2013 General Meeting Award Laureates
The American Society for Microbiology is proud to announce the following 2013 award winners:
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ASM Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsored by Abbvie) Julian Davies, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
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Abbott Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Jennifer Puck, M.D., University of California, San Francisco |
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ABMM/ABMLI Professional Recognition Award |
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ASM Founders Distinguished Service Award Alice Schauer Weissfeld, Ph.D., Microbiology Specialists Incorporated, Houston, Texas |
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ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award |
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BD Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology Christine C. Ginocchio, Ph.D., MT (ASCP), North Shore- Long Island Jewish Health System, Lake Success, New York |
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bioMérieux Sonnenwirth Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology Roberta B. Carey, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award Graham Hatfull, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award Martin Polz, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
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EMD Millipore Alice C. Evans Award |
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Gen-Probe Joseph Public Health Award Judy Isaac-Renton, M.D., British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory, Provincial Health Services Authority Laboratories, Vancouver, Canada |
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GlaxoSmithKline International Member of the Year Award Xavier Nassif, M.D., Ph.D., Medical School Paris Descartes and the Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, France |
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Maurice Hilleman/Merck Award Emil C. Gotschlich, M.D., Rockefeller University, New York City, New York |
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William A. Hinton Research Training Award Alison Gammie, Ph.D., Princeton University, New Jersey |
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Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award Neal Alto, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas |
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Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award Emily Troemel, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego |
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Procter & Gamble Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology Mary Lidstrom, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle |
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Promega Biotechnology Research Award Jay Keasling, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley |
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Raymond W. Sarber Award Riley Ennis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
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Raymond W. Sarber Award Jevgenia Zilberman-Rudenko, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland |
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Moselio Schaechter Distinguished Service Award (sponsored by GSK) Nancy Gore Saravia, Ph.D., Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia |
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Scherago-Rubin Award Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, MS, MT(ASCP)SM, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory |
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Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Young Investigator Award Carey-Ann Burnham, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(CCM), Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri |
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USFCC/J. Roger Porter Award Lenie Dijkshoorn, Ph.D., Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands |
D.C. White Research and Mentoring Award Farooq Azam, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego |

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