Stephen Hecht

Stephen Samuel Hecht
Education Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spouse(s) Sharon E. Murphy[1]
Awards Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2014, American Society of Preventive Oncology's Joseph Cullen Award (2012), American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Toxicology Founders' Award (2009), National Cancer Institute Merit Award (2004)
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry, pathology, toxicology
Institutions University of Minnesota
Thesis Part I: A̲protic decomposition of 2-phenyl-cyclooctanone p̲-toluene-sulfonylhydrazone; and 3-phenylycyclooctanone p̲-toluenesulfonylhy-drazone; part II: Oxadiaziridines: synthesis and reactivity. (1968)

Stephen S. Hecht is an American chemist and cancer researcher. He is the Wallin Land Grant Professor of Cancer Prevention in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the University of Minnesota's Medicinal Chemistry graduate program, as well as the Program Leader of the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program of the Masonic Cancer Center.[2] Since January 2013, he has also been the editor-in-chief of Chemical Research in Toxicology.[3]

Research

Hecht's research focuses on the mechanisms whereby carcinogens in tobacco and the environment cause cancer.[4] He has been studying the link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer for over four decades.[5] For example, he has studied the ways in which certain people, such as babies whose mothers smoke during pregnancy, are exposed to carcinogens in tobacco.[6][7]

Honors and awards

In 2004, Hecht received a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Merit Award, and from 1987 to 2001, he received an Outstanding Investigator Grant from the NCI. In 2006, he received the American Association for Cancer Research's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Prevention Research.[8] He has been a fellow of the American Chemical Society since 2009 and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2014. In 2012, he received the American Society of Preventive Oncology's Joseph W. Cullen Award.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Hecht Wins 2009 Founders Award". Division of Chemical Toxicology. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Stephen S. Hecht". Experts. American Chemical Society.
  3. ↑ "Stephen S. Hecht, Ph.D., named new Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Research in Toxicology". American Cancer Society. 18 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Stephen Hecht". University of Minnesota.
  5. ↑ Macur, Juliet (8 February 2017). "The N.H.L.'s Problem With Science". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Maugh, Thomas (24 August 1998). "Newborns Smoke Carcinogen". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ↑ Maugh, Thomas (8 March 2001). "New Study Supports Theory of Secondhand Smoke's Effects". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ↑ "AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Prevention Research Recipients". AACR.org.
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