Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. has awarded the first IURTC Outstanding Innovator Award to Dr. Anantha Shekhar. He is the August M. Watanabe Professor of Medical Research and co-founder of Anagin LLC. Shekhar will also lead the Precision Health Initiative, the first recipient of funding under the university’s new $300 million Grand Challenges Program. He is also a professor of psychiatry, neurobiology and pharmacology in the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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