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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., was honored with the inaugural Richard V. Smalley, M.D., Memorial Award. Rosenberg is the chief of surgery at the National Cancer Institute and a professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. Rosenberg received the award for his work in immunotherapy, gene therapy, and cell transfer therapy.
The award recognizes individuals who have displayed excellence in the field of therapeutic research with biological agents.
Tyler E. Jacks, Ph.D., of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Scott W. Lowe, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and HHMI, and Jeff Wrana, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto and the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, received the 2005 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research.
The prize recognizes substantial contributions to the basic understanding and treatment of cancer by scientists 45 years old and younger at the time of nomination. The three winners will share a $150,000 prize. Each finalist's research helped scientists understand the cellular mechanics behind tumor growth, proliferation, and response to treatment.
Richard R. Matner, Ph.D., was appointed the director of technology transfer and commercial development at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
Garth Powis, Ph.D., was appointed chair of the Department of Experimental Therapeutics and director of the Center for Targeted Therapy at the Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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