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Apr 11, 2025 | UCI School of Medicine
Hoda Anton-Culver, PhD, receives AMWA’s 2025 Women in Science Award
Dr. Hoda Anton-Culver, UC Irvine’s Donald Bren Professor, will be honored with the Women in Science Award by the American Medical Women’s Association at its 110th Annual Meeting in March 2025.
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