Outstanding Young Scientist Award
The Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology will present its Outstanding Young Scientist Award at the 22nd Annual Houston Conference on Biomedical Engineering Research. The Conference will be held on February 10-11, 2005 at the University Hilton Hotel and Conference Center on the campus of the University of Houston. Nominations are invited for candidates to be considered by the Awards Committee. Eligible nominees should be in the first five years of their research careers and have demonstrated exceptional records of achievement in their fields. The award includes a plaque and $1,000 cash sponsored by Millar Instruments, Houston, TX
Please submit a letter of nomination summarizing the individual's accomplishments and worthiness to be considered for this award, one or more additional letters seconding the nomination, one copy of the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae, and reprints or preprints of three significant publications.
Previous award winners have been:
1993 Rebecca Richards-Kortum University of Texas, Austin 1994 Antonios G. Mikos Rice University, Houston 1995 Gerard L. Coté Texas A&M University, College Station 1996 Lihong Wang Texas A&M University, College Station 1997 Dirar S. Khoury Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 1998 Rita M. Patterson Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Hanli Liu University of Texas at Arlington Jennifer Hill West Rice University, Houston 1999 Charles W. Patrick, Jr MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 2000 Michael Pishko Texas A&M University, College Station 2001 Robert Keynton University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2003 Rebekah Drezek Rice University, Houston 2004 Michael J. McShane Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA All material should be submitted by January 7, 2005 for consideration by the Awards Committee. Please send the nomination and supporting documents to:
Craig J. Hartley, Ph.D. Department of Medicine (CVS) Phone: (713) 798-4195 Baylor College of Medicine FAX: (713) 796-0015 Houston, TX 77030 E-mail: chartley@bcm.tmc.edu
