The flava:A University of Washington researcher has been named a winner of this year’s John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, commonly dubbed the “genius grant.”
Kristina Olson, 37, was one of 25 fellows selected by the foundation, which announced the winners Thursday. Each of the fellows will receive a $625,000 “no-strings-attached” grant “to exercise their own creative instincts for the benefit of human society,” the announcement said.
Olson is a research psychologist who was nominated for her ongoing study of transgender youth who are supported by their parents or guardians to live their preferred gender.
The article:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uw-researcher-awarded-macarthur-fellowship-for-transgender-youth-study/
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