Eleven faculty have been honored with Kellett Mid-Career Awards to support those promoted to tenured positions seven to 20 years ago and who have made key research contributions in their fields. The award, named for the late William R. Kellett, a former president of the WARF board of trustees and president of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, provides support and encouragement to faculty at a critical stage of their careers and comes with $75,000 to be spent over five years.
Among them is Audrey Gasch, professor of genetics at the Department of Medical Genetics. Her lab’s research studies fundamental principles in genotype, phenotype, and environment relationships, using budding yeast as a model to understand how different individuals respond to environmental stresses. She is also director of the UW–Madison Center for Genomic Science Innovation, an interdisciplinary center focused on genome-enabled research.
Read more about the 2024-25 awards granted by the Office of Vice Chancellor for Research at: https://research.wisc.edu/featured-news/2024/07/26/faculty-receive-2024-25-warf-named-professorships-kellett-fellowships-and-romnes-awards/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=wordpress_insideuw&utm_campaign=facstaff_comms&utm_content=2024_07_30.