Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation Announces 2024 Hisako Terasaki Award Recipients

(LOS ANGELES) – The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) is pleased to announce their selection of Assistant Professors Amir Manbachi of Johns Hopkins University and Ritu Raman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the recipients of the 2024 Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator Awards. The awards will be presented at TIBI’s 2nd annual Terasaki Innovation Summit, to be held March 27-29, 2024, at the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center.

The award was created in memory of Hisako Terasaki, philanthropist, accomplished artist, and wife of Dr. Paul I. Terasaki, a pioneer in organ transplant research and innovation. It recognizes early-career scientists who have made significant contributions to biomedical science by creating novel or markedly improved technologies which show great promise for high-impact translation. This year’s award recipients were stellar candidates, chosen for their extraordinary accomplishments and prolific scientific contributions during their young academic careers… (read more)