Antonina Mitrofanova, an associate professor in the Department of Health Informatics and associate dean for research at the Rutgers School of Health Professions, has been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) – the highest honor granted by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers.
Nearly 400 researchers received the award this year from President Joe Biden. This year’s awardees are employed or funded by 14 governmental agencies. Mitrofanova’s recognition comes from the National Institutes of Health for her development of mathematical and computational algorithms that address biologically and clinically significant problems.
“This award is a tremendous honor,” said Mitrofanova, a research member of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. “I immigrated from Ukraine to the U.S. at 21 and decided to change my career from medicine to computer science. This award represents my ‘American Dream’ and is living proof that in the U.S., you can dream big and achieve it if you put your heart into it.” To read the full story.