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Affiliations
- Research Associate Professor, Life Sciences Institute
- Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
- Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
- Associate Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, UM Medical School
- Associate Professor, Division of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, UM Medical School
- Research Scholar, Biological Sciences Scholars Program
- Faculty Mentor, Cellular & Molecular Biology Graduate Program
- Faculty Mentor - Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Research Institute
- Faculty Mentor - Neuroscience Graduate Program
- Faculty Mentor -Medical Scientist Training Program, UM Medical School
- Faculty Mentor, Developmental Biology - Program in Biological Sciences Graduate Program
- Faculty Mentor - Michigan Gut Peptide Research Center
Education
- BS, Biology & Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, 1991
- PhD, Immunology, Stanford University, 1996
Honors and Awards
- 1986: Young Canadians Award for Excellence in Science.
- 1991: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Research Award.
- 1991: Dalhousie University Medal in Biology
- 1991: United Kingdom Commonwealth Scholarship (declined)
- 1991: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 1967 Scholarship (declined).
- 1991-1996: Howard Hughes Institute Predoctoral Fellowship in Biological Sciences.
- 1996: Guenther Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 1996-1998: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 1997-1998: American Cancer Society, California Division Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 1999: American Cancer Society, California Division Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship.
- 2000: Mental Illness Research Foundation Milestone Award
- 2000-2003: Searle Scholar
- 2002: Named to TR100 list: MIT Technology Review Magazine's list of 100 young innovators
- 2003: Wired Magazine Rave Award for Science
- 2003: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, White House
- 2004: Dean's Award for Basic Science, University of Michigan Medical School
- 2006: Detroit News Michiganian of the Year
- 2007: Pfizer Young Michigan Biomedical Investigator of the Year Award
- 2007: McCulloch and Till Award, International Society for Hematology and Stem Cells

