Tara Reid receives BWF Career Award for Medical Scientists

Congratulations to Dr. Tara Reid, assistant professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases) who has received the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists.

The Career Awards for Medical Scientists (CAMS) is a prestigious and competitive program that offers $700,000 in funding over five years to support physician-scientists dedicated to academic careers. The award is designed to help bridge the transition from advanced postdoctoral or fellowship training to the early stages of faculty service.

Dr. Reid's research focuses on define the role of Treponema pallidum-specific humoral responses during infection.

Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., the Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation. Its mission is to serve and strengthen society by nurturing a diverse group of leaders in biomedical sciences to improve human health through education and powering discovery in frontiers of greatest need.

“It is our honor and privilege to support these dedicated and deserving physician-scientists at a pivotal moment in their careers and amid broader uncertainty across the research landscape,” said Dr. Paige Cooper Byas, CAMS program officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.