UTSW Pharmacologist James Collins Receives 2023 TAMEST Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award

James Collins III, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, will receive the 2023 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Biological Sciences from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) for broadening understanding of schistosomiasis, a disease caused by parasitic worms that infect hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, including children.

TAMEST presents the annual awards to recognize the achievements of early career Texas investigators in the fields of science, medicine, engineering, and technology innovation. Dr. Collins is the 16th scientist at UT Southwestern to receive an O'Donnell award since TAMEST initiated the awards in 2006.