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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Rita R. Colwell

Title:

Distinguished Professor

Affiliation:

University of Maryland

Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Agricultural/Life Sciences Surge Building

College Park,Maryland 20742 USA

Gender:

Female

Award Discipline:

Biological Sciences

Award Year:

2006

Citation:

"For her in-depth research that has contributed to a greater understanding of the ecology, physiology, and evolution of marine microbes, most notably Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of pandemic cholera, and which has elucidated critical links between environmental and human health."

Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.

 

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