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Samantha Brugmann, PhD, assistant professor, Plastic Surgery, has won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers – the highest honor bestowed by the US government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Brugmann, a developmental biologist, is one of only 105 winners this year. She was nominated by the Department of Health and Human Services for her studies of avian models of human craniofacial development. Brugmann is Cincinnati Children’s first winner of this prestigious national award. For more information about the award and a complete list of winners, go to the White House website.

Ken Setchell, PhD, director, Mass Spectrometry Lab, recently received the MSACL (Mass Spectrometry Applications to the Clinical Lab) Distinguished Contribution Award 2016. Setchell was recognized for discovering genetic defects in bile acid synthesis and developing the first new bile acid therapy for cholestatic liver disease to be approved in 40 years. He was nominated by his peers and honored at the International MSACL 2016 Congress in Palm Springs. Following the award presentation, he delivered a plenary lecture on his research.

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