
Dr. Weerapana received the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation. This award comes with a three-year, $300,000 grant for Dr. Weerapana’s research.
She also received the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. This award includes a three-year, $450,000 grant for her research on cancer.
Dr. Weerapana is a 2000 graduate of Yale University. She earned a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at MIT in 2006.


