NCI Drs. Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr., and Alfred G. Knudson, Jr., received the 1996 Irving J. Selikoff Award for Cancer
Research. The Ramazzini Institute for Occupational and
Environmental Health Research, which was founded by the late
environmental epidemiologist Selikoff, confers this annual award on
scientists who demonstrate excellence in research on the
environmental and genetic determinants of cancer. The award cited
the two scientists as leaders in research designed to detect and
redirect the chain of events leading to cancer. Fraumeni is director
of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and Knudson
is acting director of DCEG's Human Genetics Program.
Former NICHD scientific director Dr. Roy Hertz received the
Fred Conrad Koch Award and medal, the highest scientific honor
bestowed by The Endocrine Society, for his illustrious career in
basic and clinical endocrinology. He is emeritus professor of
pharmacology and obstetrics/gynecology at George Washington
University Medical Center and scientist emeritus at NIH. The award
was presented during the 10th International Congress of
Endocrinology.
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