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Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research recognizes Mina J. Bissell

iosciences from 1995-2002; and upon stepping down as Director, was named Distinguished Scientist and Senior Advisor to the Laboratory Director on Biology in 2002, positions she currently holds.

Bissell also serves as a member of the faculty of three graduate groups at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of Cancer Center at UCSF. She has received numerous recognitions and awards for her scientific achievements including her elections as a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

She has been honored both by the Department of Defense (first Innovator Award) and the Department of Energy (the Lawrence Award and the first Distinguished Fellow in Biosciences) and received honorary doctorates from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris and University of Copenhagen. In 1997, Dr. Bissell served as President of the American Society for Cell Biology. A member of the American Association for Cancer Research since 1988, Dr. Bissell served on its Board of Directors from 1999-2001, and received the AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award in 1999.


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Contact: Greg Lester
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American Association for Cancer Research
27-Mar-2007


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