NIDCD Grantee Wins PECASE Award

NIDCD grantee Bruce McCandliss, Ph.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in a White House ceremony last November. Dr. McCandliss is a psychologist at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology and associate professor of psychology in psychiatry. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government upon outstanding scientists and engineers in the early part of their independent research careers.

He was recognized for his research into the biological basis of speech and language development and dysfunction in disorders such as dyslexia. Nominated by NIDCD, Dr. McCandliss was one of 12 NIH grantees to receive the award. A total of 56 scientists and engineers was honored.

The PECASE Awards are intended to recognize scientists and engineers who, while early in their research careers, show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge. They also support the continued development of the award winners and foster innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology.

Read the Weill Cornell Medical College news release and see Dr. McCandliss’ Web page.

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