Medical Center People

	Stanford Report, October 1, 2003
	Medical center people Marlene Rabinovitch, MD, the Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor in Pediatric Cardiology and, by courtesy, of developmental biology, was named the 2003 winner of the Gill Heart Institute Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cardiovascular Research. Rabinovitch, who joined the Stanford Department of Pediatrics and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in July 2002, serves as the director of cardiovascular research at the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. She will be honored in October at the University of Kentucky. Irving Weissman, MD, the Karel H. and Avice N. Beekhuis Professor in Cancer Biology, was named the winner of the 2003 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine. Weissman, a professor of pathology and of developmental biology and, by courtesy, of biological sciences, directs the Stanford Cancer/Stem Cell Institute. The Canadian research award — this year given to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the area of "Cell-Based Therapeutics: From Stem Cell Biology to Clinical Immune Tolerance" — will be presented to Weissman in November at the 19th annual J. Allyn Taylor symposium in London (Ont.). Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, was named recipient of the 2003 American Neurological Association F.E. Bennett Memorial Lectureship Award. Mignot, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and director of the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy, discovered the genetic mutation associated with narcolepsy, a disabling sleep disorder in humans and animals. A special lecture commemorating the award will be given at the association’s annual meeting in mid-October in San Francisco. John Barry, MD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, received the 9th annual Outstanding Faculty Physician Award for excellence in specialty care of students from the Vaden Health Center at Stanford. "Dr. Barry personally reviews each referral … to make sure of a good match between clinicians’ strengths and students’ needs," said Alejandro Martinez, PhD, director of counseling and psychological services. Barry was honored for making a positive difference in the therapeutic experience of students and for the excellence of his educational presentations to Vaden staff. David Stevenson, MD, senior associate dean for academic affairs, was chosen for the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development Duane Alexander Award for Academic Leadership in Perinatal Medicine. The award recognizes a distinguished academic leader for contributions to the education of young clinicians and scientists. Stevenson, the Harold K. Faber Professor of Pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology, was honored in August at the institute’s annual conference on Maternal Fetal Neonatal Reproductive Medicine.	[an error occurred while processing this directive]