Dr. Vrushali Agashe Awarded FOCIS FCE Travel Award for FCE Fusion

CCTI researcher Dr. Vrushali Agashe is the recipient of a FOCIS FCE Travel Award to attend the FCE Fusion event, held on Tuesday, June 20 during the FOCIS 2023 Annual Meeting in Boston. The FCE Fusion Travel Award is intended to help trainees defray some of the costs of attending the course. 

In addition, her abstract entitled “Impaired Thymocyte Selection in Type 1 Diabetic Immune Systems” has been selected for oral presentation during the FCE Fusion event. Dr. Agashe will be one of three oral presenters selected by the FCE Committee for the 2023 FCE Fusion event.  

The FCE Fusion event is a networking event held annually in conjunction with the FOCIS Annual Meeting where invited trainees present their work during a poster session and receive mentoring and feedback from FCE directors. Trainee participation in FCE Fusion is limited to FCE-nominated FCE Fusion Travel Award recipients.