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Expert in the News: Bess Frost awarded TAMEST 2020 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine

Congratulations to AFAR expert Bess Frost, PhD, on receiving the TAMEST 2020 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Medicine for her work changing the way we look at Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Frost is a 2016 New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer’s Disease recipient, and an Assistant Professor at the Barshop Institute at the University of Texas Health in San Antonio.

Dr. Frost will be honored during the O’Donnell Awards dinner and reception on January 8, 2020. Congratulations!

Read the press release, “Bess Frost recognized for changing approach to Alzheimer’s research,” here.

Learn more about the TAMEST 2020 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards here.

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