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Louis Kunkel, PhD, chief of the Division of Genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, was recently awarded the $250,000 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology. Lou identified the gene and protein dystrophin, which is mutated in boys with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy. The award has been awarded annually since 1996 to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies the understanding of birth defects.
George Daley, MD, PhD, associate chief and director of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, was recently awarded the E. Mead Johnson Award from the American Pediatric Society and Society for Pediatric Research. The award, given since 1939, honors clinical and laboratory research achievements in pediatrics and is considered the most prestigious award in pediatric research.
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