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Awards & honors
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Ronald R. Breaker, Ph.D., Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has received the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Award in Molecular Biology, one of 15 awards given annually by the NAS to honor pathbreaking research in a range of disciplines. Breaker shares the $25,000 award, which is supported by Pfizer, with Ohio State University’s Tina M. Herkin, Ph.D., for their work on novel RNA gene-control elements. |
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Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology, has received the AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award from the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) for his outstanding early-career contributions to the field of immunology. Medzhitov’s research has advanced our understanding of the immune system, particularly in regard to the family of toll -like receptors, which play an essential role in the innate immune response. The award, which has been co-sponsored by BD Biosciences since 1998, will be presented at the AAI’s annual meeting in Boston in May. |
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Manohar M. Panjabi, Ph.D., Dr.Tech., professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation and professor of mechanical engineering, received the Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine for his “major contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field of spinal disorders.” Panjabi, an expert on spinal trauma, has been at Yale since 1971. He has published over 295 original research articles, two books and 50 book chapters. |
We’ve received many comments and a slew of e-mails and letters of
appreciation since launching Medicine@Yale last summer for alumni, friends
and patients of the School of Medicine and our neighbors across Connecticut.
Now we’ve begun building our trophy shelf. The judges of one of the premier communications competitions in higher education, sponsoredby the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), awarded the Silver Medal for best newspaper in CASE’s District 1 to Medicine@Yale; District 1 comprises the New England states and Eastern Canada. The award was given in February at the annual District 1 conference in Montreal. CASE is a professional organization devoted to alumni relations, communications and development at educational institutions throughout the world.
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