Beth Sullivan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Genomics

Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards support outstanding and promising scientists who are beginning their independent research careers. Beth’s research group is conducting pioneering studies of the organization of centromeric chromatin in Drosophila and human cells. BUSM is allowed to nominate one faculty candidate each year for this national competition.

The Basil O’Connor Award is named after the March of Dimes’ first chairman and president. The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community service, education, and advocacy to save babies.