Friday, October 20, 2023

Mayer Mitchell Award to be presented to cancer researcher

Aishwarya Prakash, Ph.D., was the 2022 recipient.
The recipient of the 2023 Mayer Mitchell Award for Excellence in Cancer Research will be announced on Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. at the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute.

The $10,000 award is presented annually to a promising scientist at the Mitchell Cancer Institute upon the recommendation of a faculty committee. The award was established in 2009 by University of South Alabama trustee Arlene Mitchell in memory of her late husband, Mayer Mitchell, a Mobile businessman, longtime USA trustee and formative figure in the establishment of the MCI.

The 2022 recipient of the award was Aishwarya Prakash, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Whiddon College of Medicine.