AWIS Honors Kleinman
Dr. Hynda Kleinman, recently accepted the Mentoring Award for
1999 from the Bethesda chapter of the Association for Women in
Science. Chief of NIDCR's cell biology section, she has been at NIH
since 1975. In 1992, she served as chair of the task force on the
status of intramural women scientists. She has given many talks on
how to promote the status of women scientists and has worked to
promote awards for women scientists as well as to increase the
number of women speakers at meetings and the number of women
on editorial boards. She has also mentored summer students and
postdoctoral fellows in her laboratory, and served as a judge for
local science fairs and the Westinghouse (now Intel) Talent Search.
Her fellows have gone on to distinguished careers throughout the
country.
Hallenbeck Receives Mihara Award
Dr. John M. Hallenbeck, chief of the NINDS intramural Stroke
Branch, recently received the Mihara Award from the Charitable
Trust Mihara Cerebrovascular Disorder Fund. Created in 1981, the
award is given annually to a single researcher in recognition of
outstanding scientific contributions to the field of cerebrovascular
disease. Hallenbeck was chosen for his research demonstrating that
inflammatory and immune mediators impair microcirculatory
perfusion and participate in the progressive damage to the brain that
occurs in the early hours after a stroke. Nominations for the award
are made by chairs of neurology and neurosurgery departments at
research and medical institutions in Japan. Generally the award is
given to outstanding Japanese scientists. Hallenbeck is one of a few
international scientists who have won the award. He received the
award along with a prize of 10 million yen at a private ceremony
held in Tokyo.