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Two UCI students have been honored for their outstanding achievement

and dedication to the study of science.

Doctoral students Lauren Billings and Karen Matsukuma will each

receive $25,000 scholarships after receiving the Achievement Rewards for

College Scientists Foundation Fellowship Award, the university announced

Wednesday.

Billings, a fourth-year doctorate student in the Department of

Neurobiology and Behavior, studies neurological processes related to

Parkinson’s disease.

Matsukuma, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, is

enrolled in joint master’s and doctorate programs. She is in her second

year of medical school and conducts research in the Department of

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.