The Benjamin McAllister Research Scholar is a tranformational oneyear program intended for outstanding young scientists, in loving memory of Benjamin McAllister. We are excited to announce this year's awardee, Zhong Huang, MD Candidate '26. Zhong Huang (he/him) is a fourth-year medical student and a 2024 - 2025 Pritzker and Northshore Fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Peter O'Donnell. Zhong is interested in how new medical evidence, such as genetics-based prescribing data, can be adopted into routine patient care. His work aims to ensure that patients who are going through difficult medical treatments, like Ben did, receive the highest quality of care. Zhong has discovered several opportunities for intervention — ranging from provider education to care team composition — that can promote the use of cutting-edge genetic evidence. He is currently studying how this data affects provider decision-making and patient outcomes. For this work, Zhong was awarded the 2024 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Presidential Trainee Award. Prior to medical school, Zhong graduated from Duke University and worked as a health IT consultant to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is clinically interested in end-of-life care and plans to pursue a clinical career in oncology. In his free time, Zhong is involved in his community, volunteering at four student-run free clinics throughout the greater Chicagoland area. The Benjamin McAllister Scholars program is continuing to develop, train, and inspire the most talented scientists of the next generation. Ben's legacy is changing the world, one scholar at at time.