Brian Lamon, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, is the recipient of a $100,000 Biomedical Research Fellowship from the Hartwell Foundation. The award offers support for two years ($50,000 per year) to scientists in the early stages of their research careers by enabling them to pursue further specialized training as part of their professional development. Lamon's current research focus is on the regulation and role of cyclooxygenase in inflammatory vascular disease.

This is the second year in a row that a Weill Cornell faculty member has received a Hartwell Foundation grant. Last year, Charles Glatt, assistant professor in psychiatry, and Anjali Rajadhyaksha, assistant professor of neurology and neuroscience, received Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards for translational biomedical research aimed at helping children.