Title:

Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor

Affiliation:

University of Chicago

The Pritzker School of Medicine

5841 S. Maryland Avenue

Chicago,Illinois 60637 USA

Gender:

Female

Year Deceased:

2013

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

1998

Citation:

"For revolutionizing cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment through her discovery of chromosomal translocations in cancer and her pioneering work on the relationship of prior treatment to recurring chromosome abnormalities, for epitomizing the bench to bedside philosophy in her application of basic discoveries to clinical medicine, and for her leadership nationally and internationally in the oncology and biomedical communities."

Presented by President William Jefferson Clinton at a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.