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Karina Schmidt Receives Travel Award from Uplifting Athletes

April 10, 2025
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Congratulations to Karina Schmidt, a 2nd-year PhD student in the UW M3D Program in the laboratory of Cory Simpson, MD, PhD, on receiving a $1400 travel award from Uplifting Athletes, a rare disease advocacy organization, through their Researcher Connection Program.  Karina Schmidt

This award will support Karina's travel to the IPCC Symposium on May 7 to interact with researchers focused on rare skin diseases targeting keratins. She will also present her own work on a new model of epidermolysis bullosa as a mini-symposium talk at the SID 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego directly after.  

Congratulations, Karina, on this well-deserved recognition—wishing you safe travels and success as you share your work with the rare disease research community. 

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