MIT SRP in the News | Ariel Furst: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
MIT SRP in the News | Ariel Furst: NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
By Sophie HartleyOct 16, 2023
Ariel Furst received the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for unusually innovative research to enable equitable access to therapeutics. The award supports early career investigators that are working on novel and high impact projects in the field of biomedical, behavioral, or social science that advances NIH’s mission. The work being recognized is foundational to Dr. Furst’s goal of using biological materials to remove toxicants from drinking water. Passionate about STEM, especially with underrepresented groups in engineering, Dr. Furst continues to outreach and encourage participation in this field. Also, knowing that disenfranchised groups are disproportionately subjected to environmental harm, the Furst Lab develops easy-to-use technologies based on biological redox processes for environmental remediation and human health improvements.
