On April 9, 2019, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 168 scholars, artists, writers, and scientists. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in the Foundation’s ninety-fifth competition.

Rachel Adams, former CSSD Director and co-director of CSSD working group, Precision Medicine: Ethics, Politics and Culture, was among 168 scholars, artists, writers, and scientists in United States and Canada selected for the 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships.

CSSD sends a heartfelt congratulation to Rachel Adams on the award of this prestigious Fellowship.

Since its establishment in 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has granted more than $360 million in Fellowships to over 18,000 individuals, among whom are scores of Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, poets laureate, members of the various national academies, and winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Turing Award, National Book Award, and other significant, internationally recognized honors.