Elwood V. Jensen
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Elwood V. Jensen is the Distinguished University Professor, George and Elizabeth Wile Chair in Cancer Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. In 2004 he received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his research on estrogen receptors. Jensen was born in Springfield, Ohio, in the United States, received his bachelor's degree from Wittenberg University in 1940 and PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1944. From 1947 Jensen studied steroid hormones at Chicago, where he isolated estrogen receptors and discovered their importance in breast cancer.
[edit] Awards
- 1963, Honorary DSc, Wittenberg College
- 1974, member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2002, Brinker International Award
- 2004, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 2005, Honorary MD, University of Athens
[edit] External links
- Announcement that Jensen has received Lasker Award
- An Annual Reviews Conversations Interview with Elwood V. Jensen Annual Review of Physiology (2011)
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