Recognition

The 2009 Lasker Awards, the most respected science prizes in the U.S., will be awarded to: Brian Druker of the Oregon Health & Science University; Nicholas B. Lydon, formerly of Novartis AG; and Charles L. Sawyers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, for their research on Gleevec, a drug that transformed chronic myelogenous leukemia from a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition. Read full article.

UCSD SOM Alum, Richard Mertens, receives College of American Pathologist's prestigious Pathologist Spotlight Service Award.

UCSD SOM Alum and Faculty, Dr. Sandra Daley's presentation: "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?"

The Gold Humanism Honor Society Recognizes Outstanding UCSD Alumni and Seniors

Roger Tsien, Ph.D., one of three recipients of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Dr. George Liu, SOM Class of ’98, Wins ASM Award

UCSD SOM Alum, Dr. Nick Yphantides, featured on YouTube.

Khaled Hosseini, M.D., Class of ’93, was featured on the Colbert Show.

Dr. Sandra Daley, UCSD SOM Alum, honored as one of San Diego Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business."

Thomas Keens, M.D. (UCSD SOM Charter Class), Elected to Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics.

Reichers graduated from UCSD med school; now their son is part of new 40th class.

UCSD Honors School of Medicine Alumnus Khaled Hosseini, Author of the Kite Runner.

UCSD SOM Alumnus Dr. Daniel Pallin of Brigham and Women�s Hospital reports that emergency department visits for skin infections have increased since a new strain of staph was discovered.

John Spinosa ’87 SOM alum named Scripps Chief of Staff