Pew Funds 8 Teams to Conduct Collaborative Biomedical Research | PR Newswire [Video]

, /PRNewswire/ — The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the eight pairs of researchers who will make up its 2024 class of Innovation Fund investigators.

These 16 acclaimed scientists—all alumni of Pew’s biomedical programs in the United States and Latin America—will collaborate on interdisciplinary research projects that explore foundational questions about human biology and disease. By combining their expertise in topic areas ranging from cell biology and immunology to neuroscience and genetics, these partnerships will help to advance scientific discovery and improve human health.

“Now more than ever, interdisciplinary approaches are key to solving the world’s most pressing scientific challenges,” said Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Pew’s senior vice president for Philadelphia and scientific advancement. “Through their innovative research projects, these exceptional investigators are drawing on their different areas of scientific inquiry to advance biomedical research, and Pew is proud to support them.”

For nearly 40 years, Pew has encouraged collaboration among its diverse community of biomedical scientists, leading to the 2017 launch …