The ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding young investigators in the infectious diseases field who are within 10 years of their last training experience or at the Assistant Professor level. The 2019 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator awardees are: Steve D. Townsend, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Jarrod French, Associate Professor at Stonybrook University Megan Wright, […]
The ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding young investigators in the infectious diseases field who are within 10 years of their last training experience or at the Assistant Professor level. The 2019 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator awardees are:
- Steve D. Townsend, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
- Jarrod French, Associate Professor at Stonybrook University
- Megan Wright, University Academic Fellow at the University of Leeds.
The award is jointly presented by ACS Infectious Diseases and the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry.
As winners of the 2019 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Awards, Townsend, Wright, and French will each receive a plaque, an award of $1,000, and up to $500 in travel reimbursement to attend the Fall 2019 ACS National Meeting & Exposition in San Diego and present at an ACS Division of Biological Chemistry symposium in their honor.
I got the chance to chat with the award winners; read on to find out more about them:
The journal and the Division encourage you to attend the ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Awards Symposium at the 2019 ACS National Fall Meeting in San Diego
- Global Health: Biology and Chemistry of Waterborne Diseases
- Tuesday, August 27, 8:30 am
- Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom Section 6
- ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigators Award Symposium
- Tuesday, August 27, 1:00 pm
- Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, Marriott Grand Ballroom Section 6
