Shijie Cao’s PRIME Lab Receives NSF CAREER Award

April 17, 2026

Shijie Cao, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, leads the PRIME Lab (Pharmaceutical Research in Immune & Microbiome Engineering Laboratory) at MolES. The lab’s research on the gut microbiome and the compounds it produces was recently recognized with a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. In this profile produced by UW School of Pharmacy, discover how PRIME lab’s research could support treatments for chronic inflammatory disease.