First immunology award from Zetta Tsaltas Scholarship Fund
Rodney Russell, an M.Sc. student in the Faculty of Medicine, has won the first Zetta Tsaltas Immunology Award, valued at $400. Mr. Russell is studying the immunology of HIV infection, under the supervision of Dr. Michael Grant. His project is a study of a common human mutation which is thought to confer partial protection from HIV infection and disease progression. His work involves typing HIV-infected individuals for this mutation, and developing a method for measuring pools of hidden virus in the population.
The Zetta Tsaltas Immunology Award is one of two awards made from a fund established to honour the memory of Dr. Zetta Tsaltas, who died in a car accident in Greece in 1995. She came to Canada from Greece in 1974 and earned a PHD in immunology from Memorial University in 1994. The board of directors of the Greek community in Newfoundland and Labrador established the scholarship fund in her name. In the spring of this year the first $1,000 scholarship, earmarked for a student from the Greek community, was given to Andreas Georghiou, who is pursuing a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering at MUN.
Dr. George Carayanniotis, Medicine, expressed his thanks to the many people who have donated to the Zetta Tsaltas fund, particularly Dr. Chris Ford, who is currently in Kuwait.
If you are interested in making a donation to this fund, please send a cheque or money order to:
The Zetta Tsaltas Scholarship fund
PO Box 6302
Station C
St. John's NF
A1C 5X3
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