2013 Taubman Prize Selection Committee Members
The following individuals comprise the national selection committee that will judge the entries for the 2013 Taubman Prize:
Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D.
- Dean, Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Harry Dietz, M.D.
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Victor A. McKusick Professor of Genetics and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
- 2012 Taubman Prize Recipient
David Ginsburg, M.D.
- James V. Neel Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
William N. Kelley, M.D.
- Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Gary Koretzky, M.D., Ph.D.
- Francis C. Wood Professor of Medicine
- Vice Chair for Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Juanita Merchant, M.D.
- Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
- President, Brigham and Women’s / Faulkner Hospitals
David G. Nathan, M.D.
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
David C. Page, M.D.
- Director, Whitehead Institute
- Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Barbara Vickrey, M.D., M.P.H.
- President and Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles
Tachi Yamada, M.D.
- Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
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Leaders of state and local government visited the Taubman Institute on March 18 to tour Taubman Scholar labs and discuss the potential medical research offers for both improving the health of residents and establishing new jobs and businesses in Michigan.
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