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2008 ASH Distinguished Scientist Award Winner The American Society of Hypertension is pleased to announce the winner of the ASH Robert Tigerstedt Award: Gordon H. Williams, MD The ASH Distinguished Scientist Award will be presented during the 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition at the New Orleans Marriott. The Awards session is scheduled for Friday, May 16th , 2008 at 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Gordon H. Williams, M.D. Gordon H. Williams, M.D. received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard University and MD cum laude from Harvard Medical School (HMS). After serving as an intern at the University of Chicago and in the United States Navy, he returned to Boston where he finished his internal medicine residency and fellowship in endocrinology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (PBBH). He also trained with James and Sylvia Tait at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Next he joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School -- an affiliation that he has maintained through out his academic career. He first served as Chief of the PBBH Endocrine Unit, then as Chief of the Endocrine-Diabetes-Hypertension Division at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, from which he resigned in 2001 after 29 years of service. Dr. Williams has been a Professor of Medicine at HMS since 1981, and currently is the Director of its Scholars in Clinical Science Program (SCSP), which leads to a master’s degree. He is also Director of the following activities at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital: the Center for Clinical Investigation, the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), the Hormonal Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Injury Laboratory, and Chief, Cardiovascular Endocrinology Section. He has published more than 500 original articles, reviews, chapters, and books. His research activities have focused on the genetics of complex diseases involving hormonal mechanisms, specifically hypertension and diabetes mellitus. The American Heart Association honored Dr. Williams for his genetic studies as the 2000 Lewis A. Conner Lecturer. A lifelong interest of Dr. Williams’ has been to understand the mechanisms by which aldosterone participates in cardiovascular diseases. For this area of research he was asked to present the 2002 Corcoran Lecture at the Council for High Blood Pressure Research annual meeting and the 2003 Presidential Lecture at the Endocrine Society annual meeting. He also has been one of the major forces behind the International Aldosterone Conference, which will celebrate its 34th anniversary in 2008. The Endocrine Society honored him in 2005 by bestowing on him the Robert H. Williams Distinguished Leadership Award for his outstanding efforts in this area for over three decades. In addition, since 1974 the National Institutes of Health has supported his research and training activities where, in aggregate, he has served 12 years as a study section member and chair for 5 of those years. He also has been a named lecturer at many institutions during the past twenty years including the Tyndale Lecturer at the University of Utah Medical School in 2004 and Beverly Towery Lecturer at the University of Louisville in 2007. A strong advocate for education and support of clinical research, he has served as a founding member and President of the following national and international organizations: the GCRC’s Program Directors Association; the Association for Patient-Oriented Research (APOR); and the Association of General Clinical Research Training Program Directors. He also has served on several national committees focusing on the support of clinical research and has directed local clinical research infrastructure and training programs as noted above. Finally -- and most importantly – Dr. Williams is the father of six and the grandfather of twenty. 2009 ASH Distinguished Scientist Award One ASH Distinguished Scientist Award is given each year depending on the field to which the award recipient has made his or her contribution. The purpose of the ASH Distinguished Scientist Award is to honor a scientist or physician for outstanding achievements in the field of hypertension. The award recipient receives a framed certificate and a $10,000 honorarium. The awardee is also requested to present a 30- minute lecture during the awards session at the ASH Annual Meeting and will receive complimentary registration and reimbursement for travel expenses and hotel accommodations. Sponsors who wish to have their candidates nominated for an award must be current ASH members and provide the following information:
The deadline to apply for the 2009 award is December 3, 2008. A candidate may be nominated by one or more different individuals within the same year. Previous winners of the ASH Distinguished Scientist Award and members of the ASH Scientific Awards Committee are not eligble for nomination. The Awards Committee will assess the candidates’ overall scientific contributions and their impact on the field of hypertension. The ASH Distinguished Scientist Award recipient receives an award within one of these five categories: William Harvey Award Richard Bright Award Robert Tigerstedt Award Harriet Dustan Award Irvine Page Award For more information, please contact:
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