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Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences

 

Recent Research Award Recipients

2008

Max D. Cooper, M.D.
Emory University School of Medicine

2007

Seymour J. Klebanoff, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington School of Medicine

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Request for Nominations

The Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease. The research recognized should have contributed to the substance of medicine. The AAMC has awarded a prize in this arena, in partnership with various sponsors, since 1947.

Nominations may be made by anyone on the faculty or staff of a medical school or teaching hospital or by a member of an academic society. The nominee must be an individual who serves on the faculty of an AAMC member medical school or teaching hospital.

The nomination packet must consist of eight (8) collated sets to include:

  • A statement of evidence in justification of the nomination
  • The candidate's curriculum vitae and bibliography
  • Two letters of support
  • Copies of no more than five (5) key publications by the nominee

This year's nomination deadline was May 1, 2009, for forwarding to the Research Award Selection Committee. Presentation of the Award and a prize of $5,000 will be made at the 2009 AAMC annual meeting.

Previous Research Award Recipients

2006
Francois M. Abboud, MBBCh
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

2005
Stuart H. Orkin, M.D.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

2004
Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

2003
Aaron J. Shatkin, Ph.D.
Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine

2002
Stanley J. Korsmeyer, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

 

2001
C. David Allis, Ph.D.
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

2000
Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas-Houston Medical School

1999
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

1998
Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D.
University of Utah School of Medicine &
Oliver Smithies, D. Phil.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

1997
David M. Livingston, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

 

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