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Winner of the Excellence in Translational Medicine Award announced
We are pleased to announce that Dr Xinmei Zhu, a Research Associate in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has been awarded the Journal of Translational Medicine Excellence in Translational Medicine Award for 2006-07.
The award, which endeavours to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of translational medicine research, was given to Dr Zho as first author of the following article published in Journal of Translational Medicine:
Toll like receptor-3 ligand poly-ICLC promotes the
efficacy of peripheral vaccinations with tumor antigen-derived peptide epitopes
in murine CNS tumor models
Xinmei Zhu, Fumihiko Nishimura, Kotaro Sasaki,
Mitsugu Fujita, Jill E Dusak, Junichi Eguchi, Wendy Fellows-Mayle, Walter J
Storkus, Paul R Walker, Andres M Salazar, Hideho Okada
Journal of Translational Medicine 2007, 5:10
As the recipient of the award, Dr Zhu will receive a $2,500 prize sponsored by Pfizer Global Research and Development and Global Translational Medicine to cover expenses for any meeting sponsored by a non-for-profit organization that is relevant to the goal of translational medicine and research. For further details please read the editorial.
Nominations for the 2nd Excellence in Translational Medicine Award are now open; all authors of research and methodology articles published in Journal of Translational Medicine between 1st July 2007 and 30th June 2008 are eligible, so submit your research now!
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