Prize Recipients

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Rob Knight

Molecular microbiologist
Born in New Zealand
Rob Knight receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for groundbreaking research on microbial communities and the development of computational tools that honed the analysis of microbial data.
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2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Franziska Michor

Computational biologist
Born in Austria
Franziska Michor receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for work that fuses evolutionary biology, mathematics, and clinical research toward a better understanding of cancer genesis and treatments.
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2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science

Yasaman Hashemian

Game designer
Born in Iran
Yasaman Hashemian receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design for her contributions to health-based projects, as a game and usability designer, data analyst, and game producer.
Yasaman Hashemian
2014 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Design