Weissmann Wins Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Charles Weissmann, head of the Department of Infectology at the new Scripps Research campus in Palm Beach County, Florida, has won the sixteenth annual Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Prize, awarded by the Warren Alpert Foundation to researchers who have made an impact on hepatitis therapy.

Stowers Chosen as 2004 Pew Biomedical Scholar
Assistant Professor Lisa Stowers has been chosen as one of 15 Pew Biomedical Scholars this year by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the University of California at San Francisco. The prestigious scholarship will fund her research over four years and will provide a community of fellow scholars, who will meet regularly to discuss ideas, challenges, and obstacles across sub-specialties.


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