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Institute of Medicine elects
Oliver Smithies
Dr. Oliver Smithies of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has been elected
to the national Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors U.S. physicians,
health scientists and other experts can earn. Smithies is one of 65 new members,
raising the institute’s total active U.S. membership to 1,382.
A member of the UNC Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center noted for his leadership and outstanding teaching,
Smithies won the 2001 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, often
called the "America’s Nobel," and the 2002 Massry Award.
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Excellence professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, Oliver
Smithies already has won many honors for gene targeting, a technique
he pioneered. |
