Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024-25. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences. These include two Waisman investigators, Andrew Alexander, PhD, and Lauren Bishop, PhD, who were awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
“These awards recognize excellence in faculty research, academics, and outreach at various stages of their scholarly careers and provide an opportunity for continued development of their research programs,” says Cynthia Czajkowski, interim vice chancellor for research. “I look forward to seeing the results of their imaginative use of these funds.”
Lauren Bishop was awarded an H.I. Romnes Fellowship, which recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is named in recognition of the late WARF trustees president H.I. Romnes and comes with $60,000 that may be spent over five years. Bishop is an associate professor in the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work and investigator at the Waisman Center. Her research focuses on empowering autistic adults to live long, healthy, and self-determined lives in their communities. She is studying disparities in health and wellbeing, as well as mechanisms underlying both healthy aging and early and accelerated aging in autistic adults as they age. She is also a Waisman Center investigator.
Andrew Alexander has been honored with Kellett Mid-Career Awards to support those promoted to tenured positions seven to 20 years ago and who have made key research contributions in their fields. The award, named for the late William R. Kellett, a former president of the WARF board of trustees and president of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, provides support and encouragement to faculty at a critical stage of their careers and comes with $75,000 to be spent over five years.
Alexander is a professor of medical physics and psychiatry, and co-director of Waisman Brain Imaging Lab and a Waisman Center investigator, develops and applies quantitative brain imaging methods using MRI. His research focuses on novel quantitative imaging techniques for characterizing brain tissue structure and microstructure. He has applied these technologies to a broad range of neurological conditions across the lifespan, with a specific focus on brain development and intellectual and developmental disorders.
Congratulations Andy and Lauren!
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