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Accolades
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Victor Yang, Albert B. Prescott Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, has been selected to receive a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award for his study Synchronized MRI and Drug Therapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors. Yang will receive research support for three years at $100,000 per year. The award is presented by the Hartwell Foundation of Memphis, Tenn.

Stephanie Kadison, research fellow, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, has been chosen to receive a Hartwell Foundation Fellowship of $50,000 per year for two years. The fellowships support scientists in the early stages of biomedical research careers by enabling them to pursue further specialized training as part of their postdoctoral career development, at select U.S. research institutions.

Selim Esedoglu, assistant professor of mathematics, has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship. This competitive award involves nominations of the best young scientists from around the country. Currently, 116 fellowships are awarded annually. Esedoglu is the only U-M faculty member to receive a 2007 Sloan Fellowship. The award will support his research in mathematical analysis, computation, and modeling of problems in computer vision and image processing.

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