NEWS RELEASES
4/22/04 News Release
MEDIA ADVISORY
CALIFORNIA CONNECTION TO AMERICA’S TOP PRIZE IN MEDICINE
$500,000 prize announcement to be streamed live over web
WHAT:
News conference to introduce winner of Albany Medical Center Prize in
Medicine and Biomedical Research – the largest annual prize in medicine
in the United States (second in the world to the Nobel Prize). America’s
top medical award has a decidedly California flair in 2004.
WHEN:
Friday, April 23, 2004
8 a.m. – PACIFIC
LIVE WEB CAST:
Media can view the news conference live over the Internet via the following
web link: http://www.twalbany.com/twc_webstream. The stream requires Windows
Media Player 9, which can be downloaded for free after logging onto the
site.
WHO:
o Prize Recipient (TBA) – Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine
o Morris “Marty” Silverman – Donor and Octogenarian
o James J. Barba – Chairman of the Board, Pres., CEO - Albany Medical
Center
WHERE:
The Albany Marriott, Albany, New York
ELECTRONIC MEDIA:
Please note that interviews and B-roll from Friday’s news conference
will be available via the television affiliates in Albany. The affiliates
are as follows: WRGB (CBS), WNYT (NBC), WTEN (ABC), WXXA (FOX) and Capital
News 9 (Time Warner Cable).
DETAILS:
Now in its fourth year, the $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize is America’s
top award in medicine: the largest prize in medicine in the United States,
and the second largest in the world outside of the Nobel Prize.
Established as a result of a $50 million gift commitment from New York City philanthropist Marty Silverman and the Silverman Foundation, the Albany Medical Center Prize is designed to encourage and recognize extraordinary and sustained contributions to improving health care and promoting innovative biomedical research.
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