Dr. Patrick Drew, Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been honored as one of the 2012 McKnight Scholar Award recipients. The McKnight Scholar Awards are granted to young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing their own independent laboratories and research careers and who have demonstrated a commitment to neuroscience. The Endowment Fund seeks to support innovative research design to bring science closer to the day when disease of the brain can be accurately diagnosed, prevented, and treated. Dr. Drew is one of six McKnight Scholar Award recipients.