Eight early career researchers at Harvard Medical School received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.
PECASE recognizes innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology and the scientific missions of participating agencies. This year’s awardees are employed or funded by 14 participating agencies within the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, the Interior, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs; the Environmental Protection Agency; the intelligence community; NASA; the National Science Foundation; and the Smithsonian Institution.
The PECASE awardees from HMS are:
- Alexander Gusev, HMS associate professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Christopher J. Miller, HMS associate professor of psychology at the VA Boston Healthcare System
- Shahin Nasr, HMS assistant professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Kanaka Rajan, associate professor of neurobiology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS
- Ellen Roche, HMS visiting research professor at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University
- Jason Vassy, HMS associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Anne Takesian, HMS assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear
- Marc Wein, HMS associate professor of medicine at Mass General
