Odom receives $500,000 award to further malaria research

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Audrey R. Odom, MD, PhD, a noted malaria researcher at the Washington University School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $500,000 award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to further her research into the parasitic disease.

The nonprofit organization selected Odom, an associate professor of pediatrics and of molecular microbiology, as one of 10 recipients of the 2016 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Award.

Read more on the School of Medicine site.

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