Hoover Honored by DES Organization
Dr. Robert Hoover, director, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, was
presented the Distinguished Service Award by DES ACTION USA,
a national, nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to informing
the public about diethylstilbestrol (DES) and helping persons
exposed to the drug. Hoover was honored for his tireless dedication
to research benefitting the lives of DES-exposed individuals.
Lyon Receives Kingsbury Award
Dr. G. Reid Lyon, chief of NICHD's Child Development and
Behavior Branch, recently received the Kingsbury Center 60th
Anniversary Award for his "critical leadership of scientific inquiry in
mental development and learning" and for his own research efforts
in reading development and reading disorders. He will also be
honored by the International Dyslexia Association in October 1999,
and will give the Norman Geschwind keynote address at the
association's International Fall Conference in Chicago. Lyon is being
recognized for his scientific leadership in defining and identifying the
developmental course and the neurobiological substrates of severe
reading disorders.
Stratakis Recognized for Clinical Research
Dr. Constantine A. Stratakis, head of the unit on endocrinology and
genetics of NICHD's Developmental Endocrinology Branch, has
received the first annual International Award for Excellence in
Published Clinical Research. From the Endocrine Society, he was
honored for his clinical research paper, "The Aromatase Excess
Syndrome is Associated with Feminization of Both Sexes and
Autosomal Dominant Transmission of Aberrant P450 Aromatase
Gene Transcription", published in the Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism. The award recognizes excellence
in clinical research in endocrinology. The work was completed
during Stratakis' fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. George P.
Chrousos, chief of the section on pediatric endocrinology, NICHD.
Stratakis is a pediatric endocrinologist and geneticist with interests in
the fields of genetics of growth and tumorigenesis. A native of
Greece, he earned both an M.D. and a D.Sc. from the University of
Athens, Greece. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of
Endocrine Genetics.
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