Dunwoody Georgia, USA native Dr. Rhea Sumpter Jr., instructor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has received a 2013 Career Award for Medical Scientists from the prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The award will provide $700,000 over five years to support Sumpter’s transition from a post-doctoral researcher to a faculty position. “I’m deeply honored to receive this award. The generosity of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund will allow me to broaden my work on a novel link between several genes that are mutated in Fanconi anemia – a disease associated with bone marrow failure and cancer – and autophagy,” Sumpter said. Sumpter graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Medical Scientist Training Program in 2006 and then completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at UTSW. Prior to his arrival at UT Southwestern, Dr. Sumpter, a magna cum laude biochemistry graduate of Rice University, completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Argentina. He was among 10 North American researchers selected for a 2013 Career Award. The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other educational endeavors. .
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:25:13 +0000
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