Peter Lewis

Peter Lewis (Col ’00) has received the Shaw Scientist Award from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for his research on the genetic basis of cancer growth. The $200,000 award will support Mr. Lewis’ research into how changes in the chemical composition of DNA and the proteins that package the human genome influence whether particular genes are activated or silenced in a given type of cell. His current work relates to childhood cancers. Mr. Lewis is an assistant professor of biomolecular chemistry in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.