Women and Science
Salk Women & Science is an ongoing program that provides a dynamic and vibrant forum in which community and business leaders and Salk’s women of science have an opportunity to gather as friends, entrepreneurs and researchers to discuss the latest discoveries in science and technology while inspiring more women to embrace scientific research as a focus of personal and philanthropic interest.
Women Faculty at the Salk Institute
2024 Salk Women & Science Research Award Recipients
The Women & Science Research Awards provide crucial support to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to pursue high-risk, high-reward research in stages too early to attract traditional funding. The awards are targeted towards supporting future scientific leaders who will also actively foster the increased participation of women and girls in science.
Jessica Arzavala
Computational Neurology Lab
Behrens Lab
How viral infections during pregnancy can affect perinatal brain development
Lara Labarta-Bajo
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Allen Lab
The long-term effects of infection: How inflammation in the body contributes to brain aging and motor decline
Deryn LeDuke
Systems Neurobiology Laboratory
Tye Lab
Do dieting and exercise influence emotional processing differently in men and women?
Ayesha Rustom Thanawalla
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
Azim Lab
The effects of anxiety on movement and coordination
2023 Salk Women & Science Research Award Recipients
Hoda Ahmed
Shaw Lab
Megan Anderson
Chalasani Lab
Morgan Black
Dixon Lab
Morgan Black
Dixon Lab
BEcky Chinn
Metallo Lab
Sarah Fernandes
Gage Lab
Courtney Glavis-Bloom
Reynolds Lab
Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
Ecker Lab
Anvita Komarla
Towers Lab
Raffaella Lucciola
Gage Lab
Hannah Mandias
Hargreaves Lab
Laura Martins
Law Lab
Payel Mondal
Towers Lab
Charlotte Rambla
Busch Lab
Amanda Wacker
Kosuri Lab
April Williams
Integrative Genomics and Bioinformatics Core
Jingting Yu
Integrative Genomics and Bioinformatics Core
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