Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award

The Robert J. And Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Awards were awarded annually for distinguished accomplishment in areas of investigation that included neuropsychiatry, cardiovascular disease, and cancer research. The program ran from 1987 to 2013[1]. Each area of research was allocated US$50,000 to award to its winners.

History of the award

The Pasarow Foundation was created in 1987 by Mr. and Mrs. Pasarow of Beverly Hills, California, to stimulate medical and scientific research. Robert Pasarow was the founder and former president/CEO/chairman of the board of CHB Foods, Inc. The Pasarows established the Claire and Robert J. Pasarow Cancer Laboratory at the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute at the University of Southern California as well as the Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles. Robert J. Pasarow, now deceased, was the founding president and chairman of the foundation and Claire Pasarow, also deceased, was the chief financial officer.

Members of the board of directors

The members of the board of directors were:

  • Michael Pasarow, chairman
  • Anthony Pasarow, co-treasurer
  • Susan A. Pasarow, MSW, co-treasurer
  • Jack Barchas, MD, president
  • Shaun Coughlin, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco
  • Christopher J. Evans, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ronald Evans, PhD, The Salk Institute
  • Brian E. Henderson, MD, University of Southern California
  • Alexander Varshavsky, PhD, Caltech

Nomination criteria

The principal criterion for nomination was evidence of extraordinary accomplishment in medical science.

Nominators provided a one-page letter of intent stating the rationale for the nomination and a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and bibliography in two-page NIH format. Applications were reviewed by the board of directors in consultation with various medical scholars.

Past winners
YearCancer AwardCardiovascular AwardNeuropsychiatry Award
1987Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D., University Of Southern CaliforniaBurton E. Sobel, M.D., Washington UniversityNancy S. Wexler
1988Irving Weissman, M.D., Stanford UniversityHarvey Feigenbaum, M.D., Indiana UniversityEric Kandel
1989George F. Vande Woude, Ph.D., National Cancer InstituteBernardo Nadal-Ginard, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityFloyd Bloom
1990Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., La Jolla Cancer Research FoundationMordecai P. Blaustein, M.D., University of MarylandSolomon H. Snyder
1991Harold M. Weintraub, M.D., Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Research CenterJonathan G. Seidman, Ph.D. & Christine E. Seidman, M.D., Harvard UniversityMichael E. Phelps
1992Ronald M. Evans, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological StudiesGlenn A. Langer, M.D., UCLA School of MedicinePatricia Goldman-Rakic
1993Stanley Korsmeyer, M.D., Washington UniversityPhilip Majerus, M.D., Washington UniversityHuda Akil and Stanley Watson
1994Carlo M. Croce, M.D., Jefferson Cancer CenterJan L. Breslow, M.D., Rockefeller UniversityArvid Carlsson, Philip Seeman
1995Alfred G. Knudson, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer CenterKenneth R. Chien, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San DiegoStanley Prusiner
1996Robert A. Weinberg, M.D., MIT and Whitehead InstituteMichael Anthony Gimbrone, Jr., M.D., Harvard UniversityJoseph T. Coyle
1997Eric S. Lander, DPhil, MITMasashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas, SouthwesternEric J. Nestler
1998Paul L. Modrich, Ph.D., Duke UniversityMark T. Keating, M.D., University of UtahFred Gage
1999Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIHEric N. Olson, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterMichael I. Posner and Marcus Raichle
2000Alexander J. Varshavsky, Ph.D., California Institute of TechnologyRichard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., Yale School of MedicinePasko Rakic
2001Tom Maniatis, Ph.D., Harvard UniversityRobert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., Duke University Medical CenterSeymour Benzer
2002Roger D. Kornberg, Ph.D., Stanford UniversityShaun Coughlin, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San FranciscoTomas Hökfelt
2003Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., F.R.S., University of California San FranciscoJudah Folkman, M.D. Harvard Medical School and Children's HospitalThomas Jessell
2004Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Children's HospitalBarry S. Coller, M.D, Rockefeller UniversityJudith L. Rapoport
2005Bert W. O’Malley, M.D., Baylor College of MedicineDouglas C. Wallace, Ph.D., University of California at IrvineBruce McEwen
2006Tony Hunter, Ph.D., Salk Institute for Biological Studies[2]Daniel Steinberg, M.D., Ph.D., University of CaliforniaHuda Zoghbi
2007Bert Vogelstein, M.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityRichard O. Hynes, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAaron T. Beck
2008Not awarded
2009Not awarded
2010Inder M. Verma, Ph.D., Salk Institute, Brian J. Druker, M.D., Oregon Health & Science University and Howard Hughes Medical InstituteDavid Ginsburg, M.D., University of Michigan Medical SchoolJean-Pierre Changeux
2011Angela H. Brodie, Lewis C. Cantley, Joan A. SteitzJeffrey M. Friedman, Andrew Marks, Gerald ReavenRobert Malenka, Roger Nicoll, Charles F. Stevens
2012David M. Livingston, Joan Massagué, Michael G. RosenfeldAntonio M. Gotto, Robert W. Mahley, Peter J Ratcliffe FRS, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of OxfordVirginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania[3] Christine Petit, John Q. Trojanowski
2013Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University; Richard Peto, University of Oxford; Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D., Stanford UniversityHarry C. Dietz, M.D., Johns Hopkins University; Charles T. Esmon, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma; Helen Hobbs, M.D., University of Texas SouthwesternKarl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University; Helen S. Mayberg, M.D., Emory University; Carla Shatz, Ph.D., Stanford University

See also

References
  1. "Science careers" (PDF). Science. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. "Tony Hunter receives Robert. J. and Claire Pasarow Award for Cancer Research", Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  3. "Virginia Man-Yee Lee | University of Pennsylvania | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine". pathology.med.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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