- Justice
Talking
A show on hot-button constitutional issues has caught the attention
of public radio stations across the country thanks to Annenberg Public
Policy Center Senior Fellow Kathryn Kolbert, one of Americas most
respected public interest lawyers.
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December 2, 1999
AWARDS & HONORS
Doris Duke Award to
Gewirtz
Alan M. Gewirtz
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Alan
M. Gewirtz, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pathology, has won a $3
million Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award for Excellence
in Bench to Bedside Research, one of four winners this year. He won for
his project, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for Human Leukemia, an
example of his work in translating a basic scientific discovery into clinically
useful therapies for patients with blood formation disorders. The money
will be distributed over a five-year period to support Gewirtzs work.
Institute of Medicine
Two Penn faculty members are among the 55 scientists elected to the Institute
of Medicine this year for their major contributions to health and medicine
or to related fields.
Loretta
Sweet Jemmott, Ph.D., FAAN, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, is
director of the School of Nursing Center for Urban Health Research, which
aims to improve the health of inner-city people. The Centers for Disease
Control has selected a Jemmott-led HIV prevention program for teens as
a national model.
David W.
Kennedy, M.D., is Professor and Chairman of Otorhinolaryngology and
Head and Neck Surgery in the School of Medicine. Kennedys areas
of expertise and interest include sinus surgery and minimally invasive
skull base surgery.
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