Mentoring Achievement Award: Yi Zheng, PhD
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Channel: Cincinnati Children's · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org Mentoring Achievement Award Yi Zheng, PhD Director, Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology Co-Director, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute Professor of Pediatrics "Brilliant, humble, engaging, enthusiastic, passionate and a lot of fun." These adjectives, used by his colleagues, describe why Yi Zheng, PhD, has been a masterful mentor to a highly successful team of investigators in the Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute. Zheng is the Katherine Stewart Waters Endowed Chair of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology and leader of our Signaling and Drug Discovery Program. His own research has immense implications for improved cancer treatments, yet like all great mentors, Zheng considers his colleagues' research just as important. This combination of personal achievement and commitment to those around him is not easily found in a leader. Among his successes, Zheng instituted weekly grant meetings to openly discuss grant aims and ideas. These meetings have improved the likelihood of success for many funding applications and have attracted faculty from other divisions seeking constructive feedback. At a time when health sciences research is challenged for funding, Zheng has fostered the collegiality that leads to successful National Institutes of Health projects and that produces important findings through collaboration and teamwork.
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