{"id":894,"date":"2019-09-25T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/?p=894"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T09:49:46","slug":"a-rising-star-in-immunology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org\/en\/2019\/09\/25\/a-rising-star-in-immunology\/","title":{"rendered":"The LEO Foudation Award 2019 – Region EMEA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
25 September 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The LEO Foundation is excited to reveal the winner of the 2019 LEO Foundation Award for Region EMEA<\/strong> – Dr. Shoba Amarnath<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shoba Amarnath is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Cellular Medicine at Newcastle University, UK. She receives 100,000 USD for her research in the field of immune tolerance in cutaneous inflammation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2019 LEO Foundation Award for Region EMEA has just been presented by The LEO Foundation at a ceremony during the Future Leaders Symposium at the ESDR annual meeting in Bordeaux, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m very grateful for the LEO Foundation Award, and it allows me to do some high-risk innovative research,\u201d says a happy Dr. Shoba Amarnath and continues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt is a valuable endorsement of my research in the field of immune tolerance in cutaneous inflammation, and it provides a springboard to my future career development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m very proud to present yet another LEO Foundation Award, this time to Dr. Shoba Amarnath,\u201d CEO Jesper Mailind smiles. \u201cShe is a rising star in immunology \u2013 congratulation Shoba!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n