Massachusetts General Hospital

President Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists

05/Nov/2010

President Obama today named 85 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. 

The Presidential early career awards embody the high priority the Obama Administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the Nation’s goals, tackle grand challenges, and contribute to the American economy.  Ten Federal departments and agencies join together annually to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring America’s preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions.

Link to full White House release.  Award recipients include MGH investigators Jacob Hooker, PhD, now at the Martinos Center for Bioimaging at MGH, and Ziv Williams, MD, MGH Neurosurgery.