Senator Chaudhuri

North Carolina General Assembly
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SENATOR JAY J. CHAUDHURI
DISTRICT 15
1120 LEGISLATIVE BUILDING
16 WEST JONES STREET
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27601-2808
PHONE: (919) 715-6400
FAX: (919) 754-3156
EMAIL: jay.chaudhuri@ncleg.net

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April 13, 2021

North Carolina Awards Committee
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
109 East Jones Street, Suite 315
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

Re: North Carolina Award Nomination in the Science Category

Dear North Carolina Awards Committee,

It gives me great pleasure to nominate Dr. Priya Kishnani for the North Carolina Award’s Science Category. Dr. Kishnani serves as the Chen Family Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics, and Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the Duke University School of Medicine.

She is a world renowned, brilliant, and diligent scientist who has dedicated her life to understanding genetic disorders, focusing on rare diseases and how to treat patients afflicted with those diseases with treatments, therapeutics, and drugs. Thanks to her breakthrough research and global outreach, thousands of patients around the world live a better quality of life. Her work has been showcased globally through hundreds of scholarly papers published in top-tier journals, books, and other publications. Befittingly, Dr. Kishnani has been with awards and accolades around the world. Her work has been showcased in publications like the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Time. She has mentored and continues to mentor others around the world to succeed in her discipline. Many of her mentees have gone on to play significant roles in well-know institutions around the world.

Certainly, this world is a better place because of Dr. Kishnani’s work. This sentiment is echoed in letters submitted with the nomination form from leading experts at world-class medical institutions around the United States, the Food and Drug Administration, and social agencies around the world.

Simply put, Dr. Kishnani’s work speaks for itself. I can not think of a better candidate for the 2021 North Carolina Award in Science. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at jay.chaudhuri@ncleg.gov. or (919) 423-5281.

Sincerely Yours,

/s/

Jay J. Chaudhuri
SENATE MINORITY WHIP