Junior Faculty Scholarship

The International Eosinophil Society (IES) is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural Junior Faculty Scholarships for the upcoming Congress. These two highly competitive awards recognize outstanding early-career scientists, clinicians, and clinician-scientists who have demonstrated significant achievements in eosinophil-related research and show exceptional promise for future contributions to the field.

This prestigious scholarship was created to support junior faculty who may not have an abstract to present but are eager to engage with leading experts and further their professional development. With only two scholarships awarded, this recognition reflects the remarkable accomplishments and potential of the recipients.

 

Dagmar Simon Julia Dunn earned her B.S. in Biochemistry at Denison University and PhD in Immunology at the University of North Carolina. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Rothenberg Lab at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where she developed an ex vivo system for studying eosinophil-epithelial interactions. Julia’s independent laboratory was established at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2023, and in 2024 she received a New Innovators Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to define unique specialization states of eosinophils in mucosal tissues. The goal of the Dunn Lab is to identify new therapeutic targets for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis and other allergic conditions.

Hans-Uwe SimonNathachit Limjunyawong is a junior faculty member on the special research track at the Center of Research Excellence in Allergy and Immunology, Mahidol University, Thailand. He earned a PhD in Environmental Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral training under Professor Xinzhong Dong at Johns Hopkins Medicine, focusing on G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in granulocytes. With a strong interest in how granulocytes respond to environmental exposures, his research centers on unraveling the roles of eosinophils in regional public health challenges—such as parasitic infections (e.g., eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus spp.), allergic diseases (e.g., dust mite and cockroach allergies), and air pollution (e.g., PM2.5).

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