PULLMAN, Wash., Sept. 10 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
Washington State University postdoctoral researcher Chelsea Osbron has been awarded a highly competitive National Institutes of Health fellowship to support her research efforts aimed at understanding and ultimately reducing the spread of tick-borne diseases.
Osbron, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dana Shaw in WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine, received a three-year, $237,708 NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases F32 postdoctoral training grant for her project, "Dissecting the role of IKK-epsilon in tick immunity and vector competence."
The NIH F32 fellowship is one of the nation's most prestigious training awards...