Sean Morrison Receives Prestigious Presidential Early Career Award

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At a ceremony September 9 at the White House, U-M Medical School researcher Sean Morrison, Ph.D., received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. Morrison, an associate professor of internal medicine and of cell and developmental biology, is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

The Presidential Award was established by President Clinton in 1996. Eight federal agencies participate in the program and nominate researchers for the awards, which are given annually.

Morrison was nominated by the National Institutes of Health, through which he receives funding to study the role of stem cells in peripheral nervous system development. The award was presented in recognition of Morrison’s research and extends funding of his work for five more years.

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