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Dr. Stephen Waxman awarded Sharpey-Schafer Prize for pain research | |
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Dr. Robert Kirsch receives 2025 Magnuson Award | |
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Dr. Daniel Hall receives Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research | |
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Two clinical scientist researchers recognized with 2025 Barnwell Award | |
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"Any positive intervention that can place them [Veterans] back on their feet and improve their daily lives, whether at work or in their homes, should be the ultimate goal of every basic scientist and biomedical researcher."
"Every day working at the VA instills in me the drive and passion to contribute something positive back to these men and women who have sacrificed so much for our society and country."
"VA has provided me with numerous opportunities to improve the lives of Veterans through a collaborative combination of intellectually challenging and enjoyable primary clinical care..."
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1998 - Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. - nitric oxide
1977 - Andrew W. Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c. (Multi), D.Sc.,h.c. - peptide hormone
1977 - Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - radioimmunoassay
Lasker-DeBakey Award
2012 - Thomas Starzl, M.D. - liver transplantation
1996 - Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. - nitric oxide
1976 - Rosalyn Yalow, Ph.D. - radioimmunoassay
1975 - William Oldendorf, M.D. - computerized tomography
1975 - Andrew Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c. (Multi), D.Sc.,h.c. - peptide hormone
1974 - Ludwig Gross, M.D. - leukemia; cancer-causing viruses
1971 - Edward D. Freis, M.D. - drug therapy for hypertension
1963 - Michael E. DeBakey, M.D. - cardiovascular surgery
Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD, neuroscientist at the VA New England Healthcare System and the Bridget Flaherty Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Pharmacology at Yale University, has been awarded the prestigious Sharpey-Schafer Prize Lecture by The Physiological Society (UK). 06-06-2025 
Dr. Robert Kirsch, senior research career scientist and executive director of the Center for Functional Electrical Stimulation at the Cleveland VA, is the winner of the Paul B. Magnuson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rehabilitation Research and Development. 05-20-2025 
Dr. Daniel Hall, staff surgeon at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and medical director of the Surgical Pause program, is the winner of the Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research. 05-15-2025 
