VA scientist honored for his work in humanismThe Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute has created the Richard Frankel Award for Creating a Loving Community. 12-21-2018 |
VA neuroscientist receives Axelrod PrizeDr. Stephen Waxman received the 2018 Julius Axelrod Prize from the Society of Neuroscience. He was honored for his research describing the roles that ion channels play in diseases of the brain and spinal cord. The Axelrod Prize is given in recognition of exceptional achievement in neuropharmacology or related fields. 11-29-2018 |
Dr. William A. Banks receives VA's Middleton AwardDr. William A. Banks, associate chief of staff for research and development at VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Washington, has received the 2018 William S. Middleton Award. It is the highest honor conferred by the VA Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development (BLR&D;) Service. 10-30-2018 |
McKee and Wyss-Coray Named to Time's 50 Most-Influential List
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Note: Each of the four services of VA Research may note awards and milestones for its investigators on its respective awards page, as per the links immediately below:
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1998 - Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. - nitric oxide
1977 - Andrew W. Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c. (Multi), D.Sc.,h.c. - peptide hormone
1977 - Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - radioimmunoassay
Lasker-DeBakey Award
2012 - Thomas Starzl, M.D. - liver transplantation
1976 - Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - radioimmunoassay
1975 - William Oldendorf, M.D. - computerized tomography
1975 - Andrew Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c. (Multi), D.Sc.,h.c. - peptide hormone
1974 - Ludwig Gross, M.D. - leukemia; cancer-causing viruses
1971 - Edward D. Freis, M.D. - drug therapy for hypertension
1963 - Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. - cardiovascular surgery