The LEO Foundation Award 2024 – Region EMEA
Grantee: Claire Higgins, Reader, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, UK
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2024
Geography: United Kingdom
Dr. Claire Higgins, is a Reader in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London in the UK,
She receives the award in support of her impressive academic achievements and her remarkable leadership within her research group and to future generations of skin scientists. Her research aims to achieve scarless wound healing in human skin by studying the human hair follicle and understanding how it can be used as a model for skin healing.