Southwestern Medical Foundation, The Cary Council and UT Southwestern Announce $50,000 DocStar Grant Recipients Supporting Early Stage Biomedical Research in Texas

(left to right) Dominic Moon, MD, Robin Higashi, PhD and Proshad Efune, MD

The Cary Council, a group of young leaders dedicated to advancing early stage research in support of Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center, have selected three $50,000 grant recipients as part of The Cary Council’s fourth An Evening with DocStars fundraising event, which was held on Thursday, November 3 at UT Southwestern.

This year, UT Southwestern nominated five finalists, and The Cary Council Steering Committee selected three winners – Proshad Efune, M.D., Robin Higashi, Ph.D. and Dominic Moon, M.D. The 2022 DocStars will each receive $50,000 to continue their pioneering work in Anesthesiology & Pain Management and Pediatrics, Population and Data Sciences, and Radiation Oncology, respectively.