Peter Cornish is the first at MU to be named a Pew Scholar.

By Brent Pearson

Published July 10, 2012

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Peter Cornish was recognized as a 2012 Pew Scholar in biomedical sciences. The Biochemistry assistant professor came to MU in 2010.

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Finding a treatment to HIV or cancer might not be far away for one MU professor.

Peter Cornish, a biochemistry assistant professor in the MU School of Medicine, became the first MU recipient of the Pew Scholar Award.

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health, the Pew Charitable Trusts website stated.

Cornish graduated from Graceland University with bachelor's degrees in biology, chemistry and mathematics in 2000. He received his doctorate in biochemistry from Texas Tech University in 2005. After five years of working in a post-doctoral program at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Cornish arrived at MU in 2010, where he has conducted research on disrupting protein factories inside bacteria and viruses throughout the body.

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