Vollum neuroscientist achieves rare distinction, earns $5.4 million award

Eric Gouaux becomes rare two-time recipient of Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., has short gray hair, eye glasses and a blue hooded sweatshirt.
Vollum Institute/OHSU structural biologist Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., at the Gouaux Lab. (OHSU)

Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., a neuroscientist with an exceptional record of accomplishment at Oregon Health & Science University, has earned a rare distinction as a two-time recipient of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award.

Since the award’s inception in 1984, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, of the National Institutes of Health, has granted the award about 600 times to the leading neuroscientists in the United States.

Now, Gouaux has earned it twice — the first was in 2008.

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