Dr.R.Palmer Beasley, an American, was chosen to receive the Award in this field for his well reognized contribution to the understanding of the pathogenesis of HBV infection. This is a major viral infection of the liver in hundred of million people in different part of the world. Dr.Beasley had demonstrated the importance of the vertical […]
Dr. P. Helena Makela, M.D., Ph.D., research Professor Emerita, National Public Health Institute of Finland. Her most important work is related to Hemophilus Influenza type B – Hib conjugated vaccine to prevent invasive disease in young children. The Hib conjugated vaccine has been used in the national infant immunzation program in the U.S.A., Canada and […]
Dr.Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D. Director of Merck Institute of Vaccinology and Adjunct Professor of pediatrics, Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, is considered a leading scientist in vaccinology. He has pioneered 36 licensed vaccines including Japanese encephalitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, combined MMR, purified poliovaccine, varicella, hepatitis A, hepatitis B. Most importantly, these vaccines […]
Sir Roy Yorke Calne, M.B., BS, MA, MS, FRCS, FRCP. is Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Cambridge University, He is also Professor of Surgery, National University of Singapore. Sir Roy Calne is considered as one of the pioneers of organ transplantation. His work in clinical science of transplantation has made important contributions to the development of […]
Professor Thomas E. Starzl, MD., Ph.D. is Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. He is recognized for his pioneer work in organ transplantation which includes kidney, liver, pancreas, small intestine, heart and lung. His researches have contributed to the development of novel techniques in immunosuppressive drugs, organ procurement, organ preservation, tissue matching, surgical technique, […]
Professor David Weatherall is the outstanding British clinician scientist of his generation. He is an accomplished pioneering researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. The results of David WeatherallÂ’ laboratory and clinical research on thalassaemias has helped to explain the molecular pathophysiology and causes of phenotypic variability of these disorders. These findings have […]
Sir Richard Peto, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Sir Richard Peto had the first degree in Natural Sciences from University of Cambridge and the second degree, MS,c. in Statistic from University of London. His work persuaded doctors to use tamoxifen in the treatment of breast cancer. His […]
Professor David J.P. Barker, Director of MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton In a series of epidemiological studies, Professor Barker has shown that people who had low birth weight or who were thin of stunted at birth, have a high rates of coronary disease and the related disorders of strokes, diabetes and hypertension in […]
Professor Ernesto Pollitt, Professor of Human Development, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, is selected to receive this Award for the remarkable progress in understanding the important and often permanent effects of food on the learning and behavior of children. He was the first to demonstrate the effect of even subclinical […]
Professor Kennedy Francis Shortridge, an Australian national, was born on 6th April 1941. He obtained Bachelor of Science ((Microbiology) from the University of Queensland in 1962. He started his career as a Bacteriologist at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1963. In 1971 he received Ph.D. (Virology) from University of London: University College Hospital Medical School. […]
