Shijie Cao’s PRIME Lab Receives NSF CAREER Award

Shijie Cao headshot with NSF's official logo.

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.

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