AIBS Selects 2018 EPPLA Winners

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has selected Joanna “Jo” Downes Bairzin and Karena Nguyen to receive the 2018 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA). The EPPLA recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who have demonstrated leadership skills and an aptitude for future professional success working at the intersection of science and public policy. Joanna Bairzin is a doctoral candidate in molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where her research is focused on the regulation of developmental patterning genes by an oncoprotein, which could ultimately help inform our understanding of tumor cell development. Bairzin earned her BA in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Karena Nguyen is a doctoral candidate in integrative biology at the University of South Florida, where she is active in outreach, student government, and education initiatives. Her research has been recognized with the Best Scientific Talk at the Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Meeting and the Outstanding Student Poster at the American Society for Microbiology General Body Meeting. Nguyen received her BS in biology with a minor in public health from Saint Louis University. Both awardees are active in their professional communities. Bairzin has previously organized congressional visits as a participant in the AIBS Congressional District Visits event. Through the Genetics Soci...
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