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bridges vol. 12, December 2006 / News from the Network: Austrian Researchers Abroad
In its "moves & milestones" section, bridges presents career steps and other outstanding events in the professional lifes of Austrian scientists and scholars in the US and Canada. Christine Mrakotsky, Edda Fiebiger, & Ingeborg Friehs  were selected as Eleanor and Miles Shore 2006 Scholars in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and received the Children's Hospital Boston Faculty Career Development Award. The award supports promising young faculty for their advancement of science. The recipients were selected from a pool of over 50 applicants.Dr. Mrakotsky is instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and is on the neuropsychology faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston. Her research focuses on endocrine and immune influences on brain development. The award recognized Dr. Mrakotsky for a longitudinal project on the effects of steroids and inflammation on memory development in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Fiebiger is instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and is on the faculty in the Gastrointestinal Cell Biology Laboratories at Children's Hospital Boston. Her research focuses on understanding the cell biologic basis of immune events in the gut. The award was granted for the investigation of activation of the immune system during food allergy and food hypersensitivity. Dr. Friehs is Instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School and is on the faculty in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Children's Hospital Boston. The award recognized Dr. Friehs for a project on endogenous angiogenesis inhibitors to prevent capillary growth in hypertrophic myocardium. Access to the full article is free, but requires you to register. Registration is simple and quick – all we need is your name and a valid e-mail address. We appreciate your interest in bridges. |
