Two Cornell advisor-advisee pairs were selected for the 2023 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellows Program. Biomedical engineering doctoral student Alexander Cruz and Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Professor Jonathan Butcher and genetics, genomics and development doctoral candidate Don Long and Professor of Physiological Genomics and Director for the Center for Vertebrate Genomics Praveen Sethupathy were two of 50 pairs selected for this year’s cycle.

HHMI Gilliam Fellowships are awarded to student-advisor pairs based on the institute and advisor’s commitment to a culture of inclusion in academia and the student’s potential for scientific leadership.

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