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Clinical Researchers
Honored
Three investigators who conduct research using the
resources of their institutions’ General Clinical
Research Centers (GCRCs) recently won awards that recognize
the body of their research.
Dr. Merrill D. Benson—professor of pathology and
laboratory medicine, of medical and molecular genetics,
and of medicine at the Indiana University School of
Medicine—won the Pasteur-Weizmann/Servier International
Prize in Biomedical Research. At the university’s
GCRC, Dr. Benson studies diseases known as amyloidoses,
in which fibrous protein deposits called amyloids accumulate
in organs and tissues.
Dr. Joel D. Kopple, professor of internal medicine and
public health at University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA), received the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award
from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition. At
the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center GCRC, Dr. Kopple studies
nutrition and metabolism in relation to kidney disease.
Dr. Ronald S. Swerdloff—chief of the division
of endocrinology, metabolism, and nutrition at Harbor-UCLA
Medical Center—received the Distinguished Andrologist
Award from the American Society of Andrology. Dr. Swerdloff
relies on the GCRC for his studies that test potential
male hormonal contraceptives and evaluate testosterone
replacement therapies in men with hypogonadism.
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