At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Dr. David Norris, President of American Skin Association (ASA), presented the David Martin Carter Mentor Award and the Research Achievement Awards.
| CHICAGO, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Dr. David Norris, President of American Skin Association (ASA), presented the David Martin Carter Mentor Award and the Research Achievement Awards. Since 1989, ASA’s David Martin Carter Mentor Award has honored members of the dermatology community who embody the characteristics that made the late Dr. David Martin Carter an inspiration to many dermatologists, investigators, colleagues and medical students throughout the world. Dr. Carter and ASA’s late founder, Dr. George Hambrick, were dear friends who worked tirelessly to grow the organization into a leading force to defeat melanoma, skin cancer and other skin diseases. This year, the David Martin Carter Mentor Award was presented to Dr. Luis Diaz of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Dr. John Stanley of the University of Pennsylvania. For five decades, Dr. Diaz has influenced the field of dermatology as a distinguished researcher, mentor and educator. He is also a notable author, having worked on hundreds of scholarly articles. Dr. Diaz is the C.E. Wheeler Jr. Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Stanley is a renowned dermatologist with nearly forty years of experience in education and leadership in dermatological research and immunology. He is Emeritus Professor of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Norris said: “We are honored to present Drs. Diaz and Stanley with the 2019 David Martin Carter Mentor Award. Renowned researchers and educators, Drs. Diaz and Stanley are the 27th and 28th honorees to receive this prestigious award. Throughout their distinguished research careers, both doctors have prepared a generation of young scientists for careers in investigative dermatology.” Recent recipients of the David Martin Carter Mentor Award include: Dr. Gerald Lazarus of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2014), Dr. Howard Baden of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (2015), Dr. Barbara Gilchrest of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (2016), Dr. Richard Edelson of Yale School of Medicine (2017) and Dr. Kathleen Green of Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University (2018). ASA’s Research Achievement Awards were instituted in 1989 to identify established scientists in investigative dermatology and cutaneous biology. This year, ASA recognized those who have greatly advanced work related to autoimmune and inflammatory skin diseases, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, as well as vitiligo and pigment cell disorders. The following awards were presented: Nicole Ward, PhD Victoria Werth, MD William Pavan, PhD Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD Mary Margaret Chren, MD “We are delighted to present the Research Achievement Awards this year to such exceptional doctors. Drs. Ward, Werth, Pavan, Nghiem and Chren have all made tremendous contributions in their respective fields. ASA is proud to celebrate their brilliant achievements,” said Dr. Norris. ABOUT AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION American Skin Association is a 4-Star Charity Navigator rated foundation.
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