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Awards
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“Father of Interferon” Honored at 2010 Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Awards
New Jersey-based Scientist Recognized for Contributions in Medical Research
Piscataway, NJ -- Sidney Pestka, M.D., the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of PBL InterferonSource, will be honored at the 2010 Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Awards as Outstanding Medical Research Scientist for Basic Biomedical Research (www.ejiawards.org).
The award, which began in 1939, is named after Edward J. Ill, M.D., a physician from Newark, NJ, who is remembered for his pioneering work that helped set national standards for continuing medical education. Before there were any medical education institutions available in the state, or any requirements to keep medical practices current with technology, his idealistic philosophy helped elevate the quality of healthcare.
Currently, Dr. Pestka is Chairman and Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical.
This annual ceremony, sponsored by MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey since 2004, will be held on May 5, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Princeton. To purchase tickets or advertisements for the event or to learn more about the awards, contact the Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Foundation at 609-803-2350 or visit www.EJIawards.org.
Other honorees for 2010 include:
Edward J. Ill Physician’s Award®: Denise V. Rodgers, MD, Provost and Executive Vice President of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and Professor of Family Medicine at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Peter W. Rodino, Jr., Citizen’s Award®: Major General Maria Falca-Dodson, Commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard.
Verice M. Mason Community Service Leader Award: Martin A. Finkel, DO, Professor of Pediatrics and co-founder of Child Abuse Research Education & Service (CARES) Institute at the UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine, on behalf of the CARES Institute.
Outstanding Medical Educator Award: Marjorie C. Brandriss, PhD, Professor of Microbiology at the UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School.
Outstanding Medical Executive Award: Monsignor Robert T. Sheeran, President of Seton Hall University.
Outstanding Medical Research Scientist Award for Clinical Research: John B. Kostis, MD, John G. Detwiler Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Founding Director of the Cardiovascular Institute of New Jersey, and Chief, Medical Service at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
PBL InterferonSource develops and supplies high-performance reagents and assay services every day for the life sciences community. To see what’s happening in the world of interferons, please contact us at info@interferonsource.com, or visit www.interferonsource.com.
PBL InterferonSource, a division of Pestka Biomedical Laboratories, Inc. based in Piscataway, NJ, is the world’s leading interferon expert for life science research offering interferon and related products, assay services, and consulting to the biomedical research community.
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