Awards

Anson Ong, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Administration and Graduate Programs at the UTSA College of Engineering, has been elected to the International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science and Engineering. He will be recognized at the World Biomaterials Congress in Glasgow in May

ISSCR will award the Dr. Susan Lim Award for Outstanding Young Investigator to Allon M. Klein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., US The prize recognizes the exceptional achievements of an early-career investigator in stem cell research. The Award is supported by the Dr. Susan Lim Endowment for Education and Research Ltd and will be presented Wednesday, June 24, 2019 as part of ISSCR 2020.

Susan L. Solomon, JD, chief executive officer and founder of The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute is the recipient of the 2020 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Public Service Award. The honor recognizes outstanding contributions in support of the field of stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Solomon will receive the award during 2020 ISSCR Annual Meeting in Boston, US, June 24-27, 2019.

ISSCR awards the Tobias Lecture Award to Margaret A. (Peggy) Goodell, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Director of the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Established in 2015 and supported by the Tobias Foundation, the prize recognizes original and promising basic hematology research as well as direct translational or clinical research related to cell therapy in hematological disorders.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will award its inaugural Achievement Award to Fred H. Gage, Ph.D., president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif. The prize recognizes the transformative body of work of an investigator that has had a major impact on the field of stem cell research or regenerative medicine. The Award will be presented on 27 June at ISSCR 2020 in Boston, Mass., US.

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) present this year's ISSCR Momentum Award to Mitinori Saitou, M.D., Ph.D., Kyoto University, Japan. The prize recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator whose innovative research has established a major area of stem cell-related research with a strong trajectory for future success. The Award will be shared 26 June during the Dissecting Organogenesis Plenary from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at ISSCR 2020 in Boston, Mass., US.

The Oceanography Society proudly announces that Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology at Oregon State University, has been selected as the first recipient of the Mary Sears Medal. This honor recognizes Professor Lubchenco's exceptional leadership and original contributions to research on biodiversity, rocky seashore ecology, and solutions to restore ocean health and sustainable fisheries.

John Priscu, whose research focuses on the bacteria and microbes that live in polar and high-altitude climates, will visit China as part of the fellowship for lectures and research field trips during 2020.

'Dr. Ruth is incredibly deserving of an honorary degree for all she has accomplished. She has impacted the lives of people around the world by bringing human sexuality into public discourse,' says Doug Seserman, chief executive officer of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

The Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is among the Top 50 in Digital Health for 2020.