© 2001 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 7, 499-500,
April 4, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
At its annual meeting March 24–28 in New Orleans, the American Association for Cancer Research presented nine awards:• Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California at San Francisco, received the Fourth Annual Pezcoller International Award for Cancer Research.
• Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D., professor, Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Houston, received the 41st G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award.
• Brian J. Druker, M.D., professor of medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, received the 25th Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award for his outstanding contributions to molecular-targeted therapy resulting in improved treatment of cancer patients.
• I. Bernard Weinstein, M.D., D. Sci., past president of AACR, director emeritus, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, and professor of genetics and development, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., was awarded the 10th American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention.
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• Rainer F. Storb, M.D., professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, and program head, Transplantation Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, received the Sixth Joseph H. Burchenal Clinical Cancer Research Award.
• Alan C. Sartorelli, Ph.D., Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., received the 20th Bruce F. Cain Memorial Award.
• Scott W. Lowe, Ph.D., professor, Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., and faculty member, Genetics Program, SUNY-Stony Brook, N.Y., received the 22nd Cornelius P. Rhoads Memorial Award.
• Zena Werb, Ph.D., vice-chair and professor of anatomy, University of California at San Francisco, presented the Fourth Women In Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lecture. Werb’s studies of the molecular and cellular basis of extracellular matrix proteolysis and its role in the normal functioning and pathogenesis of tissues have resulted in new paradigms in these areas. Her lecture was called, "How Extracellular Proteinases Regulate Development and Neoplastic Progression."
• Diane F. Birt, Ph.D., chairman and professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and director of the Center for Designing Foods to Improve Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, presented the 6th DeWitt S. Goodman Lecture. Her lecture was called "Molecular and Hormonal Mechanisms for Dietary Energy Restriction Prevention of Skin Cancer."
(Items in "Awards, Appointments, Announcements" are compiled from notices received by the News section. Not all notices are used; all are edited.)
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