Diane E. Merry, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience at Jefferson, received the prestigious Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Established by an act of Congress in 1983, this award is bestowed on leading scientists who have demonstrated superior competence and outstanding productivity.
For 2024, Dr. Merry is one of only six Javits awardees nationwide, and the first Thomas Jefferson University recipient since the award was established. She will receive nearly $4.5 million to support her research program, which is focused on defining new therapeutic targets in the neurodegenerative disease spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA).