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McMaster immunologist Manali Mukherjee honoured at Berlin Falling Walls summit for Long COVID work
McMaster University reports that Manali Mukherjee, who studies respiratory immunology, received two Falling Walls honours in Berlin this year for work on what drives Long COVID biologically.
Why it matters: McMaster University's medicine faculty has an associate professor who received two 2026 Falling Walls honours after being recognised for Long COVID research.
Manali Mukherjee, a respiratory immunology researcher at McMaster University, received recognition at Berlin's 2026 Falling Walls Science Summit, the university reported.
McMaster said the honour reflects her work uncovering the biology that underlies Long COVID.
According to the university, she was named a Falling Walls Winner for 2026 in the category of the Women’s Impact Award and was also given a Science Breakthrough of the Year title.
Mukherjee holds the rank of associate professor of medicine at McMaster.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The two honours place a McMaster associate professor of medicine among this year's Falling Walls winners, with the summit recognising her Long COVID research.
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