The recipients of the American Society for Clinical Investigation's 2012 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award are William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D., and Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., in recognition of their contributions to the molecular understanding of cellular oxygen sensing and cellular adaptation to hypoxia. Drs. Kaelin and Semenza will share the Award's $10,000 honorarium and present the Korsmeyer Lecture on Sunday, April 29, at this year's ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting (April 27-29 in Chicago, Illinois).

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 3,000 members who are in the upper ranks of academic medicine and industry.

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