The Robert J. And Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Awards were awarded annually for distinguished accomplishment in areas of investigation that included

neuropsychiatry Neuropsychiatry or Organic Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with psychiatry as it relates to neurology, in an effort to understand and attribute behavior to the interaction of neurobiology and social psychology factors. Within neurop ...

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. CVD includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, h ...

, and

cancer research Cancer research is research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate and ...

. The program ran from 1987 to 2013. Each area of research was allocated US$50,000 to award to its winners.

History of the award

The Pasarow Foundation was created in 1987 by Mr. and Mrs. Pasarow of

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, to stimulate medical and scientific research. Robert Pasarow was the founder and former president/CEO/chairman of the board of CHB Foods, Inc. The Pasarows established the Claire and Robert J. Pasarow Cancer Laboratory at the Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute at the University of Southern California as well as the Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles. Robert J. Pasarow, now deceased, was the founding president and chairman of the foundation and Claire Pasarow, also deceased, was the chief financial officer.

Members of the board of directors

The members of the board of directors were: * Michael Pasarow, chairman * Anthony Pasarow, co-treasurer * Susan A. Pasarow, MSW, co-treasurer * Jack Barchas, MD, president * , MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco * Christopher J. Evans, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles * Ronald Evans, PhD, The Salk Institute * Brian E. Henderson, MD, University of Southern California * Alexander Varshavsky, PhD, Caltech

Nomination criteria

The principal criterion for nomination was evidence of extraordinary accomplishment in medical science. Nominators provided a one-page letter of intent stating the rationale for the nomination and a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and bibliography in two-page NIH format. Applications were reviewed by the board of directors in consultation with various medical scholars.

Past winners

References

{{reflist American science and technology awards Cancer research awards Medicine awards Awards established in 1987

History of the award

Members of the board of directors

Nomination criteria

Past winners

See also

References