Fei Wang, PhD

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Dr. Fei Wang, assistant professor of healthcare Policy and Research, received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation for his work developing computer models used to predict disease.

The foundation, which is dedicated to advancing the progress of science by funding research proposals, awards this prize annually to support the research projects and science outreach efforts of untenured junior faculty. The award comes with a minimum of $500,000 in funding, provided over the course of five years. Dr. Wang, along with 11 investigators from Cornell’s Ithaca campus, received their awards in March.