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Pengfei Liu
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Liu named 2026 TAMEST O’Donnell Award Recipient

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Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Liu on being honored with a 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST)
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Graham Erwin
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Erwin receives NIH New Innovator Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Graham Erwin who has been awarded a 2025 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
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Pengfei Liu
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Liu receives the 2025 Young Alumnus Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Liu on receiving the 2025 Baylor College of Medicine Young Alumnus Award!
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Sau Wai Cheung
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Cheung receives the 2025 ACGA Lifetime Achievement Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Sau Wai Cheung on receiving the 2025 Association of Chinese Geneticists in America (ACGA) Lifetime Achievement Award! This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of genetics and demonstrated exceptional leadership in advancing scientific research and education.
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DeBakey Award Winners 2025
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Li and Zhang both honored with DeBakey Research Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Hongjie Li and Dr. Lilei Zhang on your 2025 DeBakey Excellence in Research Awards. Dr. Hongjie Li has been honored for his work on the Fly Atlas and Dr. Lilei Zhang has been honored for her work on cardiac metabolism. 

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Hamed Jafar-Nejad
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Jafar-Nejad named to 2025 class of Harrington Scholar-Innovators

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Congratulations to Dr. Hamed Jafar-Nejad on your 2025 Scholar-Innovator Award from the Harrington Discovery Institute! 

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Molecular and Human Genetics Press Releases

Center for Precision Medicine Models receives $10 million NIH grant -
Fruit flies offer new insights into how human AD risk genes affect the brain -
Researchers show benefit of ultra-deep RNA sequencing in Mendelian disorder diagnostics -
Dr. Graham Erwin receives NIH New Innovator Award -
Researchers develop new tool to improve accuracy of genetic testing -
NIH awards more than $15 million to fund two rare diseases consortia -
New statistical tool reveals hidden genetic pathways in complex diseases -
Integrative exome sequencing and machine learning identify new genes contributing to systemic sclerosis risk -
Study reveals new indicators for HER2+ breast cancer response to therapy -
A new treatment for patients with Alagille syndrome -
FDA IND Clearance for STXBP1-developmental and epileptic encephalopathy therapy -
Study reveals impacts of Alzheimer’s disease on the whole body -
Rare variants in GPKOW associated with multisystemic X-linked developmental disorder -
Integrative approach reveals promising candidates for AD risk factors or targets for treatments -
New CDKL genes linked to neurodevelopmental disorders -
Baylor researchers develop and validate clinical diagnostic RNA sequencing test -
Child with rare epileptic disorder receives long-awaited diagnosis -
FunMap reveals a functional network of genes and proteins in human cancer -
BCM receives $3.5 million to study telehealth genetic services for sick, underserved newborns -
ClinGen advances knowledge of clinical relevance of genes and variants -
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Kenneth Scott Mentor Award 2024 went to Jennifer Posey
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Dr. Brendan Lee presenting the 2024 Kenneth Scott Mentor Award
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