Adult-onset dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune inflammatory condition manifesting muscle and skin lesions, often accompanying cancer. Here authors show by integrated...

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