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Participants at past conferences: Some symposia speakers featured at recent conferences include: 2001 - Emory University (Atlanta) 1999 - NIH, Mazur Auditorium (Bethesda) Other symposium lecturers have included: 1997 - Nashville, TN - Gavril Pasternak (Memorial Sloan Kettering); Steven Childers (Bowman Grey Medical School); Steven F. Maier (Colorado); Dennis Taub (NIA); Bruce Zwilling (Ohio State); Keith Kelley (Ilinois); David Felten (Rochester) 1996 - Puerto Rico - Martin Adler (Temple); John Cambier (Colorado); Takashi K. Kishimoto (Boehringer-Ingelheim); Thomas Molitor (Minnesota); Steven Henriksen (Scripps); Claire Coles (Emory U.) 1995 - San Diego, CA - Chris Evans (UCLA); Tom Bonner (NIMH); Raphael Mechoulam (Hebrew U.); Adrian Dunn (LSU); John Spitzer (LSU) Disciplines Represented: Awards: Joe Wybran was an outstanding clinician-immunologist
and a distinct innovator in the field of neuro-immuno-pharmacology. His
seminal report that lymphocytes express opiate receptors, published in
1979 (J. Immunol. 123:1068) was the most often cited research report
of the early 1980s', reflecting its broad scientific impact. Joe was an
intimate part of many of the earliest meetings in the field. He was a
friend to many of us and we were all aware of his brilliance. Tragically,
his life was cut short by an apparent terrorist act on October 3, 1989.
Found shot to death in his car in the parking lot of the hospital where
he worked in Brussels, his assailant was never apprehended. It was presumed,
however, that his role as an activist leader in the Belgium Jewish community
was the reason he was targeted. Thus, the Wybran Award is a memorial award.
It represents both outstanding accomplishment and promise in the field.
We believe that its heritage makes it a distinct honor and are pleased
to present it to a scientist/administrator whose career has made a significant
contribution to the direction in which this field has traveled. Awards are also made to graduate students
and post-doctoral fellows, based on their presentations, to honor their
contributions to the meeting. The most recent winners of these awards
were: 1999 - Post-doctoral fellow Imre Szabo, Ph.D. (Temple); Graduate Students Amber Steele (Temple) and Ana M. Lugo-Chinchilla (Puerto Rico) |
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