Congratulations to CEMaM’s own Vaughn Cooper and collaborators Alfonso Santos-Lopez, Melissa J Fritz, Jeffrey B Lombardo, Ansen H P Burr, Victoria A Heinrich, and Christopher W Marshall, the 2023 winners of the George C. Williams Prize.

The George C. Williams Prize of $1,000 is awarded each year to the  first author of the most significant article published in the Society’s flagship journal, Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. Oxford University Press publishes the journal open access. Cynthia Beall is the editor. All articles published each year will be automatically considered for the Prize. The Prize is made possible by donations from Doris Williams, Randolph Nesse, and other supporters of Evolution Medicine, & Public Health

Pictured: Vaughn Cooper (right) with co-authors Alfonso Santos (left) and Melissa Fritz (center).

Cooper and collaborators were named the winners for their 2022 publication, Evolved resistance to a novel cationic peptide antibiotic requires high mutation supply.

To learn more about the George C. Williams Prize, visit https://isemph.org/Williams-Prize