April 2008

Graduate student Sushmita Jha (Ting lab) received the Hulka Innovators Award for her presentation on “Cryopyrin(CIAS1): a novel regulator of IL-1beta production and its role during neuroinflammation and demyelination” at the 2008 Women’s Health Research Day, sponsored by the Center for Women’s Health Research at UNC.

This award is given “in honor of Dr. Jaroslav F. Hulka in recognition of innovation in methods, population, study design, or study content area, with an emphasis on having made a novel contribution to advancing science.”