2008 Young Investigator Award recipients announced

The ASCI is pleased to recognize the four recipients of the ASCI's 2008 Young Investigator Award:

• J. David Beckham, M.D.
  (University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center)
• Tae-Hwa Chun, M.D., Ph.D.
  (University of Michigan Medical School)
• Marion Hofmann-Bowman, M.D., Ph.D.
  (The University of Chicago)
• Johannes S. Schlondorff, M.D., Ph.D.
  (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)

The Young Investigator Award, in the amount of $70,000 each, offers significant encouragement to young researchers in these lean funding years. The four recipients of the 2008 Awards will be recognized on Sunday, April 27, at the ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting.

Gerald I. Shulman is the recipient of the 2008 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award.

The ASCI is an honor society of physician-scientists, those who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. Founded in 1908, the Society is home to more than 2,800 members who are in the upper ranks of academic medicine and corporate healthcare.

The ASCI is a member society of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and the Coalition for the Life Sciences. These organizations work to promote increased federal funding and sound science policy through direct Congressional advocacy and member participation.