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AWARDS & HONORS I MAY 8, 2012

Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, received the following for his work in optogenetics: Record Neuroscience Award, the Perl/UNC Award, and the Zuelch Prize from the Max Planck Society (shared with Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, and Ernst Bamberg).
The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of the following Stanford School of Medicine faculty:

Dr. Karl Deisseroth (see above)
Dr. K. Chris Garcia, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Structural Biology
Dr. Rob Tibrishiani, Professor of Health Research and Policy (Biostastics) and of Statistics

Dr. Jeff Norton, The Robert L. and Mary Ellenburg Professor, received the Flance-Karl Award, the highest recognition of sustained scientific and clinical contributions.
Dr. Sharon Hunt, Professor of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

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Nishita Kothary, MD

Position: Assistant Professor - Med Center Line

Department: Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology

Research: Kothary's current research interests include interventional oncology: percutaneous and transarterial interventions for diagnosis and treatment of primary and metastatic tumors (lung, liver and renal).

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