NORWALK, Conn., Dec. 7, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) today announced that it has awarded Emory University and Sagar Lonial, MD, associate professor at Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, with the 2007 MMRC Center of the Year Award. The MMRC Center of the Year Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of an MMRC Member Institution and its respective principal investigator in advancing the field of multiple myeloma research and drug development.